I've been in that room when he's used it. What makes an impression is the sheer mass of the thing. You can really feel it come up to speed right through the floorboards. Run down time is probably something like 30-40 seconds.
THAT is a bandsaw. 14 seconds to come up to speed? I wish he had shared how long it takes to come to a stop. I would guess at least a minute, if not more. The motor is only one aspect of the power; sheer inertia is the other not to mention the dampening of cast iron mass. The old tool designers really seemed to know how to use physics to their advantage. Today, our mindset is to use technology and our sheer cleverness to override, divert or improve on physics. Not as smart if you ask me.
I've been in that room when he's used it. What makes an impression is the sheer mass of the thing. You can really feel it come up to speed right through the floorboards. Run down time is probably something like 30-40 seconds.
Looks like a variation of those in the cedar mills of the Pacific Northwet and that are used to cut cedar blocks into shingles.
THAT is a bandsaw. 14 seconds to come up to speed? I wish he had shared how long it takes to come to a stop. I would guess at least a minute, if not more. The motor is only one aspect of the power; sheer inertia is the other not to mention the dampening of cast iron mass.
The old tool designers really seemed to know how to use physics to their advantage. Today, our mindset is to use technology and our sheer cleverness to override, divert or improve on physics. Not as smart if you ask me.
Several minutes actually.