sbwertz
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I just got back from OK where I was settling my father's estate. I brought home his bandsaw. It is a 1948 Rockwell/Delta 14" 28-205 metal/wood bandsaw that I learned to use at my grandfather's knee when I was about ten years old.
When my grandfather died, somehow the upper and lower wheel guards were lost, along with the pulley cover. I was able to find the wheel guards, but am still looking for a cover for the pulleys. Because it is the metal/wood model, it has three pulleys, so takes a deep cover compared to the wood only saw.
I want to put a riser kit on it. (My 14" Ohio Forge bandsaw doesn't have a riser kit available, so I can only saw pieces about 5" thick.)
It has the original 1/2 hp motor. Is this motor heavy enough to handle 10 or 11 inch slabs of wood? (I have all this mulberry, you see!) I know it has been used with a riser kit because there was a big box of blades that came from my grandfather that includes some used 105" blades. (The riser kit must be hiding out with the wheel guards somewhere.)
I know that this saw is considered one of the best ever made, and I would like to find all original equipment for it if I can.
I can hardly wait to get it up and running again. I used it at my dad's about 2 years ago to cut up some texas ebony logs. I hauled them all the way to OK from AZ in the trunk of my car because at that time I only had a little 3 wheel bandsaw and it was useless for anything but cutting pen blanks from 3/4" wood. It cuts like a dream. Dad has been using it for years without the wheel guards, but I'm chicken.
I'll post pics soon
Sharon
When my grandfather died, somehow the upper and lower wheel guards were lost, along with the pulley cover. I was able to find the wheel guards, but am still looking for a cover for the pulleys. Because it is the metal/wood model, it has three pulleys, so takes a deep cover compared to the wood only saw.
I want to put a riser kit on it. (My 14" Ohio Forge bandsaw doesn't have a riser kit available, so I can only saw pieces about 5" thick.)
It has the original 1/2 hp motor. Is this motor heavy enough to handle 10 or 11 inch slabs of wood? (I have all this mulberry, you see!) I know it has been used with a riser kit because there was a big box of blades that came from my grandfather that includes some used 105" blades. (The riser kit must be hiding out with the wheel guards somewhere.)
I know that this saw is considered one of the best ever made, and I would like to find all original equipment for it if I can.
I can hardly wait to get it up and running again. I used it at my dad's about 2 years ago to cut up some texas ebony logs. I hauled them all the way to OK from AZ in the trunk of my car because at that time I only had a little 3 wheel bandsaw and it was useless for anything but cutting pen blanks from 3/4" wood. It cuts like a dream. Dad has been using it for years without the wheel guards, but I'm chicken.
I'll post pics soon
Sharon
