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Ken McKay
 Post subject: New bandsaw
PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:00 pm 
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I know you all like to see bandsaws. Seems to be one of the hottest topics here.
Here's my new, used resaw.
This is a Hitachi resaw. Took me a while to set it up. I bolted it to cinderblocks filled with cement. I also placed it on wheels to move around my shop. Have a custom made fence that I stole from my combination machine. That allows micro adjustment.
It barely fits in my little shop I had to move some glue bottles.

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Ken McKay
 Post subject: Re: New bandsaw
PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:04 pm 
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Here's my first project. Some curly mahogany and koa for a batch of soprano ukulele's.

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Shane Neifer
 Post subject: Re: New bandsaw
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Is it a 600 or 75 Ken? I have an old 600 that I really like, I also have a B100 (24") that is my dream saw but I sold High Mountain and moved off the property and into the city so will never likely set it up! The 600 will stay with me though. They are nice saws!

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Ken McKay
 Post subject: Re: New bandsaw
PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:32 am 
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It is a 75. The only limitation is the 12 inch max height. But my jointer is only 12 anyway. I exchanged the motor for a 3 HP high torque one and it really has the needed power now. I have a bunch of the wide blades too. Should last a while.

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 Post subject: Re: New bandsaw
PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:12 am 
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Ken McKay wrote:
It is a 75. The only limitation is the 12 inch max height. But my jointer is only 12 anyway. I exchanged the motor for a 3 HP high torque one and it really has the needed power now. I have a bunch of the wide blades too. Should last a while.


Sweet :mrgreen:
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Tom West
 Post subject: Re: New bandsaw
PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:59 am 
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Ken: That is NOT a band saw ..................it is a LUMBER MILL..........!!!! CONGRATS ......that is some saw. And a 12" jointer, man those are much bigger toys then mine are.
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Lovely looking machine.
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Ken McKay wrote:
It is a 75. The only limitation is the 12 inch max height. But my jointer is only 12 anyway. I exchanged the motor for a 3 HP high torque one and it really has the needed power now. I have a bunch of the wide blades too. Should last a while.

You're lucky to get the blades as they are very expensive. I have one just like yours that I found used a few years ago. It came with a 220v 3hp motor which is enough. What a nice tool! I made an appliance to convert my 12" planer into a jointer which although a bit awkward to use works fine for wide planks.
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Jimmyjames
 Post subject: Re: New bandsaw
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"That's no moon, it's a space station."

Wow, I want one! Really, I need one. I own a bandsaw but it's nothing like that. I literally eyeball my cuts and only have about six inches of room to cut on the vertical. I shudder to think how much that cost. But I don't blame you one iota for buying it.

Okay, I'm happy for you.

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