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  1. 4th February 2022, 08:05 PM #1
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    Default Elektra Beckum/metabo BAS 450 / 500 precision bearing guides

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    hoping someone can help
    I'm after a bearing guide upgrade kit that EB/Matabo did for the BAS 450/500 band saws
    or has anyone adapted another brand to fit ( especially the lower guide )

    Cheer from the long white cloud .. rather wet at the minute

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    G'Day Karl,
    I have the Elektra Beckum BAS 500 machine, a good bandsaw for sure; mine came out of a high school as it failed OHS with no brake! Daft if you ask me for such a good unit.

    I investigated a numbers of years back with the Carter people directly, about an upgrade kit as you mentioned you're chasing; sadly NOTHING!

    Has anyone installed, retrofitted a Carter Bandsaw Guides in an Elektra Beckum BAS500


    I've just replaced the upper guide bearings, and reversed the lower guide squares.

    I did a Alex Snodgrass setup on mine, made a heavier taller fence and it does me well.

    Band Saw Clinic with Alex Snodgrass - YouTube


    Cheers, Peter

    PS - We stopped at Oamuru for lunch on our way from Christchurch to Dunedin in December 2019, the town was covered in smoke from the Australian bushfires.
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    Many thanks Peter .. I will let you know how I get on looks like the same setup , apart from I cant get the square bushes , strangely mine came out of a school too ..
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    Quote Originally Posted by karl savage View Post
    Many thanks Peter .. I will let you know how I get on looks like the same setup , apart from I cant get the square bushes , strangely mine came out of a school too ..

    Email sent Karl, Cheers Peter
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