Miter to vertical band saw conversion

[lerman]

hello,
i just finished to convert this band saw and i thought it might be a useful tutorial.

it started as a Miter band saw made by femi

i made a simple stand,of course it's not the same for every saw.

i had to mount the saw up side down because of the direction of the motor.

to avoid taping the thin aluminum cast i made a long aluminum strip and drilled it to exept three bolts with nyloc nuts, this also allow to adjust the saw so it would be leveled

i removed the handle,trigger and safety button and weird it to a simple on/off switch

and it works great, i just need to buy a narrower blade.

thanks for looking,
Lee Lerman.

 

[BossDog]

Excellent..that gets an entry into October WIP drawing..

 

[Bruce Bump]

Very cool. I've always wanted to do this with the porta band saw. Where do they sell the miter band saw? Never seen that before. Oh, Isreal. Hmmm, I wonder if they are even available in the states.

 

[Tom Militano]

Nice job

 

[lerman]

thanks, Bruse i'm sure they are available in the states, mine is made in italy, but on the other hand a good portable band saw would do the trick.

http://www.femi.it/en/index.aspx

Lee Lerman

 

[Shane Wink]

I just purchased a cut off saw like that hoping to cut some Ti. Awesome build and inspiring.