Recent content by porcupinewood

Check out the price of spares. The drive belts do go on them. Lots of complaining over here about the price of the Delta belt. Good Luck on your purchase, Mark

I have been running a business full time for 7 years now. The change for us was build our own work space to keep costs under control. But cost still are going up. Taxes and insurance are killers and not something people tend to deal with when they do it under the table. The worst is when...

Scrit, Thanks for your input! We have this great company BC saw here. www.bcsaw.com They are pro in industrial tooling and inexpensive! They have some great information on thier Web site and have had some of their products written up in FWW. Mark

Thanks for the comments and fixing my pictures! The blade length is 15"5" so it going to cost me for blades. I am going to use the saw for more general work and sell the 14" Delta I have. Mark

My new saw! This is my new Wadkin 24" bandsaw. It is a 3hp direct drive 8 pole motor to get the lower blade speed. It's the Rolls Royce of bandsaws with very finely made parts. At 1400 lbs it was a beast to move because I had to flop it over to move it safely. I used 3" steels rollers to move it...

I though I would add my experience here. I have a home build phase converter that runs a 10hp motor. In Canada 550/600 3phase is more common and 208 being more normal in schools equipment because it is safer, but is not as commonly used anymore. I bought an SCM jointer/planer/mortiser that the...

Tim, What taunton is putting out these days can be very hit and miss but a great deal of missing at the expense of quality, to churn out more profits. Trying to gain a wider appeal by dumbing down the writing, a common American trend! The whys and true insight never show their face. I would...

Thanks for the welcome! I contacted Wadkin and the machine weight of the 24" BZB is 617kg! It is manageable. I have some machinery rollers, a pump truck, chain winch and a pinch bar to move it. I have moved a few machines but this will be a challenge with the high center of gravity on...

Thanks for all the info on Wadkin! I just won a BZB 24" bandsaw on Ebay and I will be picking it up in the new year. I remember this same machine in my high school shop. Nice solid lump of cast iron! Happy Christmas! Mark