You call that a bandsaw? This is a bandsaw [Archive]

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AlexS

25th February 2010, 08:30 PM

Saw this at a workshop I've been in this week. I asked them what they cut with it. "Whatever we want to!"

Enfield Guy

26th February 2010, 09:37 AM

Nah! Not that big. BIG bandsaws need a pit for the bottom wheel. I'm sure i've seen one on here somewhere. Maybe 30 inch wheels?

Vernonv

26th February 2010, 10:03 AM

Nah! Not that big. BIG bandsaws need a pit for the bottom wheel. I'm sure i've seen one on here somewhere. Maybe 30 inch wheels?That could be Stopper's bandsaw (54 inch). See thread http://www.woodworkforums.com/f132/robinson-54-inch-band-resaw-90740/
http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachments/f132/105130d1242201501-robinson-54-inch-band-resaw-robinson-54-resaw-1.jpg

Enfield Guy

26th February 2010, 06:29 PM

Yep that's the one!! Now THAT is a big bandsaw.

Cheers

BobL

26th February 2010, 07:06 PM

Yep that's the one!! Now THAT is a big bandsaw.

Cheers

Nah, come one you guys, that's nuthin.

Check out www.garymkatz.com/ontheroad/hulloaks.htm and keep scrolling till you see the bandsaw.

BTW I believe the one in Pemberton in WA is bigger still.

RETIRED

26th February 2010, 07:44 PM

Nah, come one you guys, that's nuthin.

Check out www.garymkatz.com/ontheroad/hulloaks.htm (http://www.garymkatz.com/ontheroad/hulloaks.htm) and keep scrolling till you see the bandsaw.

BTW I believe the one in Pemberton in WA is bigger still.I bet they don't fold that one? :whistling2: Good site Bob.

elanjacobs

28th February 2010, 02:45 PM

Wonder what the cutting radius is on it :rolleyes:

munruben

28th February 2010, 02:58 PM

I bet they don't fold that one? :whistling2: Good site Bob.Wouldn't want the job of unfolding it if they do:)

munruben

28th February 2010, 03:04 PM

danielhobby

28th February 2010, 09:19 PM

elanjacobs

28th February 2010, 09:35 PM

sorry if this is hijacking this thresd.is there a market for antique bandsaws??we have a 36" saw built in 1884 by an american co and i reckon its got to go,any hints as to where it should be sold thru??regards danny

Put it in the Market Place of this forum. You could also try www.machines4u.com.au (http://www.machines4u.com.au)

AlexS

1st March 2010, 04:33 PM

On that Gary Katz site, I don't think I'd be sitting with my legs where the saw filer has his.:o

Ozkaban

1st March 2010, 04:56 PM

On that Gary Katz site, I don't think I'd be sitting with my legs where the saw filer has his.:o

Don't think he needs them for his job, right???

Love the caption under photo #21 or so "everyone wears hearing protection". Right... except for that guy in the foreground...
EDIT: Looked closer and he might be wearing ear plugs, but can't quite tell.. If he is, I'm happy to be wrong...

lacan

9th March 2010, 05:25 PM

IMO bandsaws and band resaws are two different beasts that cannot be compared.:no::no::no:

paul.cleary

19th March 2010, 10:20 AM

If you're in New Zealand, you can buy this bandsaw but it seems to be in kitset form.
Stenner Bandsaw for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farming-industry/Farming-forestry/Forestry/Other/auction-277467683.htm)
Cheers
Paul

georgeharris854

4th April 2010, 01:13 PM

sorry if this is hijacking this thresd.is there a market for antique bandsaws??we have a 36" saw built in 1884 by an american co and i reckon its got to go,any hints as to where it should be sold thru??regards danny
If it is by American manufacturer T. A. Fay, and has lots of patent dates from the late 1800's, I have one like it. It is an awsome machine. If it doesn't owe you much, and you have a use for it, keep it! These can always be re-engineered to take modern bearing set-ups, new blade guides, etc. and they will work harder, and run more true than anything coming out of asia, and from most other places, unless you have a lot of money to spend.
Anyone wanting a really solid bandsaw would be better to buy something like that, and re-engineer it, rather than buying a new one, in my opinion. Even with a budget for conversion, you will still end up with a better machine.

Stewey

20th June 2011, 08:04 PM

We've just acquired something not quite as big as those pictured, but it is an old Robinson bandsaw-with a 36" throat. It stands about 8 ft tall, and the bottom wheel goes into the ground a bit.

I saw it at the factory sale about 11 years ago when the former owner bought it and the concrete floor had a recess for the wheel, but the fellow who bought it fixed up an 8" x 8" RHS steel base, to enable it to stand on the ground. It has a 7 hp motor-I just hope our 3 phase genset can handle it! Left to right, it is 2 metres wide. I guess it weighs somewhere around 2 tons-the castings are phenomenal.

I haven't yet figured out how to 'magic' it off the truck- but we might snig it off with the tractor onto the loading ramp, after I have psyched myself up, asnd also finished putting a new clutch in the tractor-but that'll still be a struggle... We have a gantry, but I have too much respect for it to try & suspend this beneath it!

http://www.aussieheavyhorses.com/ASSETS/assorted/Bandsaw-DSCF4887_Small.JPG

http://www.aussieheavyhorses.com/ASSETS/assorted/Bandsaw-DSCF4888_Small.JPG

elanjacobs

20th June 2011, 11:38 PM

I'd love to see a video of the unloading/installation.

Moe in QLD

21st June 2011, 12:26 AM

The biggest (non industrial) bandsaw I've ever seen was in Dubbo
The guy that makes boomerangs there has a huge blade (>5m if I remember correctly, it's been a few years so please correct me if I'm exaggerating) that runs super slow for cutting Mulga

If you ever get to Dubbo check it out