Hello!
This question isn't a super good fit for this forum, but recent threads (TSC Bandsaw and Cutting fluid) have shown that there is plenty of expertise around here.
I recently scored a DoAll C-4 9x12 horizontal bandsaw on Craigslist. Here's a shot of one of the blade guides.
The blade runs between #12 and #14, with pressure controlled by screw #8 and belleville springs #9.
Well, before I got it, somebody backed out the screw to fuss with the blade, and #12 got lost on both guides.
I called DoAll, they want $66 for a little rectange of metal with a hole in it!
I was thinking I could just make a new one out of mild steel, but wanted to collect some group wisdom before I head down a road that will cost me more in bandsaw blades than I would have spent on a couple of blade guides.
Thoughts?
Thanks very much.
This question isn't a super good fit for this forum, but recent threads (TSC Bandsaw and Cutting fluid) have shown that there is plenty of expertise around here.
I recently scored a DoAll C-4 9x12 horizontal bandsaw on Craigslist. Here's a shot of one of the blade guides.
The blade runs between #12 and #14, with pressure controlled by screw #8 and belleville springs #9.
Well, before I got it, somebody backed out the screw to fuss with the blade, and #12 got lost on both guides.
I called DoAll, they want $66 for a little rectange of metal with a hole in it!
I was thinking I could just make a new one out of mild steel, but wanted to collect some group wisdom before I head down a road that will cost me more in bandsaw blades than I would have spent on a couple of blade guides.
Thoughts?
Thanks very much.