New Old Continental Band Saw.............

very neat, that's a beautiful old saw. Great idea to use a treadmill motor and I don't think you'll have any problem with swarf - none of the ones on my lathe did and there were whole drifts of swarf back there occasionally. One thing to consider though is a jack shaft to lower the speed of the saw drive wheel. Treadmill motors are way fast, so do some calculations to see what speeds you'll get with a single belt off the motor and what size pulley you'll need on the drive wheel. If that won't get you low enough, you'll need a jack shaft. Eg. on my lathe I have a 3:1 reduction from motor to countershaft, then 1:2, 1:1 and 3:1 ratios to the spindle pulley. That gets me a low low speed of 100rpm and a high speed higher than I'd want to run (3000rpm plus).
 
brino said:
I want to cover the bottom wheel for safety, but almost hate to because of the beautiful spokes.

-brino
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Oh I so picture something Art Deco along the lines of the pattern of the guards on my old Atlas 7b......
 
I've got a thing for old saws. I envy your new acquisition. Just got a Millers Falls power hacksaw built sometime around the turn of the last century. It's apart now getting some new pieces (all manufactured in house of course).
 
jcp said:
Just got a Millers Falls power hacksaw built sometime around the turn of the last century. It's apart now getting some new pieces (all manufactured in house of course).
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Would love to see some pictures of that!
I'm sure it deserves it's own rebuild thread.
-brino
 
DiscoDan said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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I get that...it would be a shame to make that beautiful saw look too industrial.
However, the expanded metal is cheap and available......I likely have enough on site to do it......
 
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