-Matt-
Established Member
Hello all.
This is a Tyler bandsaw which (built 1950's or so) was originally designed to run on a 'spiral cut' blade, meaning you could take the wood in and the blade would cut in any direction.
Now sadly it's been converted at some point to run on standard blades and I'm not sure this has been done properly.
It runs absolutely spot on for following lines, but the problem comes in the fence. There isn't one. I've beeen using a piece of wood and after messing about getting the wheels set up and all sorts to get the blade to run parallel you can get a well enough cut.
It can take long to set up the fence than a traditional one, you have to clamp something across the table and then square that up to the front edge.
Today I cut a piece of MDF, which was 1420mm long, and there was a difference of 0.3mm over that distance which is fair enough for what I want usually, but I'm fed up with the fence hassle.
Variable speed works on two cones and a belt like a CVT in some cars (old DAF for example), only change that when saw is running!
Has a brand new Tuffsaws blade on it.
Overall height is just over 6ft
Wheel dia ~ 15"
Throat ~ Just short of the 15" (about 365mm)
Cut height ~ 8 1/2"
Single phase on a 13A plug.
Pickup from York, North Yorkshire
£150
Thank you
Matt
This is a Tyler bandsaw which (built 1950's or so) was originally designed to run on a 'spiral cut' blade, meaning you could take the wood in and the blade would cut in any direction.
Now sadly it's been converted at some point to run on standard blades and I'm not sure this has been done properly.
It runs absolutely spot on for following lines, but the problem comes in the fence. There isn't one. I've beeen using a piece of wood and after messing about getting the wheels set up and all sorts to get the blade to run parallel you can get a well enough cut.
It can take long to set up the fence than a traditional one, you have to clamp something across the table and then square that up to the front edge.
Today I cut a piece of MDF, which was 1420mm long, and there was a difference of 0.3mm over that distance which is fair enough for what I want usually, but I'm fed up with the fence hassle.
Variable speed works on two cones and a belt like a CVT in some cars (old DAF for example), only change that when saw is running!
Has a brand new Tuffsaws blade on it.
Overall height is just over 6ft
Wheel dia ~ 15"
Throat ~ Just short of the 15" (about 365mm)
Cut height ~ 8 1/2"
Single phase on a 13A plug.
Pickup from York, North Yorkshire
£150
Thank you
Matt
