Craftsman Bandsaw Slo-Speed Adapter

[RHJO51]

I was picking up a Craftsman 150 table top drill press to re-do and the guy asked me if I was interested in a old Craftsman band saw. I already have one, but this one had a slo-speed adapter on it. I was thinking of setting up my band saw for cutting soft metals so for $40 I figured another one as a dedicated metal band saw. I then came across a free period Craftsman work table for it. I did a clean up and lube on the band saw and did a quick set up with some old blade. Seems to work nice and slow. I'm not familiar with the slo-speed adapters but this one has two work pulleys, you'd just slide the motor over for normal speed or slo-speed. I have to buy a decent metal cutting blade and try it out. Not sure if most are familiar with this band saw option so here it is.

 

[larry4406]

Neat!

Open it up and show us how it works.

 

[RTM]

Uh oh, looks like back through the looking glass. Be gentle with it.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363730

Which leads to (this has better pics at the bottom of post #20)

https://www.practicalmachinist.com/...y-timing-belt-250-pitch-custom-source-214658/

And somehow I got here too. (sounds like a fun project)

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=283408&page=3

 

[lilredex]

If that does not work out, you could do as this gent did, for the slow speed.

Probably what I'll do when I get around to it.

 

[RHJO51]

Thanks for sharing the links. I ran it for a good 5 mins and it ran fine. No idea how it would be under load but we’ll see. It’s just cool, I had to fool with it. If the belts break it’s all over. Thanks