12-08-2013, 07:03 PM
Hi,
Many thanks Lawrence for posting the interesting bandsaw video which I've just enjoyed watching full length.
All the bandsaws I've worked on have cut dried timber so there was never any problems with blades becoming coated. One question though springs to mind when you say you used red diesel; what tyres did the band wheels have installed?
Bandsaws don't come any better than Stenner. Our local timber yard has a Stenner in full time use and there is no stopping it; built like a tank and will last many lifetimes with minimal servicing.
I used to attend a wood machine exhibition (Timcom?) in the midlands years ago and brand new Stenner band saws were on display; I was actually stroking one and commented to the sales guy you can't beat cast iron; he informed me the frame and case were heavy steel plate which really did surprise me because it looked and felt just like cast iron. Impressive bit of kit though.
No names but at one of these exhibitions I got into conversation with a guy who owned a timber framed manufacturing company and we were discussing pallet making. I explained that I was responsible for pallet design and making at work and had just designed and set up a rapid pallet making steel bench which could be adjusted in seconds to accommodate various sizes of two way pallets which we as a company used thousands of. The smallest pallet to accept a 100 frame motor could be nailed up in half a minute using this table and air nailer. The guy was all ears and I left him my card.
A couple of weeks later this guy phoned me at work and started picking my brain as to how the new metal table was constructed and didn't the operator suffer from repetitive strain hand using the nailer all day? I explained fully the design of the table and how it adjusted also I further explained that the nail guns used where on a counter balance suspended from a rail above the table so all the operator had to do was to squeeze the trigger and tap the pallet with the gun in sequential mode. I then forgot about this conversation.
The following year my colleague Richard and I attended the next exhibition and Richard said to me come and have a look at this? The guy was selling my design and possibly still is doing so and good luck to him.
I was also looking into designing an angled frame to accept assorted lengths of pallet bearers but this time to use full length boards for the pallet tops; the bearers would be pre cut to length but the top boards would remain full length. The boards would be nailed then a panel saw would slide along and separate the individual pallets. At this point I left the company because I was working 24 hours a day 7 days a week; I simply couldn't switch off and ended up with shingles so to cut a long story short retired from active conflict aged 53.
The mention of Stenner bandsaws bring back lots of memories for me.
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks Lawrence for posting the interesting bandsaw video which I've just enjoyed watching full length.
All the bandsaws I've worked on have cut dried timber so there was never any problems with blades becoming coated. One question though springs to mind when you say you used red diesel; what tyres did the band wheels have installed?
Bandsaws don't come any better than Stenner. Our local timber yard has a Stenner in full time use and there is no stopping it; built like a tank and will last many lifetimes with minimal servicing.
I used to attend a wood machine exhibition (Timcom?) in the midlands years ago and brand new Stenner band saws were on display; I was actually stroking one and commented to the sales guy you can't beat cast iron; he informed me the frame and case were heavy steel plate which really did surprise me because it looked and felt just like cast iron. Impressive bit of kit though.
No names but at one of these exhibitions I got into conversation with a guy who owned a timber framed manufacturing company and we were discussing pallet making. I explained that I was responsible for pallet design and making at work and had just designed and set up a rapid pallet making steel bench which could be adjusted in seconds to accommodate various sizes of two way pallets which we as a company used thousands of. The smallest pallet to accept a 100 frame motor could be nailed up in half a minute using this table and air nailer. The guy was all ears and I left him my card.
A couple of weeks later this guy phoned me at work and started picking my brain as to how the new metal table was constructed and didn't the operator suffer from repetitive strain hand using the nailer all day? I explained fully the design of the table and how it adjusted also I further explained that the nail guns used where on a counter balance suspended from a rail above the table so all the operator had to do was to squeeze the trigger and tap the pallet with the gun in sequential mode. I then forgot about this conversation.
The following year my colleague Richard and I attended the next exhibition and Richard said to me come and have a look at this? The guy was selling my design and possibly still is doing so and good luck to him.
I was also looking into designing an angled frame to accept assorted lengths of pallet bearers but this time to use full length boards for the pallet tops; the bearers would be pre cut to length but the top boards would remain full length. The boards would be nailed then a panel saw would slide along and separate the individual pallets. At this point I left the company because I was working 24 hours a day 7 days a week; I simply couldn't switch off and ended up with shingles so to cut a long story short retired from active conflict aged 53.
The mention of Stenner bandsaws bring back lots of memories for me.
Kind regards, Col.
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