The Cellar - View Single Post - Building a bandsaw on the cheap from mostly scrap wood

glatt · 11-23-2016, 01:44 PM

Next I wanted a knob to cover the end of the upper blade tilting bolt.

I sketched something out on a scrap piece of paper and glued it to a scrap piece of wood I got from a thrown out table. I think this was a leg brace to attach a leg to the apron of the table. Anyway, it already had a proper sized hole drilled for the bolt head. I centered my drawing over that hole.
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I cut it out on the band saw and sanded the ugly stain off.

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And I pressed it over the blade tilt bolt head. Basically jammed it on there.
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Both of them work great! And I don't have to go digging for the proper sized socket any more.

11-23-2016, 01:44 PM	#333
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Next I wanted a knob to cover the end of the upper blade tilting bolt. I sketched something out on a scrap piece of paper and glued it to a scrap piece of wood I got from a thrown out table. I think this was a leg brace to attach a leg to the apron of the table. Anyway, it already had a proper sized hole drilled for the bolt head. I centered my drawing over that hole. I cut it out on the band saw and sanded the ugly stain off. And I pressed it over the blade tilt bolt head. Basically jammed it on there. Both of them work great! And I don't have to go digging for the proper sized socket any more.