Thread: Band Saw Mods
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Old 02-12-2016, 07:26 AM
David Eye David Eye is offline
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Crex, Thanks for the input, but.........too late.
I did look into a porta-band conversion and decided against it.
Much more work for me to build a stand and small work rest for it IMO.
I will still use my band saw to cut my wood knife scales.

Please keep in mind I will have tons of torque the way I am gearing it and the bearings and guides will hold up just fine at slow speeds, especially since I will only be cutting a very small quantity of knife blades per year......just a hobby.
If I already had a porta-band saw I would be converting it for sure, but I'm converting what I have with the least amount of work for me.
Some guys don't like the vertical 14" wood cutting band saw conversion, other guys say it works quite well for low quantity work.....depends on who you talk to and maybe which conversion method they chose. Actually the bearings are pretty much the same between the two units, but I do have cheap blade guides on my 14" which I could replace if need be....but I won't have a need for my occasional use of this saw.
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