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Belt Tension Adjustment

 

I'm getting tired of wrenching the belt tension adjusment out and back in every time I want to switch band speeds. Does anyone know of a mod for quickly setting belt tension without resorting to the crappy bolt on the HF4x6?
 

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On 8/19/2019 2:46 PM, CptCrunch51@... [4x6bandsaw] wrote:

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I'm getting tired of wrenching the belt tension adjusment out and back in every time I want to switch band speeds. Does anyone know of a mod for quickly setting belt tension without resorting to the crappy bolt on the HF4x6?
 

I have a Grizzly saw, and I put it on the highest speed, 200 FPM, when I set it up and adjusted it 12 or more years ago. I have never slowed it down since.?
I cut everything from plastics to 4140HT and other alloy steels, as well as stainless steels....rounds, flats, angles and tubes, including thinwall tubing.?
It came equipped with a hydraulic down-feed control. That, is the key.?
Past that....if you change speeds often...you could make your own adjustment bolt, with a knob on it, like the blade tension adjuster bolt.?

Bill
 

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My motor bracket, haven't had any problem since.

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On Aug 19, 2019, at 18:09, "mike animal@... [4x6bandsaw]" <4x6bandsaw@...> wrote:

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On 8/19/2019 2:46 PM, CptCrunch51@... [4x6bandsaw] wrote:
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I'm getting tired of wrenching the belt tension adjusment out and back in every time I want to switch band speeds. Does anyone know of a mod for quickly setting belt tension without resorting to the crappy bolt on the HF4x6?
 

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sorry, wrong group... nevermind.
On Aug 19, 2019, at 19:28, "Jerry Durand jdurand@... [4x6bandsaw]" <4x6bandsaw@...> wrote:

My motor bracket, haven't had any problem since.

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On Aug 19, 2019, at 18:09, "mike animal@... [4x6bandsaw]" <4x6bandsaw@...> wrote:

??? ??? tread mill motor

??? ??? animal

On 8/19/2019 2:46 PM, CptCrunch51@... [4x6bandsaw] wrote:
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I'm getting tired of wrenching the belt tension adjusment out and back in every time I want to switch band speeds. Does anyone know of a mod for quickly setting belt tension without resorting to the crappy bolt on the HF4x6?
 

Was wondering why I couldn't understand how it worked.
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Hi John
The best way to get quicker belt tension is to remake the motor mount either a new one or remodel the old one.

I did a sort of photoessay of mine its in the Photos section, an album called John Vreede there like 17 photos.
If you build a new one along these lines you can align it more easily than if you have to use the stock holes but either will work.

Big part is getting the pivots to work properly and I made short sleeves over the bolts as in photo6.? If you make a new motor mounting plate they bolt into a new bar and? you can make them any size you want and the sleeve just takes up the difference, but if you use the std mounting plate and threads the sleeve is rather thin.

I use mine without a guard and its a 5 second job to change belt speed.
Rgds - jv

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