The Woodpecker Ep 135 - Wooden bandsaw part 1 

Yes the 3d animations added a lot of post production time, but I figured it would be easier to understand. This bandsaw have a lot of pieces...

I hope so, I.ll have several episodes, enough to bore my viewer to death.

Not true, I am sure the shop build was longer than this will be, and that is my favorite series of builds on RU-vid. Probably a mixture of jealousy, love of timberframing, love of woodworking, and the great story telling. You can count me as one that will not be bored!

Michael Anderson it's pretty awesome mate 👍

So did I, but when he told me he was making a bigger 20" bandsaw I couln't resisit and now I have a nice 120" bandsaw :)

Yes this might be just the push you need :)

At least I won't lose you as a subs, with all the épisode I'm planing to make, I guess some people will be fed up of this ....

Oh, I don't think so! Keep doing what you're doing! It's absolutely fantastic. Thank you for making these videos. I never fail to find insight in them.

Alain Vaillancourt not at all! I am super excited for the rest of the series. Can't wait for the next one!

Thomas Mauer nicely said 👍

So do I. It's why I made so much of his wooden machine :)

Joseph Davis that was a great episode 👍

November, defetivelly, but with all the parts I'll have for this, it wouln't surprise me if you even unsuscribe out of bordom...

I will unsubscribe only if YT deletes my channel! Once I told you that I would watch you cutting the grass, your videos are so well made and a big inspiration for the ones I make!

I tried to to make this build to help people not to make the same mistakes I made, Matthias makes this look so easy....

Alain Vaillancourt Yeah. I already had mine finished, and it works well. It was the 16" Bandsaw he made, but it is pretty much exactly the same design wise as the 20". But I had so much trouble with wheel alignment problems that I nearly gave up. It took me a long time to figure out a good method on getting them perfect, but I could have done it in a matter of minutes if I saw these videos. I'm glad your doing this step by step process! It will definitely check out the videos when I start building my 20" Bandsaw.

You're so right, sometime we don't think when we do things like that. Thank you I have the same reaction, but on something else, when people use a grinder in their wood shop, after using mine I've once set fire to the dust of my bandsaw which was 15' away. I also always leave a comment on the danger of doing this also. Thank you, I will be more vigilent in the future.

Glenn Reach even in French lol

Heavyboxes DIY Master top notch mate, he does a great job

I'm getting there. But as a spoiler, it was a breeze..

Brian Richards me to, if I tried this on my channel it would be like the titanic mate, SOS 😂😂

I hope you'll like them. Nice name by the way :)) we must be distant cousin :)

In the end it's heavier than my metal one. But works much better. But no pine in this bandsaw, sory to disapoint ;)

And it's the wrong colour green. Of course I'd paint mine red or maybe purple...

I don't want to throw away all the tradition :)

Solid Maple is a much better choice than cheap Pine. I have Matthias 14" Bandsaw plans already. I'll llikely purchase his 20" plans next. Well done so far Alain.

I just bought Mattias' 20 inch bandsaw plans. Mattias was trying to demonstrate a concept: that you can build a really good machine out of cheap materials. He succeeds beyond anybody's expectations. But that doesn't mean you have to be a "wood purist" to build one. One of the reasons to build your own is to build it your way. For instance, I'm expanding to 24" wheels and stretching the arms and spine accordingly, adding two more layers to the C frame and making the lower hub out of metal so I can use a live axle and mount the drive pulley on the back. Still indebted to Mattias for the ideas and the engineering but doing it my way. I wish I could afford hardwood for the frame.

Sorry, in the end you might want to build this too....

Hey, you wouldn't believe the projects I've made out of wood I found by driving around the neighborhood on trash day. I'm a confirmed dumpster diver and trash picker. It's astounding what people throw away.

The blade rides on the wheels, and I have some bearings at the back, just like a commercial bandsaw

Since I'm going to turn this round anyway, why bother tryiong to make it real round. It has to be dead center with the bearing and the only way to be sure is to turn it.

I used second hand bearings of 1.25 inch, but the plans are for 1 inch bearings

RK Coder that's a horrible green mate 👎🍀lol

Yes I asked the permission before obviously. It's helps a lot understanding what I'm doing, this might help other people also. I love tradition so I kept the Wandel green, on top it's matching my lathe colour.

Hi, I've installed a 2HP 220V motor. I only have one speed. But I'm not really sure of the actual speed. The motor turn at 1550rpm on it I've installed a 5" pulley and on the other side, the side of the saw it's a 16 or 17" wooden pulley I'm not sure 100% on the saw side, but it's in the plans.

By turning them on their actual shats, I was sure it.s all centered. I could had make a nice circle, but after gluing the flanges with the bearings I would still had to turn it anyway.

Maple is heavy as iron.. Ok they're a bit of exaggeration here. but it's 2 to 3 time heavier than pine. Oak is lighter than maple I don't know from how much but it's easily noticeable. but If I had oak on hand I would have used it that's for sure

im going to make the 20 inch bandsaw from Matthias's plans and your series are great well done

Jacob Sherritt can't say it better myself 👍

In fact since it's more rigid it vibrate WAY less, I'm going to show this in the last part. You just have to be patien and bare with me, this will be loooong.

By turning them on their actual bearings, I'm sure it's centered perfectly.

I had to make a mistake somewhere, so it's in the "m" yes this should had been "cm" sory, at least I tried....

this is the circle cutter I always use www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32275&cat=1,180,42316

Because it's fun and it cost way less than buying a 20" bandsaw

I know, but I'm sleeping nicely at night knowing every spots was wet with glue :))

In fact since it's heavier than my metal one it's working beter than mine. Maybe if I had a $3000 bandsaw it would be beter but it's not the case so it's working beter, and on top it's fun to make :)

Well, you can buy used one, for example I've bought my 400 mm bandsaw 40000 HUF which is about 140 $. That was great business, the average cost is about 140-180000 HUF for this kind of bandsaw in Hungary. Not just heavier but more stable and more precise... But that is really fun to build one, that is true, so I looking forward to see your next episodes :)