Thread: 24" castiron bandsaw

I think a picture would help us to identify the band saw and if it's worth to buy or not.

Originally Posted by bosox

I think a picture would help us to identify the band saw and if it's worth to buy or not.

Hi
I have pull a two parts to transport still I could not assemble , it need a engine crane to lift upper part, will post a photos as soon as put a together.
WASI

You must be done assembling the band saw.

Hi
finally I manage to assemble it here are photos, will you advice me about saw.
Thx

Month old post so not sure if you are still looking for feedback - but I have that same saw. Got mine for a bargain also and after a little bit of work on it found it to be an excellent saw. I have a single phase 3HP motor on mine. I added a soft starter as the motor tended to kick hard on startup and cause the belts to skid - would have put a lot of wear and tear on the belts I think. I also added a safety start/stop switch with contactor so that power loss always returns saw to off.
Previous owner had added set of Jet blade bearings which work well.
The large wheels on this saw mean you can run a huge resaw blade and handle some really tough and wide material.
The tyres on mine aren't in great shape and will look at options for replacing those soon.
For $150, if it is in balance and alignment of wheels is ok, and it is working, I think you have got a great buy. It's a simple machine and easy to repair/ upgrade / restore - main thing is make sure alignment is ok i.e. frame not bent/damaged - that would not be easy to repair.

I have just come accross a saw exactly the same as this just south of Perth, the guy wants to sell it, I think it could be got fairly cheap. It is running but has an old 3 phase motor on it. If anyone is interested PM me.

Hi
Thanks for information , yes my saw is very balance & got accurate alignment, but tyers are fairly good but haven't got lower blade guide, may not got original one. I am making wooden toys so it does good enough accurate cut for me. only drawback is 1.5Hp motor this may need 3Hp as your one. I am looking to get one. thx everyone for replying.
WASI

Hi would oddy please give some specs on that soft starter, supplier etc. I have a 28 inch saw which burns rubber at the start.
it must be a feature of the modern motors, a friend has a large Danckeart and it winds up to speed slowly.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Turri

Hi would oddy please give some specs on that soft starter, supplier etc

Hi Turri, no problem.
I got my soft starter from a local company- Hyper Engineering. They design and manufacturer the starters here in Australia, and their pricing is very competitive. I found their service to be outstanding as well as you have access to the design engineer of the product you are using and he is very helpful. Once you give them the details of your motor and tell them about the load, they will custom program a unit to suit your bandsaw. Send them an email or give them a call and ask to speak with Rudra Ghosal - he is the engineer I dealt with and who configured the software to suit my bandsaw.

Thanks for the quick reply, Oddy will follow it up.

Cheers

Hi Oddy have received that soft starter from hyper, but it has an extra wire (black neutral), which is not present on the existing "DOL" switch, and there is only three actives going to the motor, was this an issue with yours?

I have spoken to Guhdra, but was a bit unclear, so I thought your experience would be useful, before I allow a sparky to play with it. (the power cord is 4 pin, including earth)

Ciao turri

My apologies to Wasi for using his thread

Originally Posted by Turri

(the power cord is 4 pin, including earth

Hi Turri, if you have a power supply with 3 cores plus an earth it sounds like you are running a 3 phase motor? My Bandsaw is running a 3HP single phase motor which complicated the wiring a bit. There was no schematic with my motor and the terminal labeling and wire colours didn't provide too many clues. For single phase motors there are a lot of ways the run and start capacitors and centrifugal switch can be wired. I tried to figure out my motor by disconnecting terminals and measuring resistances with my multimeter but just ended up confused. In the end I took the end plate off the motor so that I could access the centrifugal switch to visually see how the circuit was wired. It was not the typical configuration hence my confusion when measuring the resistances, but once I understood the motor circuit it was pretty straight forward to wire in the new soft starter as per the schematic provided from Hyper (attached). If your motor is 3 phase, the circuit should be simpler and you should have received the appropriate schematic with your starter. Note I have the SINGLE PHASE Sure Start 6, so the attached schematic is only relevant for single phase motors with this starter, and you need to understand the configuration of your motor. I would highly recommend using a sparky with industrial experience to wire this up for you, it should only take them 20 minutes. Let me know if you need any more info.

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Thanks Oddy, forgot yours was single phase, I will post the method, once it's done, might take a while. It will be interesting to see .


Regards Turri