Anyone have any suggestions for a source of hydraulic cylinders for a
small bandsaw mod? Google was fairly worthless.
TIA,
Rich
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16 years ago
Hydraulic cylinder source?
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16 years ago
The cylinders normally used by most were usually found at The Surplus
Center or American Scientific, both of which no longer have any of
them. They were surplus items so their supplies were limited. I also
have looked for them as I would like to have a few more for some odds
and ends. The only opeion I have come up with is to find a suitable
air cylinder, and perhaps experiment with it. No reason it could not
be made to work. If the seals are satisfactory for the liquid used, an
air cylinder would work just fine, and with the vast array of air
cylinders out there may even work out better in the long run with more
options on mounting etc.
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16 years ago
Try Murphy's industrial supply in El Cajon California. This guy has
about a jillion of everything.
Just 411 for that place.
I have no affilliation with it just refering
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16 years ago
I modified a 7x11" Wellsaw 58B using the smallest Prince cylinder that Surplus
Center sells. This is a new cylinder, unlikely they're out of stock. I think I
paid about $50 for it. The key to this thing is the needle/check valve. I got
two back when I was modifying my saw, don't think I'll ever need the other one.
It's a Parker item, costs a ton new, email me offline if you are interested in
it. It's a check valve/needle valve combo unit, and they work great in series
with a shutoff valve. Set needle valve to desired feed rate, cut your part, lift
saw just enough to clear, throw shutoff valve (saw stays up), move your part to
cut the next one, throw shutoff valve and the saw feeds again.
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16 years ago
If you are in Canada or near the border check out Princess Auto. I
think they also have a web site. Don't know if they will ship outside
Canada, though.
Wolfgang
Wolfgang
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16 years ago
Sell your current saw and buy this -
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16 years ago
Tried eBay yet? There's a fair amount of stuff out there that's
poorly described or misspelled that as a result doesn't get a
lot of bids, might be worth your while to look into...
Also, look into some of the weird categories like furniture, or do a general search and keep filtering out the bogus stuff rather just than a "it should be in the correct category" search-- hydraulic parts get used in the wierdest places, and some of it is small lower pressure stuff that's probably just right for a project like this.
Also seems to me that
HTH --Glenn Lyford
Also, look into some of the weird categories like furniture, or do a general search and keep filtering out the bogus stuff rather just than a "it should be in the correct category" search-- hydraulic parts get used in the wierdest places, and some of it is small lower pressure stuff that's probably just right for a project like this.
Also seems to me that
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changes some over time, keep checking back.HTH --Glenn Lyford
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16 years ago
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16 years ago
in the storage container I'm helping a friend clean out is a medium
sized pile of hydraulic cylinders - the one I brought home to try and
sell is about 2 feet long with aprox 4 inch diameter (maybe 5?)
piston, dual acting - there are some smaller ones, maybe some larger
ones - what size do you need?
Bill
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16 years ago
I'm looking for one at least 2x12" (bore/stroke) with an end-face mount (square
flange at the end through which the shaft protrudes).
GWE
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16 years ago
As others have said, the ones most folks were using were surplus and,
as with all surplus, they've run out. The ones I bought from Surplus
Center were originally from some type of home gym workout equipment,
might give you some ideas if you go dumpster diving or Saturday garage
sale prowling. I've never seen a home gym setup with hydraulics, but
you might be able to find the manufacturer and get spares. At least
one cutoff bandsaw I used, I think it was a Greenlee, used a small
pneumatic cylinder as a cutting rate controller. Worked as well as the
hydraulic ones.
Stan
Stan
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16 years ago
For driving something or just slowing down the feed, etc?
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16 years ago
Slowing down the feed...
Rich
Joe AutoDrill wrote:
Rich
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16 years ago
Expensive, but awesome... Deschner.
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Joe Agro, Jr.
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V8013-R- posted
16 years ago
What is so poor about the spring regulated feed? I can see if the feed
was way too high or way too low it would be bad for the blade and/or
affect the cutting speed, but it seems that there is a pretty wide range
of pressure/feed that works "just fine" (or good enough). No?
Just trying to learn, Bob
Just trying to learn, Bob