Category Archives: Workshop

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.

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.

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

From the last session I was going make a knob for the blade tracking threaded rod but decided to install the front mounted NVR power switch and wire up the saw motor etc.. Was using a lighting line switch to … Continue reading →

With the epoxy cured well enough to continue we can mark out the handle profile.

Finished the tension leaf spring (damper). Move on now to making the tension rod crank handle. From MDF the handle itself plus two blocks to hold the 5/16” nut coupler.

Picking up from where I left this morning… …we will continue with the ‘leaf spring’.

The upper wheel assembly still needs a tension leaf spring which acts like a damper to absorb upper saw vibrations. This also prolongs blade life. Above is cropped photo is from the original 14” bandsaw that was lost in the … Continue reading →