Show off your band saws

[jabberwoki]

I`ve got 3 now the DoAll the Racine and a Rockwell super heavy duty i`ll have to get a photo of that one later.

 

[nadogail]

I have a mid 70's 14" Craftsman.

 

[Nutria]

Atlas 912, 1950 w/ Craftsman motor. A little 12" feller, but it punches a bit above its weight and it has a decent resaw capacity for a small bandsaw. Very smooth, little drift. Lots of cast iron (see catalog description below).

 

[Nutria]

I`ve got 3 now the DoAll the Racine and a Rockwell super heavy duty i`ll have to get a photo of that one later.

Where's that Rockwell? The DoAll and Racine snowflake are outstanding. What is the Racine, 16"?

 

[Steve from Socal]

My bandsaw is a sister to your DoAll

 

[jabberwoki]

Mmm and shes a blond too.

 

[jabberwoki]

The aforementioned Rockwell.

 

[Nutria]

The aforementioned Rockwell.

Ah, you have the stand. I've wondered about one of those for my old Porter-Cable Portaband; the stands don't seem to show up too often.

 

[jabberwoki]

Just pipes that go into the base.

 

[Nutria]

Just pipes that go into the base.

No, I mean the entire bracket and base that attach to a handheld Porta-Band.

 

[isb cornbinder]

I like my two speed Rockwell 14". The Walker Turner bandsaw blade welder is on my list of things to sell.

 

[WisJim]

I have an older Delta Rockwell metal/wood cutting 14" band saw. It was given to me by a good friend over 36 years ago. He had moved from Chicago to western Wisconsin and had to clear out a storage garage in Chicago, and asked me if I wanted some tools. He showed up with a load--this band saw and the base (still in the original carton), and two wood shapers. Nothing was absolutely complete, small loose parts were missing, but they were all unused. I had to find some bits and pieces for the saw, such as motor mount, motor and pulley, switch, table insert, etc., but the saw had never been used. (It didn't come with the light.) Same with the shapers, which I sold to a wood worker friend some years later after deciding that I would never use them enough to warrant getting them running and finding space for them.

 

[isb cornbinder]

I have an older Delta Rockwell metal/wood cutting 14" band saw. It was given to me by a good friend over 36 years ago. He had moved from Chicago to western Wisconsin and had to clear out a storage garage in Chicago, and asked me if I wanted some tools. He showed up with a load--this band saw and the base (still in the original carton), and two wood shapers. Nothing was absolutely complete, small loose parts were missing, but they were all unused. I had to find some bits and pieces for the saw, such as motor mount, motor and pulley, switch, table insert, etc., but the saw had never been used. (It didn't come with the light.) Same with the shapers, which I sold to a wood worker friend some years later after deciding that I would never use them enough to warrant getting them running and finding space for them.

Your bandsaw it the very desirable two speed Rockwell. The fitting at the bottom front is for putting oil in the lower gearcase. There should be a lever on the right side, behind the pulleys, to move a shaft in and out to disconnect one set of gears.

 

[elmer]

My metal cutting bandsaws.
10x16 wellsaw and old Dayton.

 

[Steve from Socal]

My other bandsaw is not as photogenic!

Here it is cutting a a block of graphite

 

[crguy]

Your bandsaw it the very desirable two speed Rockwell. The fitting at the bottom front is for putting oil in the lower gearcase. There should be a lever on the right side, behind the pulleys, to move a shaft in and out to disconnect one set of gears.

That's actually the newer model that you push/pull that knob in the center of the top pulley to engage/disengage the gearbox. I've owned both models.

 

[Jgaz]

My single speed Delta/Rockwell. Built in 1957. Early 90’s barn find.


Probably my favorite tool.

 

[sparkness]

1940's Yates American converted to metal cutting with some pulleys, VFD

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

I was going to put up a few pics of my motley crew of verticle band saws but realized I didn't have good pics of any of them. Anyway here are a few bad pics. The big ones are packed in a storage container so tight it's hard to tell what's there. Probably time to thin the herd a bit.

A craftsman with stand that works and a nearly new Jet are both in the wood shop. The little red Wood Wizard works and is kind of neat. I've got a little toy kind of snowflake saw hanging on the wall but I forgot what it is. Out in the container is a 36" L Power saw that I plan to get going...also a 26" Crescent or Silver saw....not sure which. There is also a 24" DoAll stuffed in there for now. It works but will probably ride out the winter in the container. I almost forgot about the Marston old foot powered saw. I won't even start on the horizontals. Ed.

 

[ez-duzit]

Agazzani 20" wood-cutting; Delta 14" wood-cutting and D0All 20" metal-cutting; Vectrax 7x10 vertical/horizontal, mitering, metal-cutting.

 

[MushCreek]

First up is a 1958 14" Delta that I rebuilt and painted recently. Also, a pic of 'The Beast', an old Kalamzoo 824. That's right; it takes up to a 24" wide cut! Too big for my needs, but at $150, I couldn't resist, and I found a slot to roll it out of the way. All it needed was new guide bearings and a fresh blade. Some day maybe I'll do a cosmetic restoration on it.

 

[Nutria]

First up is a 1958 14"

That retirement light is pretty bright, even when it's turned off.

 

[tombell572]

Here's another Racine. It's a 14" saw with a 2-speed gear box for wood and metal and would be the same as Jabberwoki's. It has what could be the original Westinghouse 1/2 HP motor. I've seen pictures of other Racine saws with identical cast iron stands and believe this one to be original.

Tom B.

 

[jabberwoki]

Very pretty.

 

[11b30b4]

I have 3, all Craftsman. My 14” mid 2000 (no pics) is my primary wood band saw.

This is my 12” 2-wheel King Seeley (103.24260) 1963 band saw with pedestal stand. It has a 15:1 gearbox reducer and metal cutting blade and is my primary metal cutting band saw.

This is my 12” 3-wheel King Seeley (103.24300) 1950-1956 band saw with pedestal stand. It has a Craftsman Slow Speed Converter (9-2342) with a 10:1 reduction and a metal cutting blade and is used for metal cutting.

 

[jd5000]

Hi Jeff, would the pedestal in the photo above on the right (3-wheel band saw) fit the band saw on the left (2-wheel)?

 

[Jim C.]

Here’s my 2001 Delta 14”, USA made, bandsaw. I bought this bandsaw new from Tool Crib of the North. When my grandmother died, she left each of her seven grandchildren a small amount of cash to “spend or save.” My inheritance came with these simple instructions, ”If you haven’t done so already, buy that bandsaw.” It’s definitely one of the more frequently used machines in my shop and certainly the most appreciated.

Jim C.