Nice Modification!!!😁👍🏻 BTW, the cheap blue bandsaw that had the motor burnout problem looks like it was an internal rim drive configuration whereas the gray bandsaw has a worm drive type gearing which puts less stress on the motor!!!
Thanks for sharing that. Maybe there is a way to connect the pivoting work piece clamp to the fixed table so that when you rotate the saw, the clamp stays in line with the direction of the workpiece and the feed table. Hope that makes some sense. Would have to be some heavy tubular so the clamp didn't flex, but maybe it still gets tightened to the rotated saw position before cutting. May also be more work than benefit! Looking forward to seeing more content! Always enjoy your fabricating! Keep up the good work!
To be honest, your video are half the reason I bought the viper 180 tig. Looked at the razor but 15A plug was the decider. Very happy, and the 185 viper mig is also a ripper , it's been great
Nice mods. I reckon you were pressed for time and using what's on hand but there are a few things you may want to revisit when you have the time. Just friendly suggestions from experience: 1. Welding the both the table pivot bolt and nut created a vertical jack screw. Granted the lift will be small but enough to "pump" out the grease and lose some rigidity. May not really effect your application but bad as a general practice. Belleville washers (split ring washers suck) and a jam nut would suit you better. 2. Adding coolant to a band saw will make swarf and grit stick to the blade to be carried between the blade and drive wheels. I use bits of a cheap kitchen squeegee with button magnets recessed and glued to the back to hold them to the sole plate to allow removal and adjustment. 3. Rather than a special wrench to adjust the fence maybe make handles with tubular nuts and raise them just above the fence for ease-of-use. I admit I cried when you milled away an already too thin casting but done is done :) Cheers!
Have you considered extending the the smaller bolt (that secures the gate plate) through to your new base/swivel plate to meet a captive nut welded to it? Effectively if you loosen that one bolt and swivel the base plate the gate plate will remain stationary. Assuming it is desirable that the gate plate is always aligned longitudinally with your roller benches.
It's called a flow-through application brush or lubrication brush. I found mine a spare parts bin on it's way to the dump. I never ceases to amaze me what people throw out. A quick search should on the internet with those names should get you going.
"up all night weeping like a child" HA hah! well delivered. The job to carry on with the job , nice & simple, I like it. How much weight did that add? Do you intent to take it to onsite jobs? What do you intend to do with the other saw? Great video
Thanks 👍 It's added 25kg or so. Just a quick guess. It's a work shop saw now. It was heavy and awkward before I did the mods. I gave the old saw to the friend that already have one for spares. If I need another bandsaw for on-site work I'm going to try a different brand. Thanks for watching 👍
@@LittleAussieRockets I am currently doing projects where weight minimizing is an important focus (but strength is too) & there are always compromises on how far to take it in trying to achieve balance with other important aspects. Anti-gravidic propulsion, then you could tether your ban saws on a lead & they could levitate,/floating effortlessly all the way to the onsite job! Storm Area 51, but mean it this time!
I need to figure out a way to set a portable bandsaw to do similar . I like your build but miss the chicken in the work area great video and hows the baby
Really great thanks. She is one happy baby 🥰 sleeps all night 😁. Don't have any chickens at the moment. Those chooks came with the farm and they were old then. There all in the great KFC in the sky if you know what I mean. Want to build a chicken tractor and be better set up before getting more. Always nice to hear from you. Thanks mate
Welcome back to this channel. “Accurate repeatable work...” nothing wrong with that axiom. It’s great hearing your voice and learning from your insightful video. Wishing you and your family a blessed season. Peace brother.
Thinking about it: a new motor in the old saw still leaves it unreliable for production. And it's unclear the motor is the problem. Perhaps look fir a worn out drive system, so you can still use it as a portable. Bravo on your elegant solution to making the heavy duty machine into an accurate miter bandsaw.
Routine stuff for you. I ( as a complete amateur & not a very good one at that!) on the other hand, would be EXTREMELY pleased with myself. 😁 I envy your skills. 👍👍
I enjoyed the video, I preferred the back jaw square with the fixed jaw myself .. when trying to cut 45% on short pieces of stock ,, I had to make a longer back jaw for doing this as the back jaw Is very short ..
Nice work Steve! I have the blue swivel bandsaw at work. It's good but the motor is underpowered. I have the grey bandsaw at home and yes it's a pain to swing the work around. Good solution. Now all you need is a fence, a fixed tape measure and a stop block or two. I am currently getting over the last of my dose of Covid so it was nice to catch one of your videos. Mark from Melbourne Australia
i take it that to grease the swivel base via the grease nipple you installed a grease gun nozzle will fit down through the slot on the top the holding vice slides on
Another great job . The workshop is getting lots more toys . Keep up the great work
Nice Modification!!!😁👍🏻 BTW, the cheap blue bandsaw that had the motor burnout problem looks like it was an internal rim drive configuration whereas the gray bandsaw has a worm drive type gearing which puts less stress on the motor!!!
Thanks for sharing that. Maybe there is a way to connect the pivoting work piece clamp to the fixed table so that when you rotate the saw, the clamp stays in line with the direction of the workpiece and the feed table. Hope that makes some sense. Would have to be some heavy tubular so the clamp didn't flex, but maybe it still gets tightened to the rotated saw position before cutting. May also be more work than benefit! Looking forward to seeing more content! Always enjoy your fabricating! Keep up the good work!
Good solution awesome improvment
I've got the same blue saw, it's a year old and runs great, love the portability 👍🇦🇺
To be honest, your video are half the reason I bought the viper 180 tig. Looked at the razor but 15A plug was the decider. Very happy, and the 185 viper mig is also a ripper , it's been great
Bloody unreal. You have come a long way in the last few years.
Thanks, some great ideas. I put an adjustable stop for a repeatable stop for 90*
Thanks mate
Another nice video. Great to see you again, its been a while. Looking forward to seeing more.
Nice mods. I reckon you were pressed for time and using what's on hand but there are a few things you may want to revisit when you have the time. Just friendly suggestions from experience:
1. Welding the both the table pivot bolt and nut created a vertical jack screw. Granted the lift will be small but enough to "pump" out the grease and lose some rigidity. May not really effect your application but bad as a general practice. Belleville washers (split ring washers suck) and a jam nut would suit you better.
2. Adding coolant to a band saw will make swarf and grit stick to the blade to be carried between the blade and drive wheels. I use bits of a cheap kitchen squeegee with button magnets recessed and glued to the back to hold them to the sole plate to allow removal and adjustment.
3. Rather than a special wrench to adjust the fence maybe make handles with tubular nuts and raise them just above the fence for ease-of-use.
I admit I cried when you milled away an already too thin casting but done is done :) Cheers!
Thanks mate 👍
Have you considered extending the the smaller bolt (that secures the gate plate) through to your new base/swivel plate to meet a captive nut welded to it? Effectively if you loosen that one bolt and swivel the base plate the gate plate will remain stationary. Assuming it is desirable that the gate plate is always aligned longitudinally with your roller benches.
Nice job - thanks for sharing it
love your work, Cheers mate well done
great video! good job!
Iove your channel! keep going on! ♥️♥️♥️
Nice mod for sure, even nicer work clamp
awesome job! I have few tool acting up around here. that Ima teach a trick or two.
awesome job. love it
Good guy. Keep at it
Thanks, 👍 I appreciate you taking the time to watch.
Great work 👍
Clever!
Thanks Jeff 👍
No need to weep :) super modification!
Awesome job mate, Can I please ask where you sourced the brush for the coolant system.
It's called a flow-through application brush or lubrication brush. I found mine a spare parts bin on it's way to the dump.
I never ceases to amaze me what people throw out. A quick search should on the internet with those names should get you going.
"up all night weeping like a child" HA hah! well delivered. The job to carry on with the job , nice & simple, I like it.
How much weight did that add?
Do you intent to take it to onsite jobs?
What do you intend to do with the other saw?
Great video
Thanks 👍
It's added 25kg or so. Just a quick guess.
It's a work shop saw now. It was heavy and awkward before I did the mods.
I gave the old saw to the friend that already have one for spares. If I need another bandsaw for on-site work I'm going to try a different brand.
Thanks for watching 👍
@@LittleAussieRockets I am currently doing projects where weight minimizing is an important focus (but strength is too) & there are always compromises on how far to take it in trying to achieve balance with other important aspects.
Anti-gravidic propulsion, then you could tether your ban saws on a lead & they could levitate,/floating effortlessly all the way to the onsite job!
Storm Area 51, but mean it this time!
Just donating some cheesy stuff.
I need to figure out a way to set a portable bandsaw to do similar . I like your build but miss the chicken in the work area great video and hows the baby
Really great thanks. She is one happy baby 🥰 sleeps all night 😁.
Don't have any chickens at the moment. Those chooks came with the farm and they were old then. There all in the great KFC in the sky if you know what I mean.
Want to build a chicken tractor and be better set up before getting more.
Always nice to hear from you.
Thanks mate
@@LittleAussieRockets A chicken tractor???
Might be a dumb question, but what is the stone you cleaned the surfaces with?
I have had that stone for years. Not sure where I got it. It's a knife sharpening stone with a very coarse grit. 👍
If you just want one for scouring perhaps a griddle/BBQ cleaning stone will suffice.
@@LittleAussieRockets I thought it was a knife stone, I just haven't seen one that big for a long time. Thank you.
@@EddieTheGrouch Good idea! Thanks.
Yay! It worked!
Welcome back to this channel. “Accurate repeatable work...” nothing wrong with that axiom.
It’s great hearing your voice and learning from your insightful video. Wishing you and your family a blessed season. Peace brother.
Always love your work mate, only wish the videos were more often, my only complaint
⭕wish i had a few of the equipment pieces you have...
Nice job. Good to see some of us can still stick weld.
Genial
Thinking about it: a new motor in the old saw still leaves it unreliable for production. And it's unclear the motor is the problem. Perhaps look fir a worn out drive system, so you can still use it as a portable.
Bravo on your elegant solution to making the heavy duty machine into an accurate miter bandsaw.
Routine stuff for you. I ( as a complete amateur & not a very good one at that!) on the other hand, would be EXTREMELY pleased with myself. 😁 I envy your skills. 👍👍
THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO, JUST SUBSCRIBED
Excellent mob mate, looks a great set up. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
This reminds me of an Adam savage 1 day build. Love your videos always good content.
I enjoyed the video, I preferred the back jaw square with the fixed jaw myself .. when trying to cut 45% on short pieces of stock ,, I had to make a longer back jaw for doing this as the back jaw Is very short ..
Good job my friend! Stay healthy.
Love my stove, thanks again!!!
Nice job, innovative +++
Great idea.
Great work
Nice work Steve! I have the blue swivel bandsaw at work. It's good but the motor is underpowered. I have the grey bandsaw at home and yes it's a pain to swing the work around. Good solution. Now all you need is a fence, a fixed tape measure and a stop block or two. I am currently getting over the last of my dose of Covid so it was nice to catch one of your videos.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
Hope you get well soon.
i take it that to grease the swivel base via the grease nipple you installed a grease gun nozzle will fit down through the slot on the top the holding vice slides on
No It doesn't, but it's there if the pivot gets stuck. Time will tell.
@@LittleAussieRockets possibly a grease nipple on the underside of the bottom plate would eventually be an option if needed