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knowledge compensates for lack of $$: a foot-powered bandsaw
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 6:08 pm
by Bob Hammond
Re: knowledge compensates for lack of $$: a foot-powered bandsaw
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 4:39 am
by Beate Ritzert
Interesting DIY project.
The lack of protection for the fingers should be noted - i find that extremely careless. Otherwise a cool idea....
Re: knowledge compensates for lack of $$: a foot-powered bandsaw
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 6:54 am
by Bob Matthews
Cool use of manpower, but I wonder how long it will be before he's buying a motor!
Re: knowledge compensates for lack of $$: a foot-powered bandsaw
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 9:39 am
by Warren May
Reminds me of a Roy Underhill episode
Re: knowledge compensates for lack of $$: a foot-powered bandsaw
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:13 pm
by Jason Rodgers
The wheel design looks like woodgears Matthias's homemade bandsaw.
http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/homemade.html
If by lack of finger protection, Beate, you mean that he didn't use a push stick in the final inches of cut, then yes: but otherwise, it seems the blade is covered in the vertical paths. If anything, I simply find the coordination of foot stomping in the lower body and steady hands in the upper body to be the biggest challenge to safety. But I suppose you can learn anything with enough practice. I'm just amazed that he can sustain fast enough blade feed to cut. I didn't notice any flywheels other than the mass of the wheels themselves. Pretty amazing what folks can come up with if the need is there.
Re: knowledge compensates for lack of $$: a foot-powered bandsaw
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:32 am
by Art Davila
Bob Matthews wrote:Cool use of manpower, but I wonder how long it will be before he's buying a motor!
I bet he will cut a lot of wood before he can afford to but a motor. and maybe he is a prepper prepparing for solar flares that take out the worlds power grid.
I know those would be the only reason I would build it with out a motor.