Questions about band saw blades...

[ahazi]

This project was inspired by my Michigan friend, AGCB97.

It works great!!
The first pic is the piece I removed to install the pneumatic chip path clearance device

Looks like a good idea to keep the blade clean. Can you share more details? Do you have parts/construction pictures?

How much air does it take?
Does the air make the chips fly all over?

Ariel

 

[Ultradog MN]

Nice gizmo fellas.
You have got me wanting to trick out my saw before I even get it running.

 

[Ultradog MN]

I added a gizmo to my saw yesterday.
The old coolant pump was gone. So I asked some questions on the tractor board about adding a small electric pump to it.
They know Everything there.
I wanted the pump to turn on/off with the main switch. Because it is 220 3 ph they said I needed to use a small transformer. I found one locally and bought a plastic enclosure box at Home Depot to house it and attached it underneath the saw.
A bit of wire, a couple of connectors, a scrap of 12 gage metal and a single outlet and Voila!
It works. Cost me about $65 and half a day yesterday.
I will use the water pump off one of my tile saws for now. If it goes kaput I will buy a Little Giant pump which is more robust.