Pulled the trigger on a brand new 7X12 bandsaw!

[fredybender]

Finally decided to pull the trigger on a brand new bandsaw 7X12;
Made a few cuts and I'm within a few thou straightness!!! Nice!!!

Good addition to the lathe.
Now I'm starting to be able to tinker quite well;

Next purchase will be a DRO for the Milling

 

[DARK AGE 53]

Great looking saw, look forward to seeing pics of projects you've started with it.

 

[chris fresh]

nice saw,i have an older jet that size,i don't know about you,but i'm swaping out two of the wheels to ones that swivel,why they put 4 no swivel wheels on these things is beyond me.just pay attension to what blade you use for cutting certain material,it's easy to wipe one out and turn it into a butter knife.

 

[BWS]

Very cool...love the 7x12's.

Ours has been a workhorse......its one of the dirtiest pcs in our shop,and thats perfectly cool.It gets used that much.

A cpl things make them work better.The length stops(rod for setting part/drop length) that come on these are woefully under-developed.They're trying to hit pricepoints so its understandable.But most will benifit from really developing that aspect.And don't forget your infeed side.Look at welding world for "remote" stands.Study a bit on mitre bx(woodworld)cut stations.....they're way closer than folks realize.They can be built as a quick,on/off,sub-assembly.Even to the point of making them out of wood.

Also need to find a sm vise that you clamp into saws main vise.May have to fabricate one?But ,they're invaluable for cutting sm pcs.

Edit to add:googlefoo Tiger stop......a hillbilly version of one of those would be easy enough to make.

 

[rodm1]

Replacing blade with a quality one will make it cut even better. I have the Dake branded one I'm pleased with it.

 

[BFalfa]

good for you man!..a 7x12 is definetly on my list, congrats!

 

[Ign]

You'll love it!

They don't give them swivel casters so the whole thing doesn't walk when you pull stock thru it. I personally really like the stock wheels; it was designed that way intentionally.

 

[gus1962]

I know this is an old post. I own 7x12 Trajan band saw. Your saws looks great ,I just wanna ask if you're using the coolant system. In terms of cutting results, is there a difference between cutting with coolant or with out coolant?