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Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
By:dave koslow
Date: 9/24/2012, 11:30 am
In Response To: Re: Tools: Make your own band saw (Charlie)

: Can you build it? You sure can! But before you do go to a bigbox
: store and look at a Rigid of any of the other 14 inch
: top-of-the-lines that are rip-offs of a Delta.

Yep! I agree with all you and everyone else says. And I know you didnt go to the site nor look at the youtube videos, cuz I didnt at first either, and i had the same reaction. But I have perused all the material, spoken to the designer, and bought the plans. He's resawing with this design, fer heavens sake! I researched and set a base price of around $400 for a bandsaw like this ( Grizzly, Home Depot, Craigs List) and frankly, it aint much less to build one. So I initially scrapped the idea. But i've been able to gather most of the materials for free, and I have no particular time frame attached to the project. And who wouldnt want to say they built a wooden bandsaw? If its no good, okay it was fun to do, i'll get another. From what ive seen its at least as good as anything i could afford and probably better in many ways. Ive been working with wood and metal all my life, and I aint afraid to redesign what I dont like...Aint like a kayak, where im on shakey ground changing designs!

Messages In This Thread

Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Richard Nowadzky -- 1/22/2011, 11:30 am
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2011, 5:24 pm
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Brian Nystrom -- 1/22/2011, 5:32 pm
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Charlie -- 1/22/2011, 7:37 pm
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 12:13 am
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Brian Nystrom -- 1/23/2011, 8:34 am
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 9:01 am
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Brian Nystrom -- 1/24/2011, 6:27 am
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Mike Bielski -- 1/23/2011, 10:47 pm
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2011, 12:35 am
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Brian Nystrom -- 1/24/2011, 6:29 am
Re: Tools: Dayton bandsaw?
Bill Hamm -- 1/25/2011, 2:08 am
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Tony L -- 9/21/2012, 1:10 pm
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
dave koslow -- 9/21/2012, 3:25 pm
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Charlie -- 9/22/2012, 1:00 pm
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Bill Hamm -- 9/23/2012, 12:37 am
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Brian Nystrom -- 9/23/2012, 6:55 am
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Bill Hamm -- 9/24/2012, 1:38 am
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Bill Hamm -- 9/24/2012, 1:42 am
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Bill Hamm -- 9/24/2012, 1:46 am
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Marc Upchurch -- 9/23/2012, 9:36 am
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw *PIC*
John Messinger -- 9/23/2012, 10:02 am
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Marc Upchurch -- 9/23/2012, 4:26 pm
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
Jay Babina -- 9/24/2012, 8:39 am
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw *PIC*
Jim Ham -- 9/25/2012, 9:51 pm
Re: Tools: Make your own band saw
dave koslow -- 9/24/2012, 11:30 am
Had an uncle who built one.
Jay Babina -- 9/23/2012, 8:42 am