Homemade bandsaw 2

http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/homemade.html
Showing off my improved homemade bandsaw with a laminated wood frame

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Howto & Style

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• bandsaw
• homememade
• wood

[littlestworkshop]

I feel sure the stiffness of your frame has a lot to do with the diagonal gussets, they are in compression so will barely flex, that leaves only a short length in the middle to really bend and as you mentioned it is nice and thick.

[Matthiaswandel]

Exactly.

They also prevent the horizontal members from twisting (there's a fair bit of torsional load on them because the wheels are offset from the beam)

[jerry020351]

Just came across your plans and WOW!!! what a great set of plans. I'm going to purchase your plans.

What I would like to know and I have not read all the comments, is do you have a total cost of this project??

[Matthiaswandel]

I spent about $100, but I used a lot of junk I had lying around. It totally depends no what prices you end up paying for the parts. So I can't really estimate your cost.

[guerd87]

What size is the timber in the frame? I dont have access to much machinery for dressing materials. I can easily buy something like 90x19 or 70x19 Dressed pine. Is this suitable for the machine frame?

[Matthiaswandel]

Anywahere from 16 to 19 mm will do. The plans make allowances for that. Mine is 16 mm, because I started with different leftover lumber that I planed down to the same thickness.

[ttk1opc]

Trees must shake in fear when you walk past.

[benhuff0]

yesss. and to make it specifically out of readily available wood stock and parts. you're like ben franklin, man. i'm sure canada has a great benevolent inventor who is you're ben franklin. in that case, you are like him.

[LoomisRex]

Hi Matthias. Just bought your plans for the bandsaw after watching the video. Very nice :) Thank you :)

[1000gastelu]

hola ., amigo mi nombre es nicolas fernandez , soi de atacama chile te escribo por que quede facinado con tu trbjo y en lo cual me desempeño como tornero en madera y me hace falta una sierra sinfin ,. por lo tanto te escribo para que si hubiera la posibilidad de que me podrias enviar los planos mas detalladamente ya que en el video no se ven adecuadamente y muy borroso muchas gracias amigo por tu aporte hasta luego y q subas fabricaciones hasta luego y mi correo es gastelu_61@hotmail.com gracias

[EyeOnTheTV]

I have just decided. When I have a house with space for a shop, I'm making my own band saw, and I'll be using Matthias's plans.

[imautuber444]

You are a freaking genius, I bow before you !

[electricdrjoe]

Pure genius.

[Blackwido11]

The satisfaction that comes with building your own tools must be great!

[erxzy]

Practical thinking !!!

[littlestworkshop]

@Matthiaswandel We have a small DeWalt bandsaw at work but I don't have a saw at home, when I compare the performance of your saw to the DeWalt it seems the smart option is to build a saw not buy as it is pretty horrible to use and very noisy.