Category Archives: Bandsaw 2018

At this stage with the heavy saw mostly completed and still sitting on the low table it’s time to make a sturdy stand with castors so I can move it around. Found some timber at the back of the workshop … Continue reading →

House cleaning today plus need to get the green bin ready for collection. So we’ll do a small job and add some more bracing.

We will make the wheel covers from thin MDF with pine frames. A few weeks ago ran out of 3mm MDF, so made sure when I did do a Bunnings trip in the van for general stuff – to get … Continue reading →

With the left blade guard done we should now doo the right side. As with the left we’ll use another bit of left over trim from the Colorbond garage construction. I’m planning to use two narrow lengths of MDF to … Continue reading →

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.

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 →

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.

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.