People may be realizing that if they want a quality machine tool, the options are limited. Not what I'd want to see in a bandsaw frame. I got to looking at some of the new Delta bandsaws of equivalent capacity, and they had a two-piece frame with a bolted connection. It has a separate hi-lo gearbox to give the lower speed range for cutting metals. I have an older US made Powermatic bandsaw in my own shop. I think people may be wising up to the fact that the new machine tools offered by old line names are just the usual Chinese imports, "re badged". $655 seems steep, but it is an older US made machine. It had the single phase motor, so he just plugged it in and put it to work. A little grungy and some surface rust, but slight. It is in excellent condition, nice and tight and a good runner. A wood cutting bandsaw may have solid blade guides, but most have roller guides.įWIW: My buddy paid 300 dollars for his W-T bandsaw. Metal cutting guides may have a ball bearing wheel that rides on the back edge of the blade to take the added thrust load, and roller guides for the sides of the blade. I do not think there is much difference in blade guides between metal cutting and wood cutting band saws. People buy the blades based on what they need to cut with their bandsaws.
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In additon, there is a nameplate describing how to shift from low range to high range and vice-versa.īandsaw blades are the least of the matter.
You can see the "hump" in the belt guard as a planetary reduction gear in the pulley hub is used, and there is also a shift lever with a knob sticking up. The difference was his has the factory fitted reduction gearing. My buddy bought a Walker Turner bandsaw like the Rockwell in the picture. if you were to inspect the bandsaw in person, you'd look for a shift lever and some data plates as to speeds. You would need to take a screwdriver or anything much else to see the differences. This gave an extra range of deep reduction for cutting metal. W-T offered a bandsaw which looked quite similar with a factory fitted reduction gear. I am not sure if there is a significant difference between that Rockwell bandsaw in the auction and the bandsaws made by Walker Turner. What you are seeing is a bandsaw which is only capable of higher blade speeds, hence for cutting wood.