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Some interesting comments gents for which I thank you,having thought overnight (funny how things keep you awake)

I am thinking of using my Adcock & Shipley horizontal mill as the driving source,it has a 1Hp motor it has 15 speeds the lowest being 60 rpm, yet to decide to drive with a pulley on the arbor or from the spindle direct,there are also some work clearance issues to sort.Food food for thought.

Interesting comments Clive/Duncan

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Clutching at straws I have seen on YT a home made hand held bandsaw driven by a battery drill, seemed to cut through light section steel sections fine which is all I want to do, I don't want to part with £300-£400 for a commercial one and I like the challenge of making one if it works then great if it don't I'll stick a higher rpm motor on it and use it for woodwork

Thanks gents

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I have just found an Armstong ac motor with 2800 rpm and is 0.7 hp, problem is reducing rpm adapting gearbox still an option Frances but I take your points, I have some 1425 rpm motors, gonna have to ponder this maybe make a gearbox or use pulleys, nothing is easy is it but nothing ventured

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Thanks Neil doesn't sound too hopeful, I do have a 240 ac motor with 2800 rpm maybe I could take the gearbox from the Parvalux and adapt it to fit the ac motor

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I have a motor with following specs

12 volt dc max amps 6 watts output 45 rpm 3000

Rating continuous gearbox spec NM5.3 RPM 50

I already use one of these to power a mechanical hacksaw which is slow but does the job, question is would this motor have enough torque to run a handheld portable bandsaw? I am trying to build one using a 45" length blade with 10/14 tpi mainly to cut ferrous and non ferrous metals, blade speed would be around 180 ftpm, the torque is my main concern, any advice would be appreciated

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Sorry double post,

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And not an Oriental person in sight

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And not an Oriental person in sight

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My Nan said if I looked down the drains in the gutter I'd get Scarlett Fever 🤔

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Panic !!! 🤔

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+1 for Arc's Truloc range

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A lot of people on YT use a circular saw with no riving knife fitted without one as I am sure we all know the timber can close onto the blade and get thrown towards the operator

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A floor polisher/ buffer has a output rpm of about 325 ( via two gears ) with 1 ft bandsaw wheel gives around 1020 ft per min, a 2" pulley on motor driving a 8" on countershaft gives 255 rpm, a countershaft pulley of 2" driving 4"on bandsaw gives about 127 rpm. My maths are suspect but 130 ft per min should be ok, find an old buffer. I used a buffer motor to drive a prototype home built shaper with success

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You haven't inconvenienced me, I am not computer savvy thanks for the link I appreciate it

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I would MichaelG but having tried to type the link details in around half a dozen times with no result I have given up,

I cannot work out whether I is I or 1, I tried searching but no luck will try a google search, the search goes on 🤔

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Excuse my ignorance gents but what is the 2" turning test?

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Does this mean you have to be left handed to use these drills? 🤔

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So spend money on lefthand drills in case you need to get broken something out of a hole, what else are LH drills good for?

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I would like a hook ruler but prices are extortionate, easy enough to alter a normal rule I think

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There's got to be a joke here somewhere 🐕

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