All I did when I built my bandsaw was tol ook at some commercially
made bandsaws take ome measurements and go from there......
You can see my home brew bandsaw on my website, under my "Projects
Page"........I made a 20" 3 wheeled vari speed metal cutting bandsaw,
which is also capable of being used for higher sfm and cutting wood
just fine, by upping adjusting the upper limits of the speed pot. I
normally have it set about 1/4 of the way tomax as most of my cutting
of metals fall into the lower sfm range. So far its worked flawlessly
and there is nothing I would change if I was to do it again other than
perhaps the door and panel locking devices. I had some 1/4 turn
handles I intended to use, but among all the junk I had coold not find
them when I needed them....but it would be easy to change later on
once they happen to resurface amongst all my junk...
A good source for wheels are inside those exercycle type exercise
machines if you have a lathe or access to a lathe large enough to
machine them, as they average 16 to 20 inches. I did not have access
to a large enough lathe so I cast my own wheels, and they work just
fine. You can usually get these exercise machines for free if yuou
look hard enough...
Visit my website:
formatting link
expressed are those of my wife,
I had no input whatsoever.
Remove "nospam" from email addy.