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Posted by Leon Fisk on April 18, 2008, 2:54 pm
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:57:16 -0700 (PDT), Dave99
>Well, the portable band saw/speed control idea didn't work too well.
>The saw itself was almost as noisy as a chop saw and on top of that,
>didn't cut straight worth a darn. The speed control works with other
>motors, but for some reason it didn't work well with the saw. It had
>to be turned almost all the way up, otherwise it would just stall and
>hum. Back to the drawing board.
How would it work if you got one of the HF 4x6 Band Saws and
a Hand Truck. Leave the legs off the band saw and mount it
to the hand truck. If you put the motor end towards the
wheel side the center of gravity would be pretty low when
moving it about. Just put the saw in the down position for
transport and place a big rubber strap over it to keep it
there.
You might have to do a bit of work/thinking to clear the
motor housing when the saw is in the up position, but I
think this would work. It would be relatively cheap and
pretty portable with its own hand truck.
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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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>The saw itself was almost as noisy as a chop saw and on top of that,
>didn't cut straight worth a darn. The speed control works with other
>motors, but for some reason it didn't work well with the saw. It had
>to be turned almost all the way up, otherwise it would just stall and
>hum. Back to the drawing board.