metal bandsaw improvement

[celso ari schlichtingParticipant @celsoarischlichting85092]

modifications in my chinese bandsaw (audio in portuguese):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJG9k6KVGHk&t=6s

greetings from Brazil
Celso Ari

[celso ari schlichtingParticipant @celsoarischlichting85092]

modifications in my chinese bandsaw

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Google won't translate the bit of your title "manrod". I'm assuming that as it is used as a title it is not obscene.

Is it all about the modification to the vice as shown at 7:38? That looks a good idea for better work support and the option for clamping with vice-grip would be helpful.

Edited By Bazyle on 29/01/2018 18:50:24

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Manrod is a Brazilian machinery importer.

http://www.manrod.com.br/

Neil

 

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 29/01/2018 18:56:09

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

AH, should be Mangrod. Bit disappointed now.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by celso ari schlichting on 29/01/2018 18:32:04:

modifications in my chinese bandsaw (audio in portuguese):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJG9k6KVGHk&t=6s

greetings from Brazil
Celso Ari

[celso ari schlichtingParticipant @celsoarischlichting85092]

look:

http://www.manrod.com.br/produto/serra-de-fita-para-metais-hobby

 

in england you have a similar saw?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited By celso ari schlichting on 29/01/2018 19:14:11

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by celso ari schlichting on 29/01/2018 19:11:56:

look:

http://www.manrod.com.br/produto/serra-de-fita-para-metais-hobby

in england you have a similar saw?

Very similar to mine, except the motor and belt box are turned 90 degrees.

Neil

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Good mods, even if the music might have been better matched to the video by playing Seasick Steve

[Michael Cox 1Participant @michaelcox1]

My bandsaw, sold in the uk by Axminster, is basically similar but the vice arrangement is different. I have made a few mods to my saw see:

http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/bandsaw-modifications.html

Mike

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Posted by celso ari schlichting on 29/01/2018 19:11:56:

look:

http://www.manrod.com.br/produto/serra-de-fita-para-metais-hobby

in england you have a similar saw?

My Sealey SM65 is similar, see **LINK**

[celso ari schlichtingParticipant @celsoarischlichting85092]

Posted by Michael Cox 1 on 29/01/2018 22:32:03:

My bandsaw, sold in the uk by Axminster, is basically similar but the vice arrangement is different. I have made a few mods to my saw see:

http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/bandsaw-modifications.html

Mike

fantastic Mike!…excellent mods

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Mike,

Are those 11 of 12 headings all modifications/improvements?

Seems like you might have remanufactured it from something fairly useless to something better?

[Michael Cox 1Participant @michaelcox1]

Posted by not done it yet on 31/01/2018 10:47:17:

Mike,

Are those 11 of 12 headings all modifications/improvements?

Seems like you might have remanufactured it from something fairly useless to something better?

Yes they are all mods to the basic machine.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by not done it yet on 31/01/2018 10:47:17:

Mike,

Are those 11 of 12 headings all modifications/improvements?

Seems like you might have remanufactured it from something fairly useless to something better?

There are more than 12 common modifications to Myford lathes.

Does that make unmodified ones useless?

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

No Neil, it is just some of the operators who may be useless.

[An OtherParticipant @another21905]

Sorry – don't mean to hijack the thread, but this might matter to some of you-

I have a similar but older version of this bandsaw. It has given me some good service, despite its 'crudity' in some areas. Last week I took the top off the gear drive (the box just in front of the motor in the photos above,), and had an unpleasant surprise – there is a simple worm/pinion setup here, to gear down the motor speed and turn it through 90 degrees to rotate the blade wheel. Although there was plenty of grease in the box, I also found lots of small metal 'splinters' (sorry, its the only way I could describe them) – when I cleaned away the grease, I found out they came from the gears – the worm thread was worn to a knife edge, and the pinion had virtually lost its teeth. It was still driving – but only just.

I have no idea why this happened. There was no other foreign material in the gearbox, the bearings all seem OK, and there was plenty of (original) grease in the box. I can't tell if the gear meshing was originally OK, because it is so badly worn. Admittedly the machine has had plenty of work, but not particularly heavy, nor was it making any unusual noises. May be worth checking your machines before it happens to you.

I haven't been able to locate spare gears, so now I'm making new ones myself.

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