New Guards for an Old Bandsaw

I like your choice of hardware. Much safer now. Nice work!

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Good project for a nice old saw. That last pic looks like Beech to me.

-- Dennis, WV

Nice job!!

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The saw is on a Delta stand but it would appear the saw is not a Delta. Is it a Sprunger Bros?

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Well done!!

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MedicKen my guess is it is a Delta Homecraft. The only think this is i have a delta homecraft and it looks very close…hard to tell without the original guards and please correct me if i am wrong.

-- If you can't fix it with a hammer, You've got an electrical problem.

Very interesting… First time I have seen this done. Good save…

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The wood in the closeup looks like oak…...used in a lot of pallets. Nice reclamation project.

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Sorry, should have mentioned that. It is a Delta Homecraft 28-110 bandsaw. The motor is the original Delta 1/3 HP. My shop just wouldn’t take a 36” monster bandsaw; this little 10” is just fine for me.

Beech? I’ll have to see if there are any pictures on the web. Yep! Looks like beech to me. Thanks!

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YESSS! Hey engineer i was looking to get some new tires for mine, where did you end up getting yours from?

-- If you can't fix it with a hammer, You've got an electrical problem.

Peachtree Woodworking. If it is the same saw you want the 10” X 3/4” orange urethane tires. No glue, they track very well.

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Thanks! it is the same saw…i wish i could find that same base that you have! mine is on top of a box that someone made before i got it.

-- If you can't fix it with a hammer, You've got an electrical problem.

Great job! I am guessing that you got a lot of satisfaction in restoring an old pc of equipment? That’s what I was thinking when I bought an old (maybe in the 50s) 24” Boice Crane monster of a scroll saw. It took two guys to pick the thing up! It had a broken hack saw blade on it and it is one noisy machine! When I tried to open the lower unit – to clean it out – about a quart of oil poured out. turned out, it is a lubricating chamber for the mechanism that pulls the blade up and down! What a mess! Got that cleaned up, with the rest of the machine to go. I’ll probably give it a new coat of paint – how about hot pink? Never seen any machine in pink before and I don’t have a problem with my masculinity, so why not? It’ll raise eye brows for sure! Hee, haw! :D

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Naw! You probably don’t want the base I have. At least not the way I got it. And, yes, I do get a lot of satisfaction restoring old tools.

You can find some before and after pics of the actual machine restoration over here

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I must say you have inspired me to fix mine up. Did you add new cool blocks? i looked at the manual and see that they take 5/16×5/16? I can’t seem to find any that size though

-- If you can't fix it with a hammer, You've got an electrical problem.