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Todd, would you mind copying me on those setup files?

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Dave Rector
Rector Guitars

Todd, you are one special gentleman! Thank you! i saved up your post and will PM you my e-mail address, i will also follow your advice on the link belt and the book on maintenance!

Thanks again

Serge

Another book I found to be very good Serge is "The Bandsaw Book" by Lonnie Bird.You can find it at Amazon.com if you are interested.Here it isDaveAndy38917.4059375

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Thanks Dave, i will check into that also!

Todd, i found the book you mentionned at Lee Valley's!

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=46736&cat=1,46 096,46119&ap=1

[QUOTE=RussellR] Hi Charlie

Nice to see you, I was wondering about you the other day as I hadn't seen you around.

Hows the building going ?[/QUOTE]

I a doing well, Russel, Serge, and everyone else who gives 2... :-)
I have had an extremely busy summer - with multiple inlaw visits, garden work, shop work, garden shed building, Im building a thickness sander, jigs and molds {still yes}
And for those of you who dont know - I have gotten interested in cactus growing since I was injured. It therefore makes this my busy time for my hobby as well.
It has been warm and beautiful here, and we really couldnt have asked for a beter summer so far - the kind of summer we just havent had in years around here.
So needless to say Im taking advantage of these sunny days, so I dont regret it come this Nov.
I have only had time to lurk here lately, but Im still around. Plus I sorta vowed that I would post regularily again until I had more to contribute, I feel that pretty soon I will.
Cheers
Charlie
PS thanks for the info on the bandsaw guys!
PSS oh yeah I really tried to stay away from the swap meet - alas it was too strong a pull!

Serge, another book to add to your shop collection is The New Best of Fine Woodworking - Workshop Machines. It is a compilation of numerous woodworkers, one of which is White. You can check it out at Amazon as well.Don A38917.8159259259

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Don Atwood
Arlington, VA

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PS - Your saw can be set up to cut metal, as Phil is doing in the shot above (most excellent saw, Phil - is it a Gilliam (SP?) or scratch-designed?). Good capability to have for jigs, etc. Don't use a wood blade for this - buy a 14 tpi metal blade and make sure you really, really clean the saw out afterwards.

TMS[/QUOTE]

Todd -

I got the inspiration to build one from Fine Woodworker Magazine- July 1989. There were plans for a plywood frame saw by William Cornell. I ended up using about half of his details and designed the rest myself. In particular, I tried to design a very stiff frame. It's probably as stiff as most cast iron frames. Wood is a great engineering material if you pay close attention to the design.

The only tools I had (and used) to build it were a table saw and drill press ( and hacksaw). I did have to do a little welding, also.

As far as cutting metals - I've been using wood blades (6 tpi skip tooth) for aluminum at reduced speed ( about 1500 FPM) - they seem to work very well.

For steel (mostly 1/8 and 1/4 plate) I've also used blades meant for wood ( 14 tpi) but at a much slower blade speed- about 150 FPM, and they seem to work fine. If I were doing a lot of metal work, though, you're right - blades meant for metals would be better.

Serge -

I don't really have plans, but, if you want to build one, let me know and I'll start another thread with photos and details about what I did. Also, I plan to be at the OLF get-together in late July, so we could talk then. (You'll be there, right?)

Phil

Charlie, it's great to have news from you, please stay around, we'll benefit from some of your tips also bud!

Thanks Todd, i seriously will buy White's book for sure, it will be very useful with all the power tools i have around here and that i know next to nothing about their maintenance! The more info on those, the better!

Thanks Don, is this the book you are talking about?
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx? c=1&p=52767&cat=1,46096,46119&ap=1
I sure will look into that also, Thanks Don!

Phil, yes, i will be there also! we can talk about it then since i already bought mine but please, do share what you know on this, if i decide i want a bigger bandsaw one day, i'll know what to do! And i'm sure there are other jigs makers here who would certainly benefit from it and appreciate it like i would! No pressure though! Thanks Phil

SergeSerge Poirier38918.0496527778

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Thanks Don, is this the book you are talking about?
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx? c=1&p=52767&cat=1,46096,46119&ap=1
I sure will look into that also, Thanks Don!
Serge[/QUOTE]

Thats the one.

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Don Atwood
Arlington, VA

Well, all I know is I had my old Rockwell all set up nice and tweaked, and no matter how hard I tried, I could never get cuts as good as a friends' MiniMax. Since getting the new Laguna set up, I've got consistant cuts that look like they've come off a planer...

Better saws are just better...

Food for thought.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Thanks again Don A!

Don W, i hear you well but the shop i work in isn't mine and i only have 110v in there, Laguna, seems to only have the 220v saws, even the LT 14 has that so i can't have it here and it's a real bummer because that's what i would have bought for sure. Oh well, i'm still an apprentice and for 2 guitars, i had 4 bandsaws come in this shop so i figure that the 5th one will be when i have a real shop of mine and makin' a living at it, i hope!