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Band Saws for blade carving
By Old F, Section Wind Posted on Tue Aug 31st, 2004 at 07:03:19 PM MST
While not a must have a band saw is nice to have for blade building.

Band Saws for blade carving
While not a must have a band saw is nice to have for blade building.
But a lot of folks cant justify buying one for blade carving or can afford one .
So here is where the fun starts. Lets put are heads together and work up a design .
For a home brew band saw tailored for blade building.
Over the years I have seen plans for home built band saws and some home built ones.
They are not that complicated and we have keep in mind that all the part can be easily found at the big chain home improvement stores . A bit of a challenge but I think we can pull it off.
So lets kick some ideas a round and have some fun.
To start I am thinking a ½ to ¾ hp motor to drive it there easy to find cheap or free
Old F
Have so much fun it should be illegal

Band Saws for blade carving | 2 comments (2 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Band Saws for blade carving (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Matrix1000 on Tue Aug 31st, 2004 at 09:26:28 PM MST
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and use pully's from Ace hardware to carry the blade :P

Router tables for blade carving (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by DanOpto on Wed Sep 1st, 2004 at 07:33:50 AM MST
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http://www.wood-carver.com/gemini.html

Here is an easily copied carver for making blades.
Don't let the price scare you off. The steel and bearings can be bought for $400.
If you can weld or have a friend with a welder, you can build one big enough for any lenght blade.
You can substitute a circular saw for the router for rough excess wood removal, then install a router for fine finishing.

http://www.woodwizz.com/wood_wizz_copying_attachment.htm
Another copier, this one must be upsized for longer props.

http://www.copycarver.com/building.htm
This is a very economical blade copier.
Almost all wood, built it in a weekend.

If you wish to automate the process, you can computerize the cutout.
Build your own computerized router from information at
http://www.cnczone.com
This site show many homebuilt computerizes copiers and routhers.
It has forums, pictures of completed projects, question and answers for cheap to expensive CNC machines.

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