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.