Finally made it a vertical bandsaw

frogfish

frogfish

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I was always thinking that I wanted my HF bandsaw mounted on a bench so when I was putting together a welding/grinding/buffing table I took the plunge and got rid of all the excess bagage and mounted it as a vertical only bandsaw and it works great.

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Just made up a couple of brackets that took advantage of existing holes since the table top is plate steel and pretty heavy it's very stable.
 
Me too. Bought a Tiawan made saw in 1985, for $150.oo, and mounted it on 3/8" steel plate. I use it every day, still going strong.
 
On mine, I replaced the work "table" thing that came with it with a home made one. The gap in stock one is too wide and is in front of the blade, also there're wide "pockets" on both sides of the blade due to gap being so wide.

Often time when cutting narrower pieces this wide gap gets in the way. Also,
smaller cut outs can fall into the "pockets" and jam the blade in the bearings.

In HM one, the blade cut is in the back and now I have may be 1/32 of clearance on the sides and in front. Just perfect ! And yes, when and if
I need to replace the blade, the table will need to be removed. Happens
once every 6 months or so.


Also, replace the crappy 1/4-20 screws that came with it - Lowes/HD sell a
6 or 8 pack for something like $1.25. Stock ones are too soft and the philips
"cross" is too shallow and strips easily.
 
And another thing: look carefully at the motor. With BS upright the metal shavings/dust and stuff can easily find it's way into the motor - through the vent holes.

Cut out a 6x10 rectangular out of tin, plastic whatever and mount it on the
motor to protect it. Put it to where one side rests atop of capacitor cavity.
The right side of the shield you can bend downwards - so if there's an accumulation of crap, if will fall harmlessly to the ground. I'd also angle that
shield a bit to the right. When cutting, the BS vibrates and that will shake
undesirable elements off the shield.

I secured mine in place with few pieces of sticky duct alum foil from HD/Lowes.
 
Okay here's a pop yourself upside the head idea:eek: Can't take credit for it though-came from Ray Clontz the father of the tirehammer-me and a friend made the first 2 hammers from a simple drawing Ray did-We did'n't know if it would work or not-But iv'e been using it quite a few years now-he also makes a great beltgrinder--anywho you just clamp this in your saw vise when you want vertical and take it out for horizontal-simple to weld up-glad to answer any questions:confused: :D http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k45/rsilver4/IMG_0236.jpg ps you can even sit down-but watch the switch
 
I mounted my variable speed porter cable portaband on a bracket so it's vertical. Works great!
 
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