14” Bandsaw – we have a problem (1)

A big problem!

Everything going along nicely until we got to a interesting stage, in fact a milestone for this bandsaw build. With tyres fitted to each wheel and mounted on the saw, motor assembly aligned and V-belt tensioned it’s time to fit the blade and test run the saw!

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Fitted the blade and while turning the upper wheel adjusted the tracking so the blade was running on the crown of each wheel, then wound up the blade tension and again checked the tracking – all OK. Time to turn on power and yes…she works!!!

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Mitre saw – Xfinity 20V 4.0Ah battery

After hooking up the Xfinity 20V sliding mitre saw to two car batteries so I can use the thing while waiting for the battery to arrive – guess what?

The phone order that I placed with Action Spares on Saturday 6th for a Xfinity 20V / 4.0Ah battery  – has arrived this morning.

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