14” Bandsaw – Making the arm lock 2

Back again after lunch to fit and epoxy the lock knob nut.

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After marking out carefully chisel out to recess the nut into the knob.

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Epoxy in the nut, thread the rod in and clamp up with a nut on the other side – leave to set. Come back later to cut the rod to length and also epoxy that to the nut.

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While waiting we can think about cutting out the ‘throat ‘ of that MDF board.
This is the open space between the saw table which sits over the lower wheel and the upper blade guides – with the blade arm raised to it’s highest cutting position.

Author: AlanM52

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