Old Bandsaw!

Jared got a different bandsaw this weekend so i gladly took his old one when he offered! Its a 10 inch Rockwell that has been in our family for years. Not the best bandsaw ever but i'm sure happy with it, especially since it was free.

I decided to completely disassemble the bandsaw to clean, paint, enclose the bottom, add a shop vac dust collection hookup, and replace any worn parts. 


After i disassembled the bandsaw , I started by enclosing the base with plywood and adding a outlet with a switch to turn the saw and my shop vac on and off. The saw originally had a toggle switch on the motor attached to a rod that turned it on and off. I didn't really like this setup and since the motor needed a new power cord anyways i decided to reconfigure the switch setup.

I also added a shop vac hookup.

Look for more to come very soon!