Connecting Giant Vintage Bandsaw To A Vintage Stationary Engine.. 

Well, exactly!

There are plenty of products you can spray on to fight against rust. Probably a 24/7 job over there though. He has plenty of energy though, wish I had!

Thanks - I'm just happy you can understand me : - )

Ha! Lack of money is a powerful motivator

Yes, I think it's a legitimate alternative to a tension wheel and when I make my lineshaft I'll be considering them

Thanks, vlada. I would be interested to see the hay blower!

Happy Solstice to you too, Meredith : - ) (Will is a friend of mine)

Ha! Thank you - that would be very handy : - )

Don't ship saws have to be tiltable?

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 Isn't that round shaft where there is no table made to support a tilting table?

Yes - me too!

Exactly - too many owners don't seem to use them at all.

Thanks 👍

You're lucky - we have nothing like that around here. This vee belt is acting like a flat belt though.

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 I'm in eastern Connecticut. The old factories and many of the old farm machines used flat belts. I guess that I am lucky. I have 3 scrap metal yards within an hour's drive. We also have swap meets where all kinds of tools, machines, and parts show up for sale. Since most young people have no interest in these old things, the prices are still reasonable. Thirty years ago, much of the stuff was free, just get it out of their way. BTW, a 41/2" hand grinder could save you some time. Good Luck, Rick

A mile per second is called a Plasma Cutter!

I suppose it should be 5000ft per minute? I'm trained as a machinist, we had a band saw in our shop that went that far. If i remember correctly, that was for "melt- cutting plexiglass" amongst other stuff. I never used that speed, but i think you can buy diamand- coated saw bands that are meant to cut that fast. Customary speed for cutting steel with high speed steel tools/ band saws is 10-50 m/ minute, so... 35- 165feet/ minute? Depending on hardness of the work, Coolant conditions, ... Rule of thumb: 30m/minute for hss tools, 120 for carbide. I have an old book where they mention melt-cutting steel with extremly fast spinning steel disks- seems like that's a thing they tried in the 1930ies, never heard of it anywhere else.

@@nos9784 yes, he immediately corrects himself from ft/s to ft/min. though i do wonder what a machine capable of spinning a belt saw that could withstand that, could cut

Replacement Knee? Tim? Five minutes with his plasma cutter and some discarded steel plate!

@@cprgreaves good point. Lift with your knees and not your back, a knee replacement is 5 minutes away.

Thanks, Carl. Mine only has a top guide - I wonder if that is usual?

Ha! Correct on both counts : - )

I've been looking for years - but I think I'll have to make up my own. Very expensive : - (

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 i was thinking something along the lines of a piece of pipe, but maybe that would not be strong enough?

Thanks! (Turning the engine around would be a big job - twisting the belt is a lot easier.)

I know - saving up to make one

Lemon squeezy!

You're right - but that would need an extra shaft, pulley and two bearings - as well as the extra belt. €150?

THAT is an excellent idea. After all, old factories used to have long shafts spinning on the ceiling, and other machines would get their power from them with belts...

I'm saving up for just that, Derek. But a line shaft (as we call them) needs lots of bearings and pulleys - and a long shaft. Lots of money : - (

I do - but they're also often very good value

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 I like that you put them to good use.

I think the seals are the real challenge though?

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 I was thinking you could create a piston with a one way valve attachment that pushes the air into the tanks, as for seals, couldn’t you make them out of some rope and creole or pitch/tar to make a rubber like seal?

Ooh! Sounds great if you're serious? Thanks very much : - )

Not yet - but I hope to soon

Sorry for your troubles - hope you feel better soon!

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 Thank you. I really, really want you to not have to go through the pain and physiotherapy. Please make yourself a crane so you don't have to struggle with heavy things.

thanks for this - I'll investigate..

Why? This isn't a hobby - I don't have the time to do anything more than get it going

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 lol

I bought it from someone called Guy

Compared to most people on the planet we are very lucky indeed

No time to work on it just yet

…after cleaning the lens

I reckon..

Ha! He has hundreds of long videos, David - could you just give me the answer?

shouldn't graphite be an option? not sticky, no build up of grime.

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 Tim, you'll be fine with grease. Your bandsaw top assembly is relative stationary and only adjusted to fix blade tension. The comment about Rucker refers to way-oil used on equipment that moves all the time such as cross slides on lathes. Completey different application. To be honest you'd be fine with lard.

@@davidbrown8365 I agree with your comment about putting what ever you have to hand on the slides as it is better than nothing at all, however I have an allmost identical bandsaw and that top slide is very much constantly moving all be it by very small amounts as there is a spring in between the adjuster and the slide body, I think they do it like that to stop blade breakage if the blade jams but I could be wrong.

Thanks, David. Yes, I suspected grease would be better than nothing!