The wheels are made from two layers of 1/2" Baltic birch plywood, plus centers for the lower drive shaft and upper bearings. Plywood has sturdiness and strength but the varying density makes it more difficult to balance. A much better choice would be particle board, but I didn't have any on hand and I didn't wish to buy a full sheet just for this.
I sized the wheels so that when the tires are placed on the overall diameter will be 12"
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Looks great, John. Thanks for keeping the quality content coming!
John, I’d love to see you Making one low angle jack plane with adjustable mouth.
Awesome as usual, John! I’ll definitely get those plans whenever they come out! This bandsaw is the right size for my small garage shop and would be an upgrade from my cheap and rather tiny band saw
Hi John, great vid as always..
Really hope you put out plans for this once complete..
at the moment it’s a toss up between yours and Matthais’ designs to replace the 500 Dollar P.O.S. thing I mistakenly purchased a couple of years ago from my local hardware store. (for those in Australia, avoid, at all costs, the Full Boar brand bandsaw, it’s utter shjite!)
BTW, I wonder if those industrial sewing machine DC motors with speed controller would work fine for this application. I’ve seen people using them on benchtop drill presses replacing the original weaker (1/3 to 1/2 HP) motors and those things seem to have plenty of torque, at least for drill press usage.
I know you stated on your other channel that you were still undecided about selling the plans for this on your website. I really hope you eventually do. As much as I like the Wandel bandsaw, the required equipment needed to build it is a bit more than many have. I like that yours can be built by someone who has a very basic setup. It is almost like a “step 2” project, after a table saw, that will launch you into building all of the other projects.
P.S. I love the aesthetic you’ve created lately. The tools are as beautiful as they are functional.
Can’t wait for the next part in the series, John! As always, great quality content! I really enjoy all of your build series, that for me is what’s worth watching here on youtube.
“Which is Kinda’ of Different for a Homemade”, Ah, a Heisz Masterpiece best described. Even if plans are never provided the videos are such high quality, One should be able to be constructed. My best Sunday morning Maker watch.
Once again, simple yet very effective solutions which are transferable to many other projects.
Thanks for letting your mind run and sharing with us.
Really fantastic work, John! Well done! 😃
How high of a board is it going to be able to resaw?
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I’m really enjoying this series.
Love the bandsaw, no reason why it should not become a hit. ( In the woodworkers or diy communion). 👍 Specialy the tension is unique for a homemade one.
I really enjoy your problem-solving, it is always outside the box, from your clamps to this bandsaw you can build outstanding tools by thinking about how wood work as a whole. Well done John.
I think I am going to make a special playlist of only this build so I can watch it over and over for a tutorial so I can build my own …..
Hello John, This Saw looks amazing, and Id love to get Plans for it, and your Tablesaw.
Are there plans for those available? I cannot find them on your Website
As always, great work John. Looking forward to the rest of the series
Your projects and skills have always been way beyond many YouTube woodworkers.
This bandsaw it’s already shaping up to be amazing
Superb. Look forward to seeing the finished product. I have one query. You balanced the two wheels with absolute precision but then afterwards you added a ‘locking screw’ to the shaft, surely that would put the wheel out of balance again wouldn’t it?
This looks awesome John!! I have one question, is it possible to make a band saw with four smaller wheels, like a belt grinder? I have a small, no a tiny shop and I would like to have a bandsaw but a regular one won’t fit. Is that possible to make?
Nice. I was wondering though, I noticed you balanced the wheels then did a bunch of stuff to them. Would all those changes that not affect the balance of the wheels or is it insignificant?