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TOOLS AND THE SHOP => GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION => Topic started by: jabberwoki on November 12, 2023, 08:22:42 PM

Title: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: jabberwoki on November 12, 2023, 08:22:42 PM
Only cause I need on for wood.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: Uncle Buck on November 12, 2023, 09:29:16 PM
That is one very cool looking saw. You plan to use it for wood, or metal? I have a wood vertical saw that I have a speed reduction gear box that I hope to convert to a metal cutting bandsaw by getting the SFPM reduced to something less than 200 to more like 170 or so I think was the figure I was wanting. That is just what my bad memory tells me was about the rate I want was. Been several years since I last  calculated where I needed to be for speed.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: jabberwoki on November 12, 2023, 09:35:56 PM
This one will be wood. I've got a big DoAll for metal stuff.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: Uncle Buck on November 12, 2023, 09:36:10 PM
I see now you wanted it for wood. Fitted with that big pulley on the machine side makes me wonder if another smaller pulley is on the inside of that big pulley in a crude attempt to make it a wood/metal saw. Absolutely beautiful machine though.

Don't forget the website Vintage Machinery. Com if you need to track down parts for your old gray iron machines.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: jabberwoki on November 12, 2023, 10:07:43 PM
Yah tomorrow I'll start the hunt.
The guy I got it from used it for metal.

I think I have a vintage motor here somewhere.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: goodfellow on November 13, 2023, 06:18:13 AM
Beautiful old saw. Those medium size saws are pretty rare these days. A great find Jabber.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: fatfillup on November 13, 2023, 11:42:35 AM
That is cool.  Never seen one even close to that one.  Looks overbuilt.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: J.A.F.E. on November 13, 2023, 06:17:14 PM
That is very cool. Nice score.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: slip knot on November 13, 2023, 06:55:26 PM
Nice score Jabber. Thats a pretty sweet old saw.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: gtermini on November 13, 2023, 10:32:31 PM
What's the throat size? Amazing the elaborate cast doors have survived intact.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: jabberwoki on November 14, 2023, 02:33:54 PM
Well if you look close the top ones buggered up.
They call these snowflakes covers.
They're not magnetic may be aluminum?
Is pot metal magnetic?
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: Uncle Buck on November 14, 2023, 06:27:12 PM
Quote from: jabberwoki on November 14, 2023, 02:33:54 PM
Well if you look close the top ones buggered up.
They call these snowflakes covers.
They're not magnetic may be aluminum?
Is pot metal magnetic?

Not magnetic as far as I know.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: jabberwoki on November 14, 2023, 06:28:04 PM
Then that's going to be a bitch to fix then.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: Uncle Buck on November 14, 2023, 06:36:41 PM
Screw fixing it. Clean, paint and adjust as you see fit and just put the old timer to work Jab!
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: jabberwoki on November 14, 2023, 08:07:19 PM
I`d have to up the prozac to live with that.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: slip knot on November 15, 2023, 06:19:18 PM
Quote from: jabberwoki on November 14, 2023, 06:28:04 PM
Then that's going to be a bitch to fix then.

IIRC pot metal has a lot of zinc in it. Really hard to weld/solder on.. JBweld possibly?

Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: jabberwoki on November 15, 2023, 09:41:32 PM
Yeah that will prolly be the plan. i have to rebuild the webbing thinking about using some thin wire as rebar.
Title: Re: Got a new vintage Racine band saw
Post by: muddy on November 16, 2023, 07:43:21 PM
Very cool!

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