Band saw risers

[Bob Hull]

For now, I've made the riser block from 3 pieces of
left over pinblock epoxied together.  The block is
about 4"x4" thick and adds 6" of cutting height.  With
a 3/4" dia. bolt going down through it, it seems
really strong.  I put a 105" blade on and made a new
longer blade guard.  The guide height slider hasn't
been reconfigured yet.  Tomorrow I'll try this out on
a cheaper piece of wood first and see how it goes.  So
far I've only spent $5.

Thanks for the input.

Bob Hull


--- Mark Schecter <schecter at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Hi, Bob.
> 
> I put the 6" riser block on my Delta and it works
> great. It's actually a 
> kit, because you also need to lengthen the blade
> guide height slider and 
> blade guard. Without that, you'll have way too much
> blade exposed, and 
> the guides won't be able to reach down to the table
> for cutting smaller 
> pieces. You use a blade that's 12" longer. The riser
> kit fits most 
> Delta-style saws, i.e. most 14" band saws, but ymmv.
> I think it costs 
> about $100 or so.
> 
> I don't think the pinblock material is a very good
> idea because, strong 
> as it is in compression, the saw column concentrates
> the load around the 
> perimeter of the block, and as another poster
> mentioned, the tension 
> required for good sawing puts a lot of squeeze on
> the riser block. Stick 
> with iron for this, in my opinion.
> 
> -Mark Schecter
> 
> Bob Hull wrote:
> > Has anyone increased the height distance on their
> > bandsaw to accomodate taller stock?  
> > 
> > I think I've heard of a "riser" being added
> between
> > the  upper and lower frame.  I'm considering
> making a
> > riser out of some pinblock material to gain 4
> inches
> > of height capacity.  
> > 
> > This is so I can slice a pinblock to make capping
> > material for a delignit cap on multilam pinblock.
> My
> > 14' Delta has about 6.25" height.  Of course then
> I'll
> > need to get a blade that is 8" longer.
> > 
> > Comments?
> > 
> > Bob Hull
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
>
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