Building a bandsaw on the cheap from mostly scrap wood - Page 17

Clodfobble · 09-29-2016, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I'm half tempted to start a thread, "Building a bandsaw on the cheap from mostly detached thumbs" but I'm too busy procrastinating.

I heard a rumor that foot3 is super clumsy. He's all thumbs.

Clodfobble · 09-29-2016, 12:44 PM

ALSO DID YOU KNOW... in the movie Spy Kids, the bad guy's henchmen were called Thumb-Thumbs.

Gravdigr · 09-29-2016, 03:28 PM

Well, that's thumbthing.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-01-2016, 04:14 PM

Sawdust?

lumberjim · 10-01-2016, 07:13 PM

He's a god

Gravdigr · 10-17-2016, 02:00 PM

You should have been a documentarian.

footfootfoot · 10-18-2016, 05:13 PM

is it that the plywood needs to move to the left in your photo, or the peg needs to move to the left, or both?
In either case I'd just rip a few strips of 3/16" thick material off a 1x and glue that to either the ply or the frame.

Probably a metric/standard issue. Metric ply is a shade larger than 1/4, 3/8. or 1/2 and standard ply is a shade under 1/4, 3/8, 1/2" etc. Not sure it would add up to 3/16" though. Probably it's the nut behind the wrench...

glatt · 10-18-2016, 06:17 PM

Mostly the peg needs to move to the left. I'm gonna make new thicker peg things that reach further over so they have some meat to dig into.

Tempted to go down there tonight, but that glass of wine I had earlier makes power tools a bad idea. I may just catch up on Stranger Things.

My dad is coming to visit in early December and I'd like a basically finished saw then. Time's ticking.

footfootfoot · 10-18-2016, 07:27 PM

can you just saw the existing peg flush then drill a new hole, say 5/32" and use a 16d common nail with the head cut off as a pin?

glatt · 10-18-2016, 07:33 PM

In theory, yes. In practice, I put a pretty big taper on that peg so it would find its hole even when it is off by an eighth or so. I'll have four pegs that have to find their holes simultaneously. So built in slop is good here.

glatt · 10-18-2016, 07:51 PM

I knocked out a new back for the cover. Can't make the peg holder things though because I am out of dowels.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-18-2016, 08:05 PM

Looks like it was made by a wino.

Griff · 10-19-2016, 06:01 AM

...with a bandsaw

Gravdigr · 10-19-2016, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Can't make the peg holder things though because I am out of dowels.

Wood pencils?

Nevermind, prolly too fragile.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-19-2016, 01:47 PM

Wood peckers.

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10-18-2016, 05:13 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	is it that the plywood needs to move to the left in your photo, or the peg needs to move to the left, or both? In either case I'd just rip a few strips of 3/16" thick material off a 1x and glue that to either the ply or the frame. Probably a metric/standard issue. Metric ply is a shade larger than 1/4, 3/8. or 1/2 and standard ply is a shade under 1/4, 3/8, 1/2" etc. Not sure it would add up to 3/16" though. Probably it's the nut behind the wrench... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-18-2016, 06:17 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Mostly the peg needs to move to the left. I'm gonna make new thicker peg things that reach further over so they have some meat to dig into. Tempted to go down there tonight, but that glass of wine I had earlier makes power tools a bad idea. I may just catch up on Stranger Things. My dad is coming to visit in early December and I'd like a basically finished saw then. Time's ticking.

10-18-2016, 07:27 PM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	can you just saw the existing peg flush then drill a new hole, say 5/32" and use a 16d common nail with the head cut off as a pin? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-18-2016, 07:33 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	In theory, yes. In practice, I put a pretty big taper on that peg so it would find its hole even when it is off by an eighth or so. I'll have four pegs that have to find their holes simultaneously. So built in slop is good here.

10-18-2016, 07:51 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I knocked out a new back for the cover. Can't make the peg holder things though because I am out of dowels.

10-18-2016, 08:05 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Looks like it was made by a wino. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-19-2016, 06:01 AM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	...with a bandsaw __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-19-2016, 01:47 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wood peckers. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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