Band saw repair

Thats a great fix, I would do the same. It gives the wood a use.

Thanks,Michael Frey

FREY WOODWORKING INC.

Looks like cedar.

I’ve been thinking of doing this because the insert that came with my saw is plastic. It sits low too so when I push material it gets snagged. Really, $5? Hmmmmm….

-- “Once more unto the breach, dear friends...” Henry V - Act III, Scene I

Yeah. Ya’ GOTTA’ do it :-)

-- -- Neil

“waste tons of time making something I could order for 5 bucks!”

Oh, hey I have this disease!!

-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"

I have the same disease also! And a mind and budget that think it’s wonderful to think that way.
Cool job.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Good idea, I’m on it!

-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16

looks good to me i need to do the same thing to by band saw, thanks for the heads up. FIREHOUSE

-- duke 66 ocala fl.

wasting time is worth it when you get something so useful out of the process and enjoy the journey :)
good fix!

-- Flemming. It's only a mistake if you can't fix it.

Good job and a neccessary task. If cedar isn’t right, I’m going to venture out and say hickory.
BTKS

-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)

I like yours 100 times better then store bought!

-- Eric

Thank for all the great feedback! Turns out I like my new insert better than the one it came with anyway! It just fits better.

It’s NOT cedar or hickory. First clue: it’s harder than either!

NBeener, great minds! =]

-- I only WISH I could do this for a living. Problem is I don't want to sell anything I make!

Must be mesquite?

-- "Life's nonsense pierces us with strange relation." Wallace Stevens

No on mesquite (I WISH I could get mesquite!). Next clue: both inserts are the same material.

-- I only WISH I could do this for a living. Problem is I don't want to sell anything I make!

Great job—harder than hickory, it must be ipe?

-- Bob, Abilene Texas

No on the ipe. Ipe is likely harder than what this is, though I’ve never had the chance to try ipe so can’t say for sure. In fact I only know of ipe by reputation. I don’t even know what it looks like! Now I have to go get a sample. See what you did! =]

Next clue: both inserts are un-stained and un-finished.

-- I only WISH I could do this for a living. Problem is I don't want to sell anything I make!