Thread: Restoring an EzyCut bandsaw

I'm not an expert by any means, but it looks solid, & it's better than the one u have now...

If u don't want it, I'll take it

Originally Posted by johnredl

I'm not an expert by any means, but it looks solid, & it's better than the one u have now...

Haha, very funny! I'll drop around to take a good look next weekend and will post more pics as I learn more and get it running again.

Cheers,
Af.

It has a lot of similarity to the 12" Paul Call bandsaw I have ... my first one. Mine doesn't have the same C-frame construction.
I can only guess it dates back to the ?? 60s ??
Could yours be an earlier version?

My second bandsaw was a 36", and then I got a 14" with a riser block.
I definitely learnt a lot from my "training-wheels" bandsaw ... I would encourage you to get it, do it up and use it


Cheers,
Paul McGee

I'm going to suggest it might be an EzyCut.
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Cheers
Jim

Thanks for all the info and thoughts folks. I've decided I will definitely pick it up and try to bring it back to life.

It doesn't quite seem big enough for any re-sawing applications but should do fine for cutting curves which is something I want to get into.

Jim, it definitely does look like that EzyCut. I'll post some better photos once it's in my shop.

Cheers,
Af.

Hi everyone,

I finally picked up the bandsaw and it's definitely a SawCut. On a cursory look over it the bolts/nobs are rusted shut, the main body is in pretty good nic and the table has rust on it.

My first step is to pull the major components apart and get it all cleaned. Any thought for how to "easily" de-rust something like this?

Electrolytic removal might not be practical given the size of the pieces but I've heard citric acid is useful??

Cheers,
Af.

Hi Af,
Did you mean to write Sawcut or did you mean Ezycut?
The Ezycut main castings are alloy, so no rust. Therefore the largest part to dip is the table.
I know nothing about electrolytic dipping I'm afraid but there are some good threads here explaining all about it.
Cheers
Jim

Ooops, I meant EzyCut! If a mod could fix that again for me that'll be great.

Well the main body doesn't really have any rust which is a good thing. I might go the electrolytic bath option given the pieces aren't going to be that big.

Thanks,
Af.

Started cleaning this little baby up today. I've placed the table into an electrolytic bath. Pretty simple set up actually ... water mixed with washing powder (sodium carbonate), negative end of the battery charger to the rusted piece, positive end on a piece of steel. Suspend it all in the solution without the parts touching and leave it for a day.

I'm not too sure if this'll work, if my solution is strong enough, etc. So we'll see in a number of hours.

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The smaller screws, bolts and other pieces I've placed into a plastic container with water and citric acid (from the supermarket). This started loosening up the rust in about 30 minutes so I'll keep for a few hours and do some scrubbing.

Cheers,
Af.

Hi, I'm interested in your electrolytic solution to the rust problem as I have a quantity of lathe parts that were left out in the open and suffered a great deal of rust. If these can be restored with minimum cost,I'm sure a lot of woodturners would benefit.
I'm interested to know how you fare.

I'll let you know how it goes Marco. It's working away very slowly and I'll check it again tonight when I get home from work.

In the meantime, does anyone know where I can get the rubber rings that go around the bandsaw wheels? I don't know if this saw had them but it has a lot of gunk around the wheels which needs to be cleaned up. Not having owned a bandsaw before, I imagine the part the blade rides along needs to be somewhat pointed in the centre (like a little mountain if that makes sensE).

If you check further back in the BANDSAW THREAD, yo will find a reference to I think drake tools in the USA who have various sizes in tires, they may be able to help,.

Alternative is 'GOOGLE ' bandsaw tires, .

Jeff

Thanks for that Jeff. Now that I know they're called "bandsaw tires" I should be able to find some to suit.

Hi Af, Looks like your doing a great Resto Job on that Bandsaw.
Here are some EzyCut Catalog pic's for you to view..
Enjoy !!!


Melbourne Matty.