Hello all, well I've gone and done it. An order has been palced for a new bandsaw for my workshop (shed) a tool that I've up until now considered to be a bit of an extravagance will soon be gracing the (cluttered) floor space. The one which I have gone for is a Scheppach Basato 1. This is ideally suited for modelling, it has a 4" capacity with an 8" throat depth and will accept 1/8" up to 5/8" blades. I can barely wait for it to arrive. I'll try to post a pic or two once it is in situ.
cheers
Jim
Thanks Jim, It's always good to know more about useful workshop equipment. I was going to say it's good to know about other peoples "tools" but I'm not sure you can say that on a public forum! :-)
Hi Red.
Your band saw looks very good. You can see it here.
http://www.toolshopdirect.co.uk/ishop/982/shopscr3814.html
They are wonderful invention and you will wonder how you could possibly have ever got along without it.
Sometime ago I bought one from Machine Mart, model CBS12WV for Pds 105.69 and it really is not very good. The main problem is that the blade guides are each a single roller with a slot in it. The blade has a mind of its own and easily wanders off the straight and narrow. Yours looks a very much better job with proper three roller blade guides.
One other thing. The insert that fits into the table around the blade usually has quite a wide slot to allow the table to tilt. I found that when you are trimming off a small bit it drops down inside between the blade and the wheel, breaking the blade. I made a new plywood insert that fits really closely to the blade and nothing now drops into the works.
Let us know how it performs.
Happy modelling.
All the best
David
Hello David,
thanks for your link to the toolshop it is one that I had not come across before. I am pleased to say that I did slightly better than the web advertised price (admittedly only because of their carriage charge) and purchase price was £ 169.20 inc vat. The web price of £ 159.00 did not include a hefty carrige charge of £ 19.95. I also know the outlet I used will also deliver this free of charge within the UK.
This is where I come clean and say the outlet I use is the company where I work ( This'll definitely be pulled for self-advertising :oops: ) and am the tool buyer :lol:
Notice there is no names mentioned :D
Eddy you keep your hands off other peoples ...... You know it'll get you into trouble. Never let an apprentice use a journeymans tools :o
Here is the link to the importer of the Scheppach range
http://www.nmauk.com/scheppach/scheppach.html follow the links on the left of the page to find out more on these fantastic tools.
cheers
Jim
Quote from: Red_HamishEddy you keep your hands off other peoples ...... You know it'll get you into trouble. Never let an apprentice use a journeymans tools :o
Jim
Jim, you know from our chat on MSN tonight that I like looking at other peoples tools! I think we'll leave it at that before we get into trouble! :-)