Hot Rodding My Bandsaw
Over two years ago I decided to upgrade from my Ryobi 10″ Bandsaw. I wanted to create my own veneer and I there was no way I was going to be able to do that on my Ryobi. Thankfully there was a Woodworking Show going on and Black Forest Wood was having a phenomenal sale on tools. I picked up a King 14″ 1HP bandsaw with a 6″ riser, a resaw fence and some Viking blades. It took about a week but I eventually put everything together and started to put it to use. I can’t say that the first year was a success. I ruined lots of expensive wood trying to create veneers. A year later at the Calgary Woodworking Show, I asked Mike (who I buy most of my Viking Bandsaw blades from) what the problem was. He said I should tighten the tension on the blade. It seems simplistic but that largely did the trick.
So what else have I done?
I changed the default belt out to a linked one.
I have added a Cobra Coil Tensioning Spring
I have already mention that I added a riser so I resaw
I also added resaw fence.
Lastly, I added a Blade Quick Release. House of Tools was selling them for $40 on clearance. As they normally sell for $100-$150, it seemed like a good deal.
