My Version of Matthias Wandel's Band Saw with Variable Speed for Steel Cutting : 055

2018-03-23

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A detailed description of my band saw based on Matthias Wandel's 16" design. I show what I did different and what I would change.

Matthias website

www.woodgears.ca ... he has several versions of his bandsaw. I used the 16" plans seen here.

http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/plans/index.html

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Technical Notes and Corrections here.

Nothing so far...

start with a few sample cuts
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switched out to a metal cutting blade
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make the wheels both top and bottom thicker
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shape for a blade guard
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making the frame quite a bit thicker
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started by making sort of a quick and dirty jig on the workbench
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use a three-phase motor with the vfd
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Jeremy Fielding My goal is simple. Draw people to engineering with amazing projects; Inspire them with ideas; Then teach them how to do it. I am fascinated with all things mechanical, but most of my projects require multiple disciplines so I also cover electronics, motors, and programming regularly. If you would like to contribute to future projects please check my Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/jeremyfieldingsr Please use my website, to contact me. www.jeremyfielding.com
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