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Thread: Check out this Bandsaw!!

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    Check out this Bandsaw!!

    I found this pic in another ww forum and thought it was pretty cool and decided to share it here. I know nothing about it, just the picture...
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    Pretty cool, definately built for a specific purpose.

    Just glad I didn't have to align the wheels.

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    Nothing like a man with 2 14" bandsaws and a whole lotta time.
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    Wow, that is funny . I bet it is a pure joy to align.... heh.

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    I think the sign in the background says it all...

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    I think he would need at least a single power switch to get it going.
    Maybe fake...?

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    ingenuity at its finest!

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    It looks real enough except I don't see the blade tensioning mechanism, and I also have serious doubts that the flimsy support he has would allow for any real tensioning anyway. Makes me wonder if he's actually running a bandsaw blade or maybe running something else for some different purpose entirely.

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    Maybe his is just using one switch/motor and the other freewheels.
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    The blade never gets more than 90 degrees of contact with any one wheel though? Not the greatest for power transmission.....plus the whole thing is supported by the neck of the original 14" saw? That is not only a lot of extra weight, but the leverage has to be a killer. Blade tension? Upper bearing stability?

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    Actually, it looks like there are steel tubing welded on the left side of the left BS. That would accommodate the extra weight. And if you look closely, the right BS is tipped down, probably from the tensioning.

    Not saying it is real. Not saying it actually works. Not saying it isn't/wouldn't be a nightmare to align. Just saying it looks like it is operational.
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    Well if it's throat capability that the guy was going for, he could have just added a 3rd pulley as far away as he needed it. The original two up and down, and then the 3rd pulley behind them in the center plane to form a triangle out of the pulleys.
    Seems like it would have been a lot easier to align that way, too.

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    I always wondered why 3 wheel bandsaws never became popular.

    Sure it would be big n heavy, but if you can increase the throat length, say to 40" and only use 16 - 18" wheels, in many cases the BS could replace a TS, so the added cost would be OK to many of us. Now you would have incredible height cutting capacity (a 10" TS blades shortcoming) and great re-saw, and IMO a much safer saw. Sure the cut line is not clean, but many people only want to rough cut down to size and work the wood with sanders, jointers, or hand planes for final sizing. I know its been tried b4, but I guess the triangle design puts tremendous stress on the frame, forcing the frame to become excessively large, adding crazy weight to prevent flexing.... killing the product concept..... any thoughts?

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    Or, you could just get this one...

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