200mm Mini Bandsaw – having completed the upper wheel dismantled stuff around the bottom of the saw so I could remove the lower wheel.
Day: July 15, 2017
8” Bandsaw bearing flanges
200mm Mini Bandsaw – bearing flanges continued
9” Bandsaw – Replacing lower wheel bearings
Having completed the upper wheel, we now need to dismantled some stuff around the bottom of the saw to gain access and remove the lower wheel.
When I removed the lower wheel I noticed the bearings, like the upper lot…were completely stuffed.
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8” Bandsaw – Bearing flanges continued
When making bandsaw wheels there are three basic things to keep in mind; wobble, run-out and lastly wheel balancing.
Continuing on from the last session I bored four holes (each side of the flange) to allow for quick clamps to be passed through to clamp the flanges to the wheel – for wobble alignment.
8” Bandsaw upper wheel bearing flanges
200mm Mini Bandsaw – mounting the bearing flanges on the upper wheel.
8” Bandsaw – Upper wheel bearing flanges
Mounting the bearing flanges on the upper wheel.
Pressed in the bearings and pre drilled the flanges.
ALDI Shopping
Got some hardware stuff from ALDI this morning including a couple of castor sets @ $10 each, Bunnings price would be like 3 times that.
