Paul,
When I first got the Homier saw I had trouble getting the motor to
start in high speed. I called Homier and they sent me a new
capacitor. It helped a little but at times it still would not start
on the first cold start. After the first start it worked fine. It
may be that I run the blade tension too high. I never really use the
high speed anyways so I haven't done anything about it. The motor
runs cool and draws under 7 amps. It fact I forgot about the motor
until seeing your question. My biggest cut has been a 3" round bar.
Most of the stuff I do is 1/2" or less.
I adjusted the saw (took me about an hour or so) and it cuts great
very true. The blade never slips. For a home shop it is a great
value. I haven't used any of the bimetal blades yet. Just the cheap
Homier and HF ones which seem OK.
I think it is very close to the HF saw. The HF saw has a little
bigger motor 3/4HP Homier versus 1 HP HF.
Bob
--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "paul_probus <paul_probus@y...>"
<paul_probus@y...> wrote:
You are the first one I've seen whose bought the Homier bandsaw.
How
did you come by that choice and how did it compare to the other
imported brands (assuming you compared the quality of the others)?
For $99 the last time I looked, it seemed like a good deal,
however,
I could not get a good look at one to see how it compared to others
I've used/seen.
BTW, technically, that is brazing the bandsaw blade together. The
important thing, though, is that when it is done properly it works
pretty good. That is how my dad always made his blades and, for
the
most part, they wore out long before the brazing broke and those
that
broke the brazed joint were repaired and eventually wore out on the
second try. :)
Paul
--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "rsnyder187 <rsnyder187@y...>"
<rsnyder187@y...> wrote:
Hello,
I have Homier 4x6 bandsaw and thoght it would be a good idea to
have
a way of welding the blade together when it breaks.
Here is a website with the method I am copying.
I made a fixture like the one shown. My 4x6 is about 8 months
old.
So far the the blades seem to hold up very good and none have
broken
et. I have a small wood bandsaw too. The wood bandsaw has
smaller
blades of about 3/16" to 1/4" wide. I broke a blade on it
yesterday
and tried the rewelding. After my second try it is holding and I
am
cutting wood with it. The 4x6 blade being 1/2" should be even
easier
to weld/braze.
Anyone else trying this? Any successes?
Bob
