I have some metal and woodworking projects I'd like to get to, but
first I have to get to two project machines(Drill Press & Bandsaw)
that I picked up a couple months ago.
http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll257/Statenislander/Tools/
I'm getting ready to clean them up, but I'd appreciate any
recommendations on where I can get parts.
The Drill Press has a single phase 3/4" horse power motor that I'll
have to take apart, but I'd like to find a simular motor for the
bandsaw.
Going by the pics, can anyone tell me if there are any specific parts
I should be scouting for?
Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
On Jun 14, 1:50 am, Searcher7 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have some metal and woodworking projects I'd like to get to, but
> first I have to get to two project machines(Drill Press & Bandsaw)
> that I picked up a couple months ago.
>
> http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll257/Statenislander/Tools/
>
> I'm getting ready to clean them up, but I'd appreciate any
> recommendations on where I can get parts.
>
> The Drill Press has a single phase 3/4" horse power motor that I'll
> have to take apart, but I'd like to find a simular motor for the
> bandsaw.
>
> Going by the pics, can anyone tell me if there are any specific parts
> I should be scouting for?
>
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Darren Harris
> Staten Island, New York.
Good luck finding parts. AMT went out of business some time in the
late '80s, if memory serves, and they were noted for producing cheap,
hard-to-adjust (almost impossible in the case of a lathe I once had)
machines. I seem to recall they were early Taiwanese machines,
posisbly early enough to be Formosan.
Don't take the motor apart. Buy a new one and shitcan the old one, if
you're goiong to go forward with your projects. It's old enough to
retire anyway. But I doubt very much you're going to have a
particularly worthwhile tool when you finish. I think I'd start
haunting ebay and Craigslist for replacement tools.
The bandsaw looks to me like a no-hoper. No parts, no table, no hope.
Blade length is easy, and probably standard: run a piece of string
around both wheels, pull it taut, mark and then measure the string.
It's usually easier than trying to loop a tape measure around both
wheels.
"Searcher7" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:777784f2-b8ed-421c-bf45-b167de4a4052@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> I have some metal and woodworking projects I'd like to get to, but
> first I have to get to two project machines(Drill Press & Bandsaw)
> that I picked up a couple months ago.
>
> http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll257/Statenislander/Tools/
>
> I'm getting ready to clean them up, but I'd appreciate any
> recommendations on where I can get parts.
>
> The Drill Press has a single phase 3/4" horse power motor that I'll
> have to take apart, but I'd like to find a simular motor for the
> bandsaw.
>
> Going by the pics, can anyone tell me if there are any specific parts
> I should be scouting for?
>
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Darren Harris
> Staten Island, New York.
www.owwm.com probably has the manuals, etc. for those machines. They may
even be able to help with a source for parts, but those tools look good
enough to use the way that they are with just a bit of cleaning. Many small
items like pulleys, set screws, , belts, nuts and bolts can best be had from
a hardware store or Grainger. Bearings can be obtained, using the numbers
that are on the sides of the old bearings, from a local industrial bearing
supplier. Used 1/2, 3/4 and 1 horse general purpose electric motors can be
obtained very reasonably from heating and air conditioning contractors.
Charley