My bandsaw build. Redoing the lift and lower

[Kwill]

I was perusing craigslist last night and noticed someone had a set of bandmill wheels, and four grooved casters for a mill for 100 bucks, doesn't help now, but that would have been a deal when you started.

Yeah if I had it to do over I would have went with pulleys and belts. And the design would have been totally different.

[Kwill]

Gonna work on the raise and lower today. Kinda a bummer cause I have to pull the blade and engine and stuff back off no that I have it running good

[Kwill]

Got a little done today on the lifting mechanism. The motor lifts it really good and the turnbuckle makes it nice to be able to even everything out. I have to move my pulleys up so I don't loose my height cut.


 

 

 

[Kbeitz]

Lookin good...

[Kwill]

Thank ya. Wish I could find some shorter turnbuckles.

[Kwill]

I think I'm going to leave these turn buckles for now. I can always get some shorter ones. The cut height I have now is plenty big enough for the cedars I will be milling.

[Kwill]

To paint or not to paint that is the question. I know the slides will never hold paint. Can't really decide what to do.

[Crusarius]

Test it then clean and paint. Otherwise you will have rust stains all over your lumber.

[Kwill]

Test it then clean and paint. Otherwise you will have rust stains all over your lumber.

The track is already painted. The mill won't be out in the weather. I'm going to test it and then maybe prime and paint it.

[Ljohnsaw]

Thank ya. Wish I could find some shorter turnbuckles.

Is there a way you can attach one side lower on the head?  Plus you don't need two turn buckles...  You just need to raise/lower one side to true it up.

[Kwill]

One side would be easy to lower the other side would be a little tougher. Thing is I don't really need the extra height with what I'm going to be cutting. The mill is being built to cut cedar only off our farm.

[Kwill]

Mocking up some ideas for my blade guides. Had those orange pieces from something I got at a auction. If I can get those figured out I will be a step closer to testing it out.


 

 

[jwh f-100]

 Wish I could find some shorter turnbuckles.

Maybe just use I-bolts in place of the turnbuckle.  May only need on one side but leave plenty of thread to tighten or loosen..
Jason

[Kbeitz]

With a cut off wheel and a welder you can shorten the turn buckles. 

[Kwill]

With a cut off wheel and a welder you can shorten the turn buckles.

I got both of those

[Kwill]

 
Needed to make adjustable hole. Used a drill press and a torch and a file. It turned out pretty decent I thought.  Have to make one more

[Ljohnsaw]

Not bad!  Scary looking hoses, though...

[Kwill]

Not bad!  Scary looking hoses, though...

Yeah I gotta do something about those

[Kwill]

 I wonder how this pulley would work for a blade guide? 


 

[Kbeitz]

I don't think they are high speed...

[Kwill]

I don't think they are high speed...

doesn't get much higher speed than a car engine

[Kbeitz]

I'm sorry... First look I thought that was a cam bearing. Belt idlers might work...

[Kwill]

The width concerned me a little bit. I'm running 1 1\4 blades And it's less than an inch wide. About 7\8

[Ljohnsaw]

Cook's guides for 1-¼" blades are 1" wide.

[starmac]

Kwill watch those hoses, I knew a guy that had a small leak in his acetylene hose and his 9 year old was hanging out playing while he worked. He breathed in to much and when his dad lit the torch it killed him grave yard dead, very bad situation all the way around.