Bandsaw Riser

[ericolson]

Eric

Do you have pictures. This sounds really interesting.

:o
This link http://owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=5011 should do the trick. If you look closely at the top photo on the upper left, you'll see my two-ton come-along hanging from a rafter. I had to break the machine down into an upper and lower half. The lower half was easy to drag across the concrete floor of my shop. The upper half was a beastie getting it into position by myself. Needless to say, when I get the shop spray insulated, the contractor is going to have to figure something out, because that bandsaw isn't going anywhere!!

Oh yeah, my shop "ceiling" (the height of the lower cross beams) is ten feet, to give you a perspective as to how tall the bandsaw is.

[ericolson]

I've actually had several occasions where I needed some resawing and pouted for a few minutes that I did not buy a dedicated, MUCH larger bandsaw (not a 30, though, Eric :))

Dean,

I had always wanted a bigger bandsaw, around 17". I had looked at the Grizzly showroom here in Springfield, but just couldn't justify spending that amount of money for a 17" bandsaw. Like you said, there are many ways to skin a cat. I have always been fascinated by antique woodworking machinery and my 30" bandsaw, especially for the cost, was like a dream come true! Here's a link for my 16" tablesaw that I got for $150.00: http://owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=5010
I fried the run capacitor in the motor, so once I get around to replacing it, the machine will be back up and running. With my SS tablesaw and a Rigid TS, I just haven't been in any hurry to fix it. Ice storm didn't help, either. I guess I kinda go in fits and spurts. On some of my projects, I use primarily my stand alone machinery. My SS gets used in whatever capacity on every project. But, sometimes, I go into total SS mode and the other tablesaws stand idle and I go strictly SS. I do find it convenient to have two table saws, though (3 including the SS). One can be set-up with my stacked dado cutter, one can have a rip blade, one can have a cross-cut blade with my cross-cut sled. Yep, it's overkill, I'll admit it. But it sure can be handy when I've got strict deadlines to meet.