Building a bandsaw on the cheap from mostly scrap wood - Page 24

classicman · 11-28-2016, 04:19 PM

Sweet! This has been most enjoyable AND educational.

lumberjim · 11-28-2016, 05:00 PM

Neat

Undertoad · 11-28-2016, 05:21 PM

xoxoxoBruce · 11-28-2016, 06:24 PM

It looks like it was obviously homemade... by a craftsman.

Clodfobble · 11-28-2016, 08:12 PM

Goddamn you motherfuckers are handy.

BigV · 11-28-2016, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

snip--

This band saw is mostly done now.

There is a small panel to fit around the opening under the table around the blade guide. And mainly I need to build a sturdy base for it. With caster wheels. This undersized bed side table I dug out of the trash isn't very solid. And I will probably varnish it.

Got something for you:

ボール盤台座と着脱キャスタ

I think you'll love it.

Griff · 11-29-2016, 06:09 AM

It was a great ride!

Who is next?

glatt · 11-29-2016, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Got something for you:

I think you'll love it.

That's pretty clever. I'll try to incorporate a feature like that.

glatt · 11-29-2016, 12:09 PM

I just went through the thread adding up the time I probably spent on each step, and I think I put about 115 - 135 hours into this project. I didn't keep clear enough records to know for sure. Figure 3 work weeks. And I spent about $300 on materials for it. To pay myself minimum wage, I would have to charge $2,040 for this saw.

Laguna sells a 16 inch band saw for $3,499, so I'm cheaper than that.
But Grizzly sells one for $850.

Undertoad · 11-29-2016, 12:29 PM

The next one you could do in less than half the time, though

xoxoxoBruce · 11-29-2016, 12:42 PM

The skills and knowledge you got from this project are worth a few grand.
Plus the pride of accomplishment and the respect of your peers... who will ask you to do things for them now you have a bandsaw.

lumberjim · 11-29-2016, 09:46 PM

Hammer a copper penny into a flat oval, bang a 1 into it, and affix it with copper tacks. Then make a 2nd one, 3td, etc, and sell it to someone.... Like me or foot or Bruce..... Defray your cost.

fargon · 11-30-2016, 06:02 AM

I'd buy one.

lumberjim · 11-30-2016, 09:42 AM

I will once I own a home again. Maybe 3 or 4 years hence

xoxoxoBruce · 02-04-2017, 01:49 AM

Since this thread was so popular it was suggested someone start a new thread of a project they're building.
While surfing the web I spotted an ad saying, "Build the Best Saw in the World". Lots of hoopla each ending
with "Best Saw in the World". So I go to their site and they'll sell you detailed plans, an instruction video, and
bill of materials for "Best Saw in the World", only $40.

WTF? Saw? That doesn't look like a saw?
Then they show what the "Best Saw in the World" can do.

Dude, that ain't what a saw does.
Then they say it can be controlled from your computer or laptop.
OK it's a computer controlled milling machine. I wonder how much it would cost to build it, 3 lead screws, 3control boxes
with 3 stepper motors can't be cheap.
Then you have to write the programs, I know it's not that simple. I did that for a living for many years.

Interesting, but that ain't no saw, Bubba.

link

11-28-2016, 04:19 PM	#346
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Sweet! This has been most enjoyable AND educational. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-28-2016, 05:00 PM	#347
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Neat __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-28-2016, 06:24 PM	#349
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It looks like it was obviously homemade... by a craftsman. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-28-2016, 08:12 PM	#350
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Goddamn you motherfuckers are handy. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-29-2016, 06:09 AM	#352
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It was a great ride! Who is next? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-28-2016, 05:21 PM	#348
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11-29-2016, 12:09 PM	#354
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just went through the thread adding up the time I probably spent on each step, and I think I put about 115 - 135 hours into this project. I didn't keep clear enough records to know for sure. Figure 3 work weeks. And I spent about $300 on materials for it. To pay myself minimum wage, I would have to charge $2,040 for this saw. Laguna sells a 16 inch band saw for $3,499, so I'm cheaper than that. But Grizzly sells one for $850.

11-29-2016, 12:29 PM	#355
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The next one you could do in less than half the time, though

11-29-2016, 12:42 PM	#356
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The skills and knowledge you got from this project are worth a few grand. Plus the pride of accomplishment and the respect of your peers... who will ask you to do things for them now you have a bandsaw. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-29-2016, 09:46 PM	#357
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Hammer a copper penny into a flat oval, bang a 1 into it, and affix it with copper tacks. Then make a 2nd one, 3td, etc, and sell it to someone.... Like me or foot or Bruce..... Defray your cost. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-30-2016, 06:02 AM	#358
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I'd buy one. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

11-30-2016, 09:42 AM	#359
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I will once I own a home again. Maybe 3 or 4 years hence __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-04-2017, 01:49 AM	#360
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Since this thread was so popular it was suggested someone start a new thread of a project they're building. While surfing the web I spotted an ad saying, "Build the Best Saw in the World". Lots of hoopla each ending with "Best Saw in the World". So I go to their site and they'll sell you detailed plans, an instruction video, and bill of materials for "Best Saw in the World", only $40. WTF? Saw? That doesn't look like a saw? Then they show what the "Best Saw in the World" can do. Dude, that ain't what a saw does. Then they say it can be controlled from your computer or laptop. OK it's a computer controlled milling machine. I wonder how much it would cost to build it, 3 lead screws, 3control boxes with 3 stepper motors can't be cheap. Then you have to write the programs, I know it's not that simple. I did that for a living for many years. Interesting, but that ain't no saw, Bubba. link __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 02-04-2017 at 02:17 AM. Reason: link

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