Thread: Age of Hyco Bandsaw

Originally Posted by localele

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Based on that first photo I'm missing more than I thought. A break down and details of the past will be good to have.

Originally Posted by DSEL74

Very nice job! Did you use some sort of slitting saw to cut the slots & how??

A 1mm slitting saw for the slots.Cut them in the milling machine.Turned the 9/16th, 18tpi thread on the lathe.It is good to have a few machines when you are repairing old ones.
I will take a few photos tomorrow for more detail of the guides if that is what you are missing.

Yeah I'm missing that whole assembly. guides, air tube, rods etc. also missing the original blade holder and maybe bits associated.

Originally Posted by DSEL74

Yeah I'm missing that whole assembly. guides, air tube, rods etc. also missing the original blade holder and maybe bits associated.

This is a rundown of the head for the later Woodfast, same or similar design I believe, this should give you an idea of what you are missing

https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...31#post1713731

Thanks for the link.

1. I have the cap but not the tube and the rest of it.
6. Is missing
4. The rule/gauge part is gone, no nipple, no Locking lever?, or silver disc at top?

2.3.5. Haven't disassembled that far yet.

Back to Bandsaws for a moment, Can you guys tell me the blades size and your wheel size please??

I forgot to measure my wheels but I estimate the minimum blade size to be 160cm and the max to be 165.5cm. So i guess I need a blade about 160 and the adjustment allows for it to stretch with use?
Hoping to pick up a blade at the wood show on sat.
Cheers.

I can measure mine later this evening when I get home, so can have an answer for you before Saturday.

Graham.

Thanks Graham. Hopefully we have the same size models

OK, I ducked home at lunch time. My wheels are 320mm diameter, the blade length is 2130mm and the centre-to-centre distance of the wheels is approximately 545mm (the c-c distance is difficult to measure without removing the table). Quite a bit larger than your blade length estimate.

Graham.

Unfortunately that doesn't help me. Appreciate the effort you went to though. You must have a 14" and mine is probably a 10" then.

Mine's definitely a 12 inch. I was originally under the misunderstanding that it was a 14 inch but corrected that earlier in this thread. 320mm is close to 12 1/2 inches, and allowing for the blade guard on the left side the cutting capacity is right on 12 inches.

If you had the same 320mm wheels as mine they would be touching each other with a 160cm blade, so as you say you must have smaller wheels, 10 inch or something.

Graham.

My wheel is 265mm

Fitted a 240v motor to the scroll saw, table polished same as tension screw assembly and a general clean up..
Still need to sort the blade holder and the arm/holddown as I didn't have any. thinking a nice wood shelf and matching top for the stand also.

Made some progress making up the missing parts.

And back to bandsaws again: I've started stripping mine down for a complete re-paint and re-build. With Micheal's permission I've decided to throw a few pictures up here.

Mine's got a gearbox as well as a stepped V belt pulley. The gears were quite dry but the whole saw shows little evidence of much use, so with new bearings all round and a good greasing I'm hoping it will run smooth and quiet when I'm done.
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I'm surprised by how much brass there is, including the top and bottom blade guide blocks, the square side guides themselves, the right angle block at the base of the guide height adjusting shaft, and the gearbox eccentric engagement lever.
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After a couple of hours work it was all apart and ready for cleaning and paint stripping.
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And by the end of the day all the large parts were stripped and back to bare cast iron.
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This is not intended to be a restoration thread, just a record of how the machine is built, but if people are interested in more details as I build it back up I'll be happy to post. I'm sure I'll also have some questions to ask along the way as well.

The first question is; should I polish or paint the brass components? They were all painted black originally which seems such a shame.

Graham.