Picked this up at an auction a week ago for $10. The old guy had several old cm table saw and dp. It was missing it's tires and the paint was shot, but it came with 2 blades. After I cleaned, repainted, and installed new tires it cuts great and straight! Ordered a new metal blade and smaller pulley for the Dayton motor so I can cut metal with it. It came on a flimsy stand, so I mounted it on a spare red/gray roller cabinet I had.
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Old Craftsman bandsaw
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454ragtop
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Looks nice, but you're going to have to slow it down a lot more than what you can get with a smaller pulley on the motor to cut metal. Might get away with aluminum, but that's about it.
Sears, Craftsman, they won't have anything specialized for it. If you can find a listing at all at Sears Parts Direct it will be generic parts like nuts, screws, power cord, etc, at inflated prices over the hardware store. That thing looks old, maybe 1940s.To cut most metals a band saw needs to run around 1/20 of the speed it runs for wood and of course using a metal cutting blade.
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whateg01
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So I threw a new blade on the band saw just to try cutting some dom tubing I had. Didn't expect much, but it cut through it easily! I was very surprised since I hadnt slowed it down any.
If the saw has the power to cut through the metal at wood speeds, it won't for long. The blade will get hot and dull quickly. That's the thing that you have to watch for.
Dave
RodneyW
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You can probably find more info on it at VintageMachinery.org.
Most converted bandsaws I've seen use a jack shaft setup to lower the speed.
It's a pretty light duty saw. I wouldn't expect too much from it for metal work.
Most converted bandsaws I've seen use a jack shaft setup to lower the speed.
It's a pretty light duty saw. I wouldn't expect too much from it for metal work.
Maui
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If you can mount a jack shaft with the appropriate sized pulleys on it between the motor and the band saw pulley you should be able dial in the gear reduction so that you can cut metal. This is how my 16" Walker-Turner band saw is set up, and it cuts metal beautifully.
Maui
Maui