With me, Mathias is LAST to play. I like to leave RUclips with the good feeling that I've learned something. Mathias' videos bring a confident feeling that I can walk out to my shop and build something useful from wood scraps, like a freakin' wooden bandsaw! ...or something just for fun, like one of his marble machines
Matthias, I watched the entire original series as you posted them, but watching it all over again in twenty minutes is just as satisfying. I love that you start using the saw, to build the saw.
Today I'm working on my first ever woodworking project! I'm rebuilding part of my sister's bed that I broke the other day. I only have a few basic power tools like a circular saw that I've just got, and a drill and screwdriver that I stole from my father. I would like to thank Matthias for being one of my biggest inspirations. I'll keep improving my skills and I might be able to build this one myself some day. Matthias probably won't even read this, but that's fine.
I could watch you all day as you build something. I'm always very impressed about your detailed planning and the way you build things in a pragmatic manner. Thanks for hours and hours first quality videos, tips and tricks!
Seriously you are like the Albert Einstein of woodworking? I feel like I just got done watching Einstein invent and create his theory of Relativity....Well in this case Relativity would be your bandsaw creation!! To be able to get to your level of innovation and problem solving skills shown in this video of your bandsaw build. Would take someone like me an intermediate woodworker I feel like a lifetime to achieve!! You displayed some amazing skills in this build of your bandsaw creation from scratch!! I really do wish that one day in my woodworking career I can create as something as amazing and skillful as I just watched in this video! Thanks for taking the time to record, edit, and share this on RUclips! I learned a whole lot from watching a master like yourself put this bandsaw together, and so I just wanted to say Thank you! Lastly I would like to let you know that your videos like this are much appreciated!!
there is something that's humorous and very satisfying about watching the videos in super fast. its interesting to watch you suddenly become super humanly fast at the project and i love watching it!
I call bullshit on this. If you look closely you'll see that *this* video is slowed down for us to be able to actually see what's going on. The ones you called just slowed down were actually shot with an ultra slow motion camera for educational purposes.
Dude... Words cannot describe my appreciation for your skill and mechanical intelligence..ohhh and anyone who can build a frkn bandsaw from basically nothing in his house slippers is my dam hero.. Great job.. Wow!!!
My 20" bandsaw is almost done and she works fine. I just have to make the cabinet around the machine. I've done a test and she works great! Thanks Matthias.
Hello Mathias, I am your admirer, many things I learned from your videos, almost every day I see at least one video, thanks for teaching us so well. Hold on tight and keep it up.
I just downloaded the plans for Mattias' 20 inch bandsaw. Take my word for it: they are worth every penny. If not for his ideas I would never be able to afford a "real" bandsaw. I would be stuck with the old "three wheeler" Craftsman I have had for years. I'll be modifying as I go but the plans work!
wandel has some of the best practical approaches... need to cut a corner off a large piece? roll the band saw (you're currently building no less) past it, duh. all his videos have elegant solutions like and all that matters is if it works... love it.
Молодец парень, руки и голова не месте. Из дерева и фанеры сделал такой замечательный станок. Каие у негоотличные инструменты станки и приспособы, а еще чистота и порядок в мастерской. Класс.
M. Wandel, you are more energetic by 40X than I, 10X as creative! I just bought the 5hp 20" mfg'd saw and called it a day. But I admire your saw's build greatly. Thanks for the effort to film/edit/post.
Friend I am from Argentina I have seen your videos and the wonders that you make with wood, first of all I want to congratulate you for your channel and the things that you do, I am already subscribing to your channel CONGRATULATIONS greetings
I like the single video. It gives you an appreciation of just how much work it is start to finish. And you are amazingly fast with those clamps on that frame!
Incredibly creative mind! I notice when Matthias shows close ups of his builds that the plywood has a very high ply count which I’m sure contributes to dimensional stability. I wonder what grade or type of plywood he specs for his fabrications. The stuff that the big box stores and even some local lumber yards offer have fewer and thicker ply structures and are very prone to warping!
Matthias is the most fascinating 3D printer I've ever witnessed. I love how as soon as he can get the thing he's building to work in it's most rudimentary form he uses it, whenever possible, to complete it's own construction.
Was thinking the same in a circular kind of way. Why do need this bandsaw? To cut the knobs of course. Why do you need the knobs? Duh, for the bandsaw!
This is extremely impressive workmanship, Mr. Wandel! You may want to add a emergency stop switch somewhere you can hit it real quick, though. You seem a person who values safety.
Hello Matthias, I just finish building your bandsaw and it was a great experience and now I have a wonderfull machine, So I wanted to thank you!!!! I'm Curious to know if you have an aproximative number of how many people have build your bandsaw? greetings from Colombia.
Awesome! This is the best condensed sample of your skills building a wooden machine; full of tips, tricks and good practices. Hope it worth the time spent in the assembly. Congratulations, and go on enjoying it please. Regards from Spain.
Matthias - thanks for the opportunity to ask more questions! 1) If plywood is insufficiently strong for the frame because of the perpendicular layers, why is it okay for the wheels, which bear the same amount of lateral tension? Is it because the turning of the wheels constantly shifts the pressure? Or is it because the wheels being only 20" are not subject to the same structural limitations as an elongated frame? 2) What is the purpose of the "spring" wood slats in the top of the tensioner. They aren't serving any purpose that I can see that a solid and relatively inflexible piece wouldn't serve. Do the springs spread the pressure over a wider travel of the carriage bolt, effectively giving you added leverage on the tensioner? 3) Why did you change the bolts on the upper and lower blade guide at the end, the ones holding the pieces of lignum vitae in place? What are those new bolts called? They aren't in the plan, so I'm sure they aren't necessary, but I'm curious.
not a question about bandsaw, but thickness planer. when planing ends, as I run edge through jointer, the piece rocks as the work gets past halfway, it then has high point in middle, how do I avoid this. When I watch you run work through it looks so easy, but never when I copy your example. What am I doing wrong? thanks. no rush to answer of course.
Excellent job, congratulations! Could you please inform few data: What is the diameter at the pulley at the motor, the one moved by the motor and of the other two moving the bandsaw? Thanks a lot and best regards.
Hay algo que no sepa hacer Matías. Esto es para quitarse el sombrero . Profesional como la copa de un pino . Maestro de maestros . Inigualable. Un monstruo donde haya .. no puedo decir más . Esepto. Un saludo desde España
... Et tout ça en 22 min et en plus il a pris le temps de se changer entre deux !!! .... Non je rigole !! Depuis le temps que je regarde tes exploits, il faudra que je me la fasse cette scie à ruban ! elle est superbe ! Bravo Mathias, continue de nous faire rêver...
Mathias you are undoubtedly a craftsman. Are your smaller bandsaw plans available to purchase. Think it might be a summer project, I want a bandsaw but to build one would be great.
Master Matthias Wandel! Your saw design is very good. I love your videos about joinery and Designs of machines that you build. My grandfather was a great carpenter, a pity that I did not know him, when he was born he had already died, I only know him for the pieces he produced and that there are still some in the possession of the family, are well worked pieces of excellent quality. The more I inherited from him the taste of handling woods, I am buying tools to set up my workshop. One question, are you Canadian? Or North American? Big hug!
Bonjour Matthias Wandel,sorry I do not speak English. bought you the plans of the band saw I wanted to know if the two wheels are 38 cm or 51 cm in diameter ??
great job...... i have a question ... how much the minimum horse power or RPM or both (for the motor in table sat or any saw for wood ) must be because i built a table saw but the wood stuck in the cutter and the motor stops
Cool idea. Going to building one in the following days. My approach for using bearing on the bandsaw wheel is different. I would like to use formed hub wheel bearing. Its a compact part and eliminate alignement issues. Its easy to install since its a bolt on component. What do you think?
Matthias, Excellent Excellent editing and videography! Of course I have watched all the original videos (of this and all the others) over the years (because you were one of the first I subscribed to) and am amazed at how you condensed this one to include every step of the awesome build! I still have two questions: 1- Will we see any furniture builds this year? 2- I know you have been asked thousands of times and replied "No", but it would be fantastic if you planned on tackling the "Drill press build"!
very interesting project, probably very nice to work at but if you take the amount of time, needed to build the saw, into consideration is it not just as cost effective to buy one?
Hello Matthias. I love your machines. I bought the plans for this bandsaw but I'm having trouble getting all the materials. Specifically the hardwood parts. I live in Mexico and it's not easy to come by such large pieces of hardwood. Any suggestions on what I can use instead? Thank you
The only person I know that can build a bandsaw in 20 minutes! One of the many things that impresses me is how he gets so many parts (wood, motors, etc.) out of the trash. I live only a couple of hours away from Matthias but I never see people throwing that kind of stuff out.
Do you ever get sick of hearing it? You are a genius. I love your videos. How is that baby of yours? If I remember you have a daughter and she is probably getting big.
Excellent video; edited down to being both a really good introduction to those new to your bandsaws, but also an interesting overview for those that have already seen the builds.
Matthias, I built my bandsaw from plans that you supplied several years ago, and although I don't use it as much as you use yours, it has afforded me a good deal of pleasure. Have you had any experience with saw blades breaking at the weld? It has happened to me twice now, and on one occasion, the end of the blade came down through the triangle between the workpiece, my finger and my thumb, and gouged a lump out of the table. It shook me up a bit, but I wasn't hurt. On both occasions, the blades were fairly well used, but not enough to be dull, so long before the expected end of their lives. Do you have any recommendations to avoid this happening?
So I have owned and used a variety of bandsaws over the last 40 years. They all had tilting tables, buts it a feature I seldom use. Wondering if you think there would be any additional advantages to designing / building homemade bandsaw with fixed table other than the obvious of simpler construction. Also it seems like in the few cases where I did need to make angled cuts on bandsaw I would leave table at 90° and make an angled jig to tilt the workpiece because I needed the angle both left and right, whereas bandsaw tables only tilt in one direction..
if you need it to angle both left and right, you could put a vertical fence at the end of the tilting table, it would then create the opposite angle... i admit though, it would become way harder to control the part though, so maybe adding a sled to that vertical fence with hold downs would make it more versatile for you? (I am throwing at you some ideas, because I don't know what you would do with a table that tilts both ways that you couldnt do with only a single way, unless its really close to the wall or you can't pivot the bandsaw to use it both ways.)
Seu projeto de serra de fita é perfeito. Parabéns pelo trabalho. Muito show. Uma boa noite pra você e família. Uma ótima semana nas graças de Deus. Abs brother. Falando de São Paulo Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 👏👏👏🤘👊🇧🇷
Hey Matthias, what do you think of left handed bandsaw or for the lack of a better word backwards 'C' shaped bandsaw compared to the conventional 'C' shape? I'm in the middle of making your 20" bandsaw but ended up gluing up the frame to mirror the way it's supposed to be. I am left handed btw and the only issues I can think of is that the blade will need to be flipped inside out to match the downstroke cut of a bandsaw and the motor needs to be reversed which the motor I will be purchasing can be as well as it looking quite odd. I'm just curious if you have any thoughts on this after I discovered my mistake, thanks.
For some cuts, sometimes I wish I had a left hand bandsaw (plus a right hand one, of course). If you are left handed, maybe it's the way to go. Fillping blades inside out is tricky, but I showed it in one of my videos cutting a log this bandsaw.
This man is literally a Genius. "Excellent news honey; now that I've built all the tools I need, I can finally start on that coffee table you want for the living room!"
Some of the components have been simplified since the first 16" Bandsaw. I am building that one now. just finished the upper wheel mount assembly yesterday. I think maybe I'll use the lower wheel mount you did for this one instead, because I didn't get the hole for the shaft to line up perfectly, and the hardwood I am using is very expensive. (Plus this is just a temporary shop, in a temporary country, in a temporary part of my life, so I am not going to spend too much money on tools.) No firewood anywhere in the middle of the desert in chile
I saw a guy the other day who put a quarter inch bolt through a piece of plywood upside down, and then proceeded to cut a perfect circle in another piece of plywood after he'd drilled a hole in it by laying the two down on a table saw and slowly raising the blade as he rotated the workpiece. It looked a bit hair-brained, but it worked perfectly. He ended up with a precise 15" plywood circle with a 1/4" hole exactly in the center. Ideal for this I think, although in your case 16" and mine 20". Theory is the same. Saw Dusty was his RUclips moniker.
I have no problem with making a circle, I made the wheels with a circle cutter jig I made for my router this time, but it could just as easily be done with just a jigsaw, because the wheels need to be trued up perfectly afterwards anyway, by turning it on it's own shaft. The part I had a problem with was the lower wheel mount block, which has a 1 inch hole drilled straight through it, and my 1 inch forstner bit is not long enough to reach all the way through.. On the upper wheel mount, I used a 3/8" spade bit to complete the hole, only allowing the spur to poke out the other side, (my spade bits are the only bits I have that are long enough) and then drilling from the other side, with the hole lining up perfectly from both sides. But it didn't go that well for the lower block. I must have managed to start the spade-bit off center in the hole. -The way he did it on this saw, just seems like an easier way to do it, with a narrower block. :) I have made circles on the table saw the way you described before too, it's just a little bit sketchy. :)
CookPiggy was your gta short horror movie supposed to be scary? I had absolutely no scares watching it. Not really nice when people are being assholes for no reason is it.
شكران الف شكرعلى هذالجهد والعمل الممتاز واتمنى ان احصل على مخططات لهذا العمل فاانا بحاجه ماسه الى ذلك ولكم جزيل الشكروالتقدير صديقي العزيز انا عمار من اليمن
quiero felicitarte por los trabajos que haces eres un autentico maestro, me quedo perplejo y anonadado viendo todos tus trabajos gracias por poder disfrutarlos
So I purchased the 3 plan option to get the most out of the build. I use Shopsmith currently and looking for a larger bandsaw the 4.25 inch hight is not helping to resaw large logs to square stock. Wood is cheap and I can build this one in my spare time. I need that blade. where do you get it?
Any place that sells bandsaw blades. Best to go for a supplier in your country to avoid expensive shipping and customs. I got mine at tufftooth.com (canada)
When you pre drill a hole for a screw, what is your rule of thumb for size? Like, a 1/4" screw needs what size drill bit? I tend to either go too big or too small.
I always hold the drill bit in front of the screw, if the shaft of the screw is hidden behind the drill bit, but the threads are completely visible, the drill bit will be perfectly sized
mathias is this bandsaw design more for logs or you can just change the blade to a one with finner teeth and have like a one bandsaw for all types? also what's the estimated cost to build one? Thanks Mathias.
You can change the blades, as Matthias does many times during the construction of the saw. He uses everything from a quarter inch, to a massive 1" sawmill blade, all 133" in length. The cost he states in the Q&A video is from $50 to $600, depending on how much junk you have laying around.
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I don't care how many new videos are in my sub page when I get up... I watch Matthias first! Great job man! Keep up the excellent work!
I am the same way. It's so much more than entertainment. I always learn so much just watching him.
for me it's not the first, but I do enjoy his vids. I like Frank Howarth's too.
With me, Mathias is LAST to play. I like to leave RUclips with the good feeling that I've learned something. Mathias' videos bring a confident feeling that I can walk out to my shop and build something useful from wood scraps, like a freakin' wooden bandsaw! ...or something just for fun, like one of his marble machines
TexasGTO i just subscribed to this guy...watched about 10 vids so far while i need to study for my math test...wish i found this guy earlier haha
y tabien si lo puede mandar en español gracias
Matthias, I watched the entire original series as you posted them, but watching it all over again in twenty minutes is just as satisfying. I love that you start using the saw, to build the saw.
Today I'm working on my first ever woodworking project! I'm rebuilding part of my sister's bed that I broke the other day. I only have a few basic power tools like a circular saw that I've just got, and a drill and screwdriver that I stole from my father. I would like to thank Matthias for being one of my biggest inspirations. I'll keep improving my skills and I might be able to build this one myself some day. Matthias probably won't even read this, but that's fine.
I started the same way. Get a cheap table saw and watch some table saw videos. A new world will open up :)
Matthias, you're nothing short of genius. I only wish I had your workshop and all the tools needed to create THIS marvelous tool.
I could watch you all day as you build something. I'm always very impressed about your detailed planning and the way you build things in a pragmatic manner. Thanks for hours and hours first quality videos, tips and tricks!
Please keep making more of these longer compilations. They're perfect for relaxing before bed.
Seriously you are like the Albert Einstein of woodworking? I feel like I just got done watching Einstein invent and create his theory of Relativity....Well in this case Relativity would be your bandsaw creation!! To be able to get to your level of innovation and problem solving skills shown in this video of your bandsaw build. Would take someone like me an intermediate woodworker I feel like a lifetime to achieve!! You displayed some amazing skills in this build of your bandsaw creation from scratch!! I really do wish that one day in my woodworking career I can create as something as amazing and skillful as I just watched in this video! Thanks for taking the time to record, edit, and share this on RUclips! I learned a whole lot from watching a master like yourself put this bandsaw together, and so I just wanted to say Thank you! Lastly I would like to let you know that your videos like this are much appreciated!!
You are an incredible craftsman Mathias! You blow me away with your ingenuity! Looking forward to more of your amazing videos. Thank you.
there is something that's humorous and very satisfying about watching the videos in super fast. its interesting to watch you suddenly become super humanly fast at the project and i love watching it!
Just a word to say your trick using a dowel to move a hole a few mm just saved my life ^^ Thank you :)
Some say that this is his actual build speed, and most of his videos are slowed down so that mortals can mentally process his work.
Bob Hannah, this was by far the most delicious comment. I laughed until became two years younger. Thank you. And thank Matthias.
I call bullshit on this. If you look closely you'll see that *this* video is slowed down for us to be able to actually see what's going on. The ones you called just slowed down were actually shot with an ultra slow motion camera for educational purposes.
Dude... Words cannot describe my appreciation for your skill and mechanical intelligence..ohhh and anyone who can build a frkn bandsaw from basically nothing in his house slippers is my dam hero.. Great job.. Wow!!!
The build is beyond impressive. I always remark at how easily you make precision work look.
My 20" bandsaw is almost done and she works fine. I just have to make the cabinet around the machine. I've done a test and she works great! Thanks Matthias.
MR. WANDEL YOUR BUILDING ABILITY IS INCREDIBLE ,AND YOU ALWAYS INSPIRES ME WITH YOUR WORK THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.
Hello Mathias, I am your admirer, many things I learned from your videos, almost every day I see at least one video, thanks for teaching us so well.
Hold on tight and keep it up.
I just downloaded the plans for Mattias' 20 inch bandsaw. Take my word for it: they are worth every penny. If not for his ideas I would never be able to afford a "real" bandsaw. I would be stuck with the old "three wheeler" Craftsman I have had for years. I'll be modifying as I go but the plans work!
Lawrence Withrow where can we get the plans? Thanks
how much did it cost you to build it
20 inch bandsaw made by you cutting that huge log, totally brilliant, well done.
wandel has some of the best practical approaches... need to cut a corner off a large piece? roll the band saw (you're currently building no less) past it, duh. all his videos have elegant solutions like and all that matters is if it works... love it.
Молодец парень, руки и голова не месте. Из дерева и фанеры сделал такой замечательный станок. Каие у негоотличные инструменты станки и приспособы, а еще чистота и порядок в мастерской. Класс.
Da bleibt mir echt der Mund offen! Großartig das Projekt, wie viele von Dir. Habe schon einige super Ideen von Deinem Kanal, vielen Dank dafür!!!
M. Wandel, you are more energetic by 40X than I, 10X as creative! I just bought the 5hp 20" mfg'd saw and called it a day. But I admire your saw's build greatly. Thanks for the effort to film/edit/post.
I finally bought the Plans. I am Not Sure If i can build IT, but ITS worth to Support that really awesome Channel. Thumbs Up.
Did you ever wish you had assembled this beast in your big country shop? Your assembly area is pretty tight... I'm impressed (as usual)!
Friend I am from Argentina I have seen your videos and the wonders that you make with wood, first of all I want to congratulate you for your channel and the things that you do, I am already subscribing to your channel CONGRATULATIONS greetings
I like the single video. It gives you an appreciation of just how much work it is start to finish. And you are amazingly fast with those clamps on that frame!
FarmCraft101 it's nice watching normal speed, instead of the slowed down version for us mere humans
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It's just impossibly beautiful. I'd love to see a video about the planning and design that must have happened before the start of this video.
Steht in der Bauanleitung auch die Größe von dem Sägeblatt? Und welcher Motor dafür geeignet ist?
woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans/specs.html
Parabéns pelos vídeos são fantásticos!!!!
Gostaria de saber se possível qual o grau de inclinação onde vai a serra e se são no esquadro
Obrigado!!!!!
Incredibly creative mind! I notice when Matthias shows close ups of his builds that the plywood has a very high ply count which I’m sure contributes to dimensional stability. I wonder what grade or type of plywood he specs for his fabrications. The stuff that the big box stores and even some local lumber yards offer have fewer and thicker ply structures and are very prone to warping!
Baltic birch russian plywood,second choice duraply
Matthias is the most fascinating 3D printer I've ever witnessed. I love how as soon as he can get the thing he's building to work in it's most rudimentary form he uses it, whenever possible, to complete it's own construction.
Was thinking the same in a circular kind of way. Why do need this bandsaw? To cut the knobs of course. Why do you need the knobs? Duh, for the bandsaw!
This is extremely impressive workmanship, Mr. Wandel! You may want to add a emergency stop switch somewhere you can hit it real quick, though. You seem a person who values safety.
КРАСАВЧИК,Не сказал ни одного слова , зато смотришь и оторваться не можешь, спасбо большое за видео.
This is definitely the best build I've ever seen on tube
Hello Matthias, I just finish building your bandsaw and it was a great experience and now I have a wonderfull machine, So I wanted to thank you!!!! I'm Curious to know if you have an aproximative number of how many people have build your bandsaw? greetings from Colombia.
Awesome! This is the best condensed sample of your skills building a wooden machine; full of tips, tricks and good practices. Hope it worth the time spent in the assembly. Congratulations, and go on enjoying it please.
Regards from Spain.
Is there anyway to make dedicated fence, or do you just have to clamp a piece of wood down?
Matthias - thanks for the opportunity to ask more questions!
1) If plywood is insufficiently strong for the frame because of the perpendicular layers, why is it okay for the wheels, which bear the same amount of lateral tension? Is it because the turning of the wheels constantly shifts the pressure? Or is it because the wheels being only 20" are not subject to the same structural limitations as an elongated frame?
2) What is the purpose of the "spring" wood slats in the top of the tensioner. They aren't serving any purpose that I can see that a solid and relatively inflexible piece wouldn't serve. Do the springs spread the pressure over a wider travel of the carriage bolt, effectively giving you added leverage on the tensioner?
3) Why did you change the bolts on the upper and lower blade guide at the end, the ones holding the pieces of lignum vitae in place? What are those new bolts called? They aren't in the plan, so I'm sure they aren't necessary, but I'm curious.
The wheels are not subject to bending forces. Also, the wheels get forces from all sides, so the perpendicular grain direction is highly advantageous.
I like how he uses a band saw, to build his band saw.
to build a band saw, you need a band saw
In the original building he points out you can use a jigsaw. But a bandsaw is faster.
first time in my life people building bandsaw in their workshop.. That was great effort, you are smart and amazing 👍👍
not a question about bandsaw, but thickness planer. when planing ends, as I run edge through jointer, the piece rocks as the work gets past halfway, it then has high point in middle, how do I avoid this. When I watch you run work through it looks so easy, but never when I copy your example. What am I doing wrong? thanks. no rush to answer of course.
Excellent job, congratulations! Could you please inform few data: What is the diameter at the pulley at the motor, the one moved by the motor and of the other two moving the bandsaw? Thanks a lot and best regards.
Just bought the plans, can't wait to start building it.
Watched the whole vid. A pleasure to watch a true skilled craftsman.
Hay algo que no sepa hacer Matías. Esto es para quitarse el sombrero . Profesional como la copa de un pino . Maestro de maestros . Inigualable. Un monstruo donde haya .. no puedo decir más . Esepto. Un saludo desde España
... Et tout ça en 22 min et en plus il a pris le temps de se changer entre deux !!! .... Non je rigole !!
Depuis le temps que je regarde tes exploits, il faudra que je me la fasse cette scie à ruban ! elle est superbe !
Bravo Mathias, continue de nous faire rêver...
...Et oui même en France on regarde tes exploits... Ici aussi tu es une star !!
Mathias you are undoubtedly a craftsman. Are your smaller bandsaw plans available to purchase. Think it might be a summer project, I want a bandsaw but to build one would be great.
Master Matthias Wandel!
Your saw design is very good.
I love your videos about joinery and
Designs of machines that you build.
My grandfather was a great carpenter, a pity that I did not know him, when he was born he had already died, I only know him for the pieces he produced and that there are still some in the possession of the family, are well worked pieces of excellent quality.
The more I inherited from him the taste of handling woods, I am buying tools to set up my workshop.
One question, are you Canadian?
Or North American?
Big hug!
Bonjour Matthias Wandel,sorry I do not speak English.
bought you the plans of the band saw I wanted to know if the two wheels are 38 cm or 51 cm in diameter ??
great job...... i have a question ... how much the minimum horse power or RPM or both (for the motor in table sat or any saw for wood ) must be
because i built a table saw but the wood stuck in the cutter and the motor stops
Now that's craftsmanship! I love the concept of working wood with wood
Cool idea. Going to building one in the following days.
My approach for using bearing on the bandsaw wheel is different. I would like to use formed hub wheel bearing. Its a compact part and eliminate alignement issues. Its easy to install since its a bolt on component. What do you think?
You are a scientist of the wood designer!
so when are you making a sheet metal brake?
You are still a genius after all this years my friend.
Speechless pure entertainment watched this 100 times and not get bored 👍🏼 thanks Matthias
Great work, do you think it’s possible to build a wood drill press?
I just love the use of the bandsaw, to build itself - like a self-fulfilling prophesy!
Matthias, Excellent Excellent editing and videography! Of course I have watched all the original videos (of this and all the others) over the years (because you were one of the first I subscribed to) and am amazed at how you condensed this one to include every step of the awesome build! I still have two questions:
1- Will we see any furniture builds this year?
2- I know you have been asked thousands of times and replied "No", but it would be fantastic if you planned on tackling the "Drill press build"!
very interesting project, probably very nice to work at but if you take the amount of time, needed to build the saw, into consideration is it not just as cost effective to buy one?
Hello Matthias. I love your machines. I bought the plans for this bandsaw but I'm having trouble getting all the materials. Specifically the hardwood parts. I live in Mexico and it's not easy to come by such large pieces of hardwood. Any suggestions on what I can use instead? Thank you
The only person I know that can build a bandsaw in 20 minutes!
One of the many things that impresses me is how he gets so many parts (wood, motors, etc.) out of the trash. I live only a couple of hours away from Matthias but I never see people throwing that kind of stuff out.
I'm willing to bet that he could rebuild his entire shop with just a saw and drill
My hat is off to you sir
This is what I love so much about Matthias. He's all like: Yeah, had some shit laying around, built a bandsaw out of it. Love it!
The fastest hammer, driller and clamp-er on RUclips - keep up the good work!
amazing what kinda work you do besides carpentry?
With all your experience working with wood, would you be able to make a sofa model karup bebop?
Many people is inspired by you man..
Good job 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Do you ever get sick of hearing it? You are a genius. I love your videos. How is that baby of yours? If I remember you have a daughter and she is probably getting big.
Excellent video; edited down to being both a really good introduction to those new to your bandsaws, but also an interesting overview for those that have already seen the builds.
Matthias, I built my bandsaw from plans that you supplied several years ago, and although I don't use it as much as you use yours, it has afforded me a good deal of pleasure.
Have you had any experience with saw blades breaking at the weld? It has happened to me twice now, and on one occasion, the end of the blade came down through the triangle between the workpiece, my finger and my thumb, and gouged a lump out of the table. It shook me up a bit, but I wasn't hurt. On both occasions, the blades were fairly well used, but not enough to be dull, so long before the expected end of their lives.
Do you have any recommendations to avoid this happening?
So I have owned and used a variety of bandsaws over the last 40 years. They all had tilting tables, buts it a feature I seldom use. Wondering if you think there would be any additional advantages to designing / building homemade bandsaw with fixed table other than the obvious of simpler construction. Also it seems like in the few cases where I did need to make angled cuts on bandsaw I would leave table at 90° and make an angled jig to tilt the workpiece because I needed the angle both left and right, whereas bandsaw tables only tilt in one direction..
if you need it to angle both left and right, you could put a vertical fence at the end of the tilting table, it would then create the opposite angle...
i admit though, it would become way harder to control the part though, so maybe adding a sled to that vertical fence with hold downs would make it more versatile for you? (I am throwing at you some ideas, because I don't know what you would do with a table that tilts both ways that you couldnt do with only a single way, unless its really close to the wall or you can't pivot the bandsaw to use it both ways.)
Stopped cuts on only one end of workpiece.
Seu projeto de serra de fita é perfeito.
Parabéns pelo trabalho.
Muito show.
Uma boa noite pra você e família.
Uma ótima semana nas graças de Deus.
Abs brother.
Falando de São Paulo Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
👏👏👏🤘👊🇧🇷
I admire your ingenuity and patience!
Hey Matthias, what do you think of left handed bandsaw or for the lack of a better word backwards 'C' shaped bandsaw compared to the conventional 'C' shape? I'm in the middle of making your 20" bandsaw but ended up gluing up the frame to mirror the way it's supposed to be. I am left handed btw and the only issues I can think of is that the blade will need to be flipped inside out to match the downstroke cut of a bandsaw and the motor needs to be reversed which the motor I will be purchasing can be as well as it looking quite odd. I'm just curious if you have any thoughts on this after I discovered my mistake, thanks.
For some cuts, sometimes I wish I had a left hand bandsaw (plus a right hand one, of course). If you are left handed, maybe it's the way to go. Fillping blades inside out is tricky, but I showed it in one of my videos cutting a log this bandsaw.
What is the brand and model of the portable drill guide you are using. Would you purchase the same one again.
This man is literally a Genius.
"Excellent news honey; now that I've built all the tools I need, I can finally start on that coffee table you want for the living room!"
Thank you for this Great video from Toronto Canada! Fantastic!
Some of the components have been simplified since the first 16" Bandsaw. I am building that one now. just finished the upper wheel mount assembly yesterday. I think maybe I'll use the lower wheel mount you did for this one instead, because I didn't get the hole for the shaft to line up perfectly, and the hardwood I am using is very expensive. (Plus this is just a temporary shop, in a temporary country, in a temporary part of my life, so I am not going to spend too much money on tools.) No firewood anywhere in the middle of the desert in chile
Thank you again for making it possible to make a very high quality bandsaw for a fraction of the price of a branded one
I saw a guy the other day who put a quarter inch bolt through a piece of plywood upside down, and then proceeded to cut a perfect circle in another piece of plywood after he'd drilled a hole in it by laying the two down on a table saw and slowly raising the blade as he rotated the workpiece. It looked a bit hair-brained, but it worked perfectly. He ended up with a precise 15" plywood circle with a 1/4" hole exactly in the center. Ideal for this I think, although in your case 16" and mine 20". Theory is the same.
Saw Dusty was his RUclips moniker.
I have no problem with making a circle, I made the wheels with a circle cutter jig I made for my router this time, but it could just as easily be done with just a jigsaw, because the wheels need to be trued up perfectly afterwards anyway, by turning it on it's own shaft. The part I had a problem with was the lower wheel mount block, which has a 1 inch hole drilled straight through it, and my 1 inch forstner bit is not long enough to reach all the way through..
On the upper wheel mount, I used a 3/8" spade bit to complete the hole, only allowing the spur to poke out the other side, (my spade bits are the only bits I have that are long enough) and then drilling from the other side, with the hole lining up perfectly from both sides. But it didn't go that well for the lower block. I must have managed to start the spade-bit off center in the hole.
-The way he did it on this saw, just seems like an easier way to do it, with a narrower block.
:) I have made circles on the table saw the way you described before too, it's just a little bit sketchy. :)
Great job Matthew what is the cost difference between buying a ready made bandsaw from the store or the cost of materials making your own
Sorry Matthias my predictive text called you Matthew my apologies lol
Why am I watching this? I watched the original series and I don't even have the need to build one of these :D
yeah he made this thing in 20 minutes.. definitely normal working speed,
its just a summary of what he has done.
You missed the joke dude.
what joke? explain it, i had absolutely no laughs
That this video is Matthias' normal working speed.
CookPiggy was your gta short horror movie supposed to be scary? I had absolutely no scares watching it.
Not really nice when people are being assholes for no reason is it.
شكران الف شكرعلى هذالجهد والعمل الممتاز واتمنى ان احصل على مخططات لهذا العمل فاانا بحاجه ماسه الى ذلك ولكم جزيل الشكروالتقدير صديقي العزيز انا عمار من اليمن
This was very calming to watch after work.
I was impressed with this machine.
I'm going to build one in my garage.
Congratulations on the great work.
quiero felicitarte por los trabajos que haces eres un autentico maestro, me quedo perplejo y anonadado viendo todos tus trabajos gracias por poder disfrutarlos
Could you essentially adapt this to a large scale, flip it horizontally and turn it into a saw mill for logs? Just a thought
Really is interesting how thin but effective band saws are.
This design is strong enough to create enough tension for minimal drift resawing with a 1 1/4" blade?
Mana de aur si cap cu multa imaginatie,felicitari.
So I purchased the 3 plan option to get the most out of the build. I use Shopsmith currently and looking for a larger bandsaw the 4.25 inch hight is not helping to resaw large logs to square stock. Wood is cheap and I can build this one in my spare time. I need that blade. where do you get it?
Any place that sells bandsaw blades. Best to go for a supplier in your country to avoid expensive shipping and customs. I got mine at tufftooth.com (canada)
When you pre drill a hole for a screw, what is your rule of thumb for size? Like, a 1/4" screw needs what size drill bit? I tend to either go too big or too small.
I always hold the drill bit in front of the screw, if the shaft of the screw is hidden behind the drill bit, but the threads are completely visible, the drill bit will be perfectly sized
That's what I do too. But it depends on the wood too. A big piece of softwood usually needs no pilot hole. But hardwoods need bigger pilot holes.
Awesome thank you!
todos tus vídeos son sensacionales felicitaciones MATTHIAS , DESDE CALI -COLOMBIA TE SALUDO.
nice works, how many hours it tooks to finish that??
Congratulations! Incredible project! Everything fits perfectly. It is good to see videos of this magnitude. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
mathias is this bandsaw design more for logs or you can just change the blade to a one with finner teeth and have like a one bandsaw for all types?
also what's the estimated cost to build one?
Thanks Mathias.
You can change the blades, as Matthias does many times during the construction of the saw. He uses everything from a quarter inch, to a massive 1" sawmill blade, all 133" in length. The cost he states in the Q&A video is from $50 to $600, depending on how much junk you have laying around.
thanks tom that was very helpful.
Até agora você e uma pessoa fora de série você e o cará múinto inteligente que eu tenho assistido fiquei seu família meus parabéns
This man is a woodworking genius.
Interessant. Und was hat das Ding gekostet?
As always, it is a pleasure to watch you work sir.
@Matthias Wandel what brand is your drill guide? Thanks.