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Nathan,
I've just sent you an e-mail with some more photos from when I re-built my Hyco bandsaw.

I can't really help with the thrust washer placement, but I can with the operation of the...

Charl, that's funny, I'm glad I'm not the only one with a thing for bandsaws. At one stage I had 4 here, but when I completed the Speedax, then the Hyco restorations I got rid of a couple because...

That's my 20" Speedax from 1932 (if I recall correctly). It's painted machinery grey. It's a fantastic machine, really solid, it probably weights close to a tonne!

Graham.

You could cut out the ant eaten section and re-joint the pieces along a shaped curve, as in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzq0HGtOXnk&t=0s

Or the obvious suggestion: cut what you've...

Hi Henry,

I just spoke to Penny. Thanks so much for your help.

Graham.

Henry,

Do you happen to know the name of the seller who was beside you? I left a set of radius fillet tools (metal spheres on sticks) that I had purchased from them at their stand, and then forgot...

Tidying up in my workshop, I came across this parts diagram for the Tanner SB 1053 Bench Saw, so I thought I'd post it up here. In this thread I gave the details of where I got Tanner spare parts...

Yeah, I've got about the same blade life so far on the Woodmaster Bs - I've only had the saw running for a few weeks. The first blade lasted about 2 days of cutting, but not running the saw the whole...

US$25 for a 144" bi-metal blade? Where have you seen that?

I've seen US$89 for a std bi-metal, or US$130 for a premium blade. Cheap carbon steel blades are typically US$25 ish in a pack of 10, but...

For my sawmill and for my 20" vertical bandsaw I've been ordering Lenox bi-metal blades from Henry Bros. I order Lennox Woodmaster B, and I get Lenox Woodmaster B, made in USA, presumably welded in...

OK, did anyone here get the scroll saw? At 7:30 this morning I was second in line, but it went to the first offer !

Graham.

NCArcher,
It's great to see another of these Tanner saws coming back to life. Mine has been doing a great job for 3 years now. I like the fact that the table tilt has that screw quadrant, because it...

"Nothing you can give a man for Christmas will be more fully appreciated than this Hyco Junior Saw bench".

True then, and still true 70 years later.

Have a happy Hyco holiday season everyone!...

The surplus centre wheels are stated as good for 1200 rpm, which was one reason I went that way.

I'm not sure that a piece of inner tube would be substantial enough for bandsaw mill use, and how...

Stevo,
Have you seen this thread? https://www.woodworkforums.com/f132/bandsaw-blade-supplier-home-bandsaw-mill-220445 There's some information in there about wheels as well as blades.

To keep...

That's looking great Stew ! What are you going to do with the motor? What colour?

Graham.

Stewart,
Funds are a bit tight for me right now until I complete another project, so unfortunately I won't be purchasing a pair right now. Hopefully Mike will still have some left in a few months...

If you don't have the "save copy of sent messages in my sent items folder" option ticked you won't see a sent message.

Graham.

This sounds like a better plan. I don't need to do anything :)

Did Mike mention price?

Graham.

OK, 4 sets and counting :) But this isn't going to happen until early next year at the earliest. My sawmill has turned into a huge project and I really don't want to get distracted from finishing...

Stew,

OK, as long as you're not in a hurry.

My saw came from Lyle, I'll talk to him about the gearbox, but I really should find out what's wrong with mine first.

Your saw is looking great....

Hi Stew,

I have one of these scroll saws. It's not in good shape. When first purchased, I ran it before stripping it down and I broke several blades trying to understand the tension adjustment and...

Thanks for the link to the tyres.

So you're using spray cans?

I've used the Whiteknight epoxy enamels, either thinned and brushed on, or sprayed through a HVLP gun, and had great success. You...

Very nice restoration Vaughan !

I know what you mean when you talk about spending more on paint than on the machine itself. That has happened to me on quite a few machine restorations.

Where...

Brendan,

I am also currently building a bandsaw mill, and have been doing lots of research on parts and design options.

Woodland Mills Australia show a bi-metal 144 inch blade for $89.00. ...

Beautiful! That looks like a very useful machine, and the green colour looks really nice.

Congratulations on the restoration!

Graham.

Great progress Stew. Nice machine. I really like those Hyco handwheels.

Your progress is making me feel guilty. Life has recently got in the way of machine restorations for me, I really need to...

Well done! That's all that matters in the end. Everything else is just trivial detail.

Graham.

Stew,

I think you need help :)

But seriously, I'm very envious of your purchase. Is that a micro adjustable fence?

Nice ute too!

Graham.

There's a nice elegance about that saw. Great find!

Graham.

This tale is a bit fishy to me.

Stew,
Yes, that is a trap with the White Knight Rust Guard. It can be pretty thick in the tin and difficult to avoid excessive film thicknesses when brushed. In winter, when the paint is cold and...

Looking good!

What colour have you chosen? What paint?

Graham.

And apparently Hare & Forbes sold the later Woodfast version, so you never know they might even still have spare parts.

Graham

Stew,

In case you haven't seen these threads, theres a photo here of the air nozzle and bracket, post #36: https://www.woodworkforums.com/f299/age-hyco-bandsaw-197436/3
And another one here, post...

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Stew,

That was a really good find. I like the "passive" dust collection. And the micro adjustment for the fence is a neat feature.

Good luck with the restoration.

Graham

Lyle,

I don't think these machines are even pre WW2, never mind pre WW1.

The earliest advertisement I can find for one is 1945 09 Nov 1945 - Advertising - Trove Interestingly this ad shows...

Hi Stew,

That fence came with the saw, and I have no reason to doubt that it's original as I've seen the same quadrant system on other Hyco machines (jointers), and indeed photos from...

Here's the Hyco tilting table saw on its stand. The stand houses the motor, a magnetic switch, and a long 250V heavy duty extension lead. I wheel it out, plug it in to the power point and it's ready...

Stew,

Yes, this is my primary saw. I also have a Tanner tilting table saw of similar size, but since I finished the Hyco restoration I use it exclusively. I'm only an intermittent woodworker,...

Lyle,

I assume you've seen this post in a recent thread on Hyco machines?

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f299/age-hyco-bandsaw-197436#post1888217

Graham.

Thanks bueller, I spent quite some time on the restorations, both machines got stripped right down to bare metal then re-painted in my best guess of the original colours and built back up with new...

Here's the tilting table saw. I will post some pictures of the full saw when I can find them.

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Here's the bandsaw. It's the model with the gearbox, and in it's new home is mostly left on slow speed for cutting metal.
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I have a Hyco tilting table saw, and a bandsaw, both really nice machines by the way. It was difficult finding anything at all about them when I restored them. The only information I came across was...

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Graham.

My daughter and I have a similar project on the go, an old Singer treadle sewing machine. We're using the White Knight enamel, a 50/50 mixture of gloss and satin.

My local Bunnings has this enamel...

Cool bending technique! Thanks for the lead on the castors, I'll try those next time.

Graham.

Wow! That looks fantastic.

I assume that's veneer? What is the construction underneath?

What castors did you use? Because of limited space I too need to have many of my machines on mobile...