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01-27-2011 12:40 AM |
I have an old Craftsman bandsaw and the cast aluminum blade guide broke on me. I’ve searched high and low for a replacement, but unless I want to go super expensive, I’m out of luck. So I’m wondering if anyone has the ability to weld this back together for me. I would certainly pay you for your work. Do we have any welders in the house?? -- Mitch, http://furnitude.blogspot.com Also blog at http://www.craftsy.com/blog/author/mitch-roberson/ |
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#1 posted 01-27-2011 01:13 AM |
I would look on owwm.org their boyd(bring out your dead) on the site has old machine parts all the time. many machines are scrapped and parted out, sacrifice a few to save a few. Also , sometimes a machinist will be tasked to make a new part, and they run off a few spares. worth a few minuites browsing to see if you can find one,things are usually fairly cheap. -- Junior -Quality is never an accident-it is the reward for the effort involved. |
#2 posted 01-27-2011 04:44 AM |
Mitch, If you can’t find a replacement guide, any local welding shop with a heliarc set up should be able to repair this, IF it is pure aluminum. If it is “pot metal”, then you will need to find a specialty shop with an oven and special rod for this. I only have a mig setup for aluminum and it will not handle pot metal. Pot metal is a cheap mixture of aluminum and other various impurities. The impurities make this very difficult to find anyone with the experience and equipment to handle it. |
#3 posted 01-27-2011 04:54 AM |
If you want to do it in your own shop, you can fix this with a drill Busted bandsaws are frequently parted out on Ebay as well. |
#4 posted 01-27-2011 05:34 AM |
Mitch, I have a Taiwanese knockoff of the Delta 14” bandsaw. The piece looks identical to the one I found a replacement for @ Jet’s website. Might give it a try. -- Greg, No. Cal. - "Gaudete in Domino Semper" |
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