Guys for the last month or so I have been ordering parts and blades from Iturra Design which is a bandsaw accessory only business.He has sent me his summer catalog full of fine accessorys for the new or old bandsaw that will help make it the best it can be.But what has caught my interest is this 240 plus page catalog is also full of information on the bandsaw and how to tune it up and make if perform.
In one of the chapters he has taken a 14"Delta BS and supercharge it by installing a 1 1/2hp motor and change the pulley out to make it rotate from 3000 sfm to 4000sfm and use a bi-metal blade for resawing.Going from the normal 3000 up 4000 sfm will increase your feed rate and keep a quality cut using the bi-metal blade and will not generate alot of heat.
Question:Has anyone done this and if so,how do you like it for resawing?I'm in the process of restoring a PM141 which is missing a motor so I was wondering if I should go w/ the 1 1/2hp motor or go back will what came out of it which is a 3/4hp motor.Thanks for the advice--Carroll