Bandsaw with table

[Hengelo_77]

OK, on my quest for a good bandsaw I made a discovery.
What had me puzzeled was: Why do so many knifemaker in the USA use bandsaws and why do so little European makers use them.

The answer is that the kind of bandsaw used, in a mound the keep them vertical and add a table are banned due to savety regulations.

Now I have two options left:
1) order one in the USA, but it will run on 110V, we have 220V, and ajusting will be very expensive

2) buy the machine in the picture and make a mount and table myself.
As I understand, most people that use bandsaws remodel them and make there own table.

Can you please post a picture of your bandsaw setup and tell me about what you did to it, and help me on the way?

This is the kind of machine avalible to me:

0,33 HP
60/90/150 feet per minute

 

[ritzblitz]

You will want more than 1/3hp, I can tell you that. If you are skilled, I would opt for making a table yourself because you can make it exactly how you want it then.

Have fun.

 

[warrior24]

I am no electrician but id like to think I am, but a voltage step down transformer are like 30 bucks which would take 220 to 120. All 220 is another hot wire so it has a total of 4 wires, where as 120 has 3 wires