Building a bandsaw on the cheap from mostly scrap wood

lumberjim · 05-23-2016, 09:58 PM

Tapping threads is bad ass. It's like you're. ...well... I'll not go into that analogy. But I get you. This is coming along nicely. It must be difficult to constantly remember to stop and take pics along the way. It will be worth it though, in 20 years when your son wants to build one and you can just show him this thread.

I have one criticism, if you don't mind. Those screws you balanced it with need to be covered up. They're ugly and random looking. If you have to glue a veneer over them and counter balance that, I think you should. Hopefully you already planned to do that. I want this to be pretty too.

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Griff · 05-24-2016, 06:12 AM

Yep. 100% badass

glatt · 05-24-2016, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

I have one criticism, if you don't mind. Those screws you balanced it with need to be covered up. They're ugly and random looking. If you have to glue a veneer over them and counter balance that, I think you should. Hopefully you already planned to do that. I want this to be pretty too.

I don't mind. I agree that the screws look like crap, but I'll be making a protective housing to cover the wheels, so these screws will only be visible when I am changing the blade. I can live with that. And this top wheel can be reversed so the screws for that one are on the back side and completely hidden.

lumberjim · 05-24-2016, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I don't mind. I agree that the screws look like crap, but I'll be making a protective housing to cover the wheels, so these screws will only be visible when I am changing the blade. I can live with that. And this top wheel can be reversed so the screws for that one are on the back side and completely hidden.

I figured you'd be on top of that.

05-23-2016, 09:58 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Tapping threads is bad ass. It's like you're. ...well... I'll not go into that analogy. But I get you. This is coming along nicely. It must be difficult to constantly remember to stop and take pics along the way. It will be worth it though, in 20 years when your son wants to build one and you can just show him this thread. I have one criticism, if you don't mind. Those screws you balanced it with need to be covered up. They're ugly and random looking. If you have to glue a veneer over them and counter balance that, I think you should. Hopefully you already planned to do that. I want this to be pretty too. Sent from my SM-T530NU using Tapatalk __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-24-2016, 06:12 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yep. 100% badass __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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