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Re: Table for Vertical Cuts with HFT Bandsaw
Nice work! You obviously have more room in your workshop than I have to store it. The dolly under the saw looks really simple and effective too. - jv [email protected]> wrote:
By John Vreede · #15304 ·
Re: Table for Vertical Cuts with HFT Bandsaw
nice!
By Alan Muller · #15303 ·
Table for Vertical Cuts with HFT Bandsaw
Saw table fabricated and in place.?See?how the saw vise clamps the table to the base of the table. Four adjustable height feet?to make the whole thing level in both axes and very rigid and lots of
By John H · #15302 ·
Re: Drive belt tension
This is great, thank you Carl!
By Rob M. · #15301 ·
Re: Drive belt tension
Rob, You can probably use this attachment once you get the belt situation straightened out. Good luck with that. I¡¯ve had my saw since 2005 and have been very happy with it. Carl H Sent:
By Carl Hollopeter · #15300 ·
Re: Drive belt tension
Thank you for all of the tips, John. I appreciate it.
By Rob M. · #15299 ·
Re: Drive belt tension
Hi Rob The fact its shedding rubber is not good and says alignment is probably out somewhere. You have lined up the pulleys heights but that's not all you need to line up. These saws have very flimsy
By John Vreede · #15298 ·
Re: Drive belt tension
First thing to do, is to go out, with belt in hand, and buy a ¡®real¡¯ belt. A Gates, A Dayco.....a good one. The v-belts supplied with Chinese made machines, are garbage, in my experience. As far
By Bill Armstrong · #15297 ·
Drive belt tension
Hi all, I picked up a new HF 4x6 (62377) and I'm trying to get the drive belt tension correct. The instructions say 1/2" deflection when pushed with thumb. At this tension the belt and pulleys are
By Rob M. · #15296 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Here's another thought.? I currently live in the suburbs, but I'd like to buy some land outside of town in a few years and build a house & shop.? When I do, the shop will be heated & cooled with
By Joe Blount · #15295 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Do not attach anything to the floor at least for a couple of months. You may have to deal with some vibration and stuff moving around while you're using it but if you wait a couple months before you
By seb fontana · #15294 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Do not attach anything to the floor at least for a couple of months. You may have to deal with some vibration and stuff moving around while you're using it but if you wait a couple months before you
By seb fontana · #15293 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Thanks to all for the terrific suggestions. Now all I have to do is get it built! Dick
By rfmarchi1 · #15292 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Fiberglass reinforced plastic sheathing is cheap, durable and easy to work with.
By Tom D · #15291 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
My shop slab is 20 x 40 with a 2-foot loading dock in front and a 10-foot covered porch in the back.? The studs are 2x8, and the walls and ceiling are insulated, covered with 1/2" plywood, caulked,
By n5kzw · #15290 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Gotta echo Jerry, Heat, Light and Powerpoints! Attached for more info - jv
By John Vreede · #15289 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Jerry, It sees the most action behind my lathe. Rick
By Rick Sparber · #15288 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Might be a good thing to put up behind my mill, the walls are smooth concrete to be painted.? A thin sheet of some plastic hung there surly couldn't hurt.? Probably not hot pink. Our walls,
By Jerry Durand · #15287 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Oh, one more thing ¨C my walls are covered with this plastic sheet that you sometimes see in commercial bathrooms. It is a snap to wipe up oil that has flung from a machine. Trying to get oil off of
By Rick Sparber · #15286 ·
Re: Setting up a new shop... seeking advice
Too bad, you are moving. I always enjoyed hearing about your floating shop. People would argue with me about the importance of leveling a lathe, and I would point to your arrangement. My shop is
By Rick Sparber · #15285 ·