Monthly Archives: January 2018

Homemade LED work lamp 2

From the previous related post on this with the lamp fitted into the front of the can we can now make the base. Marked out the base on a piece of MDF.

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Homemade LED work lamp

Decided to try and make a MR16 LED work lamp. I always have a supply of pop cans in the workshop, they make great shim material and a common use for me is to fit bearings onto shafts. For this … Continue reading

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14” Bandsaw – Starting to look like one.

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14” Bandsaw – More electrical work

Got some stuff from the market today including insert nuts and in particular two LED sticks. I figure under the support arm would be a good place to light the cutting area.

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Sunday shopping

Off to the market at Caribbean Gardens, then to Brandon Park to return/swap a couple of items  at Kmart and finally Coles for general stuff. By the time we got home – pooped Got the following items below from the … Continue reading

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14” Bandsaw – Lower blade guides 2 update

Just a update this morning before we go to market and shops. As with the upper guides using a piece of laminate flooring to mount the bearings.I don’t have the right length 8mm bolts so they are just sitting there … Continue reading

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14” Bandsaw – Lower blade guides 2

From the previous session we can now screw down the left support block and with the sliding guide arm in place measure the length of the threaded lock rod which will later be fitted with a star knob.

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14” Bandsaw – Lower blade guides 1

With the left blade guard fitted…to safeguard fingers we can move onto making the lower blade guides. First thing is to remove the table.

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14” Bandsaw – Blade guard

In the previous session we finished the electrical wiring which was simply connecting the motor via a NVR switch to mains input. It’s nice being able to power on & off at the front of the saw.

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14” Bandsaw – electrical wiring 2

From the last session prepared the cables with connectors. Now to run the cables down and into the base box.

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