Imran, Grizzly has a reputation for building a strong bandsaw depending on which model you buy and they are from Taiwan. Most Laguna bandsaws are from Taiwan. Panhans makes bandsaws and they are out of Germany. I believe Bulgaria built Laguna bandsaws many years ago.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:39 PM imranindiana via Groups.Io <imranindiana=
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I have been reading this thread and was wondering why only Italians know how to make the bandsaw column properly stiff. In today¡¯s world of analysis one should be able to easily hit a window of desired resonant frequency for the column.
So is it really the generational knowledge of skilled craftsmen or that labor is cheap over there or something else? I would assume material and construction elements are so well defined now that it should not be a part of this equation.
Imran
On Feb 21, 2020, at 8:13 AM, mark thomas <murkyd@...> wrote:
?To be fair, the terms are ambiguous.? You're using "strong" more or less as a synonym for "yield strength", but I think it's more common to use it as a vague and ill-defined term to describe a combination of more specific properties.? On the other hand, "stiff" does have a more precise meaning in materials and mechanics.?
Thinking more about bandsaws, it occurs to me that perhaps the optimal stiffness is part art, not just bean counting.? Probably too stiff is bad -- you want some flex to absorb shocks, etc.?
As a tangent, my Dad gave me The New Science of Strong Materials when I was about 10.? I still have it decades later and pick it up now and then.? Great book:
