SCORE (minor gloat)

Go ahead, make us all envy you!

Let me be the first to give you the traditional "You Suck!"

:-)

A good gloatable catch!

Cheers Trevor Jones

That's a great deal, congrats.

igor

Does that saw have a blade brush? I'm a big fan of blade brushes on horizontal cutoff saws.

GWE

After a bit of googling, do you mean one that brushes the blade on the wheel or a chip brush? I didn't see a chip brush on it, and don't remember one on the wheel but then I tear down the covers (a little bent up so they don't align right to close, but can be forced into place) I'll check it out.

maybe you can mention me to him, thaht would be most fantastic. my email is snipped-for-privacy@algebra.com. If that is not practical, no big deal. I somehow missed his ad, I monitor west chicagoland craigslist. The post about single phase motors at 40 dollars per horsepower is mine.

Yeah I noticed, figured it was you. Clearing house?

I'll let him know that someone may be interested if he's selling any of the others. 1 he pointed out was a greenlee.

Funny thing is I almost missed it too, just happened to scroll up a few lines when going through the listings.

Yeah. I would rather give them away at 1/2 ebay price that sell on ebay individually...

Thanks a lot for this...I appreciate it... best of luck with your bandsaw, maybe you can post some pictures of its repair, it is always interesting to look at people's pictures...

Thats a GOOD saw! Well done Sir..well done!

Gunner

Political Correctness

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Either. The idea is to brush the chips off before they get carried around into the wheels; ideally before they even see guide bearings. On my W.F. Wells there is a round brush which is mounted on a bearing. The blade sweeps by the brush, turning it against the blade which dislodges nearly all the chips. On my previous Wellsaw, there were two brushes pinching the blade. Same function different design. On cheap saws there are no brushes, and it's a big deal IMO.

GWE

I'll look when I head out to the shop in a bit. Thanks for the heads up. Seems like it could be added if its not there, so thanks for the tip.

Is your Wells saw the type that goes straight up and down? If so, can you describe it more fully? I saw one, and loved it. Looks really strong.

I got a Kalamazoo 9x16, hydraulic/auto feed, etc., a real work horse. 1" blade.

Kalamazoo parts are *extraordinarily expensive*. If you have the variable speed pulley system, replacing that em effer will cost you about $1300--!!!! I called them, to ask them if they were insane, and the manager agreed that something was wrong with that price. The limit cutoff switch for my saw costs--are you ready??? $900!!!!! That's right--nine hundred. I've long since lost the romance with variable speed pulleys, and bought a pair of stepped pulleys from McMaster. Work great.

Blade brushes are nice, bought one from Kalamazoo. All it is is a goddamm wire wheel on a bracket, which you can buy/make yerself, ceptin they charge $130+. Seems to have a short lifespan. My saw has recirc coolant, and I re-drilled the coolant/guide assembly (boy, dat took balls, lemme tell you, given the replacement cost!), to spray the blade post-cut, post guide bearing, to spray off the chips. Seems to work well, altho I don't do oodles of cutting.

There was a thread here about 6 mos or so ago about using air to blow off chips, and someone here built such a thing. It was, iirc, basically a block with a slot not much bigger than the blade, with orifices inside to capture and direct the air downward over the blade to blow off chips as the saw runs. Was going to build one myself, but the re-directed spray seems to work well.

Best of luck.