Steve
Bedair's
Homemade Band Saw Page
Longview , Texas
4-2002
18" Woodcutting Band Saw
Page 2
Upper and lower wheel mounting plates welded. A piece of angle iron
was clamped to the main
frame to act as a guide for aligning the plates.
The picture on the left shows the blade tensioning mech. that raises
and lowers the upper wheel
with a cam operated lever. The picture on the right shows the opposite
side where the wheel attaches.
Close up of the cam shaft from above
pic
Shaft for upper wheel ( bottom is rounded slightly
to allow the 3 attaching bolts to be tightened to
allow for tracking adjustment )
.
Lower wheel shaft turned and threaded on the HF 9x20 lathe and
the aluminum bearing holder
holds two 1" ID sealed roller bearings.
From here everything is framed with 1 1/2" x 1/4" angle iron
allowing
access for the blade
to be removed from the opposite side.
1/2" plywood covers fitted and attached
More plywood fitted
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