When the bandsaw goes Bang!

"Michael Houghton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Howdy!
>
> ...you figure you just broke the blade...
>
> ...but you don't hear any sounds at all, not even the top wheel
> spinning down and the bottom wheel roaring along...
>
> Shut the power off.
>
> Notice that the top wheel is potruding above the top shell.
>
> WTF?
>
> When the shaft that the bottom wheel rides on snapped at
> the bearing, with the 3/4" blade on there, the tension on the
> top wheel made it blow right through the top of the case.
> Actually, it moved the cover out of the way...
>
> Real exciting!
>
> I just have to order a new shaft, nut, and blade guard...
>


Doncha just HATE it when that happens?

Glad it was only the tool that was damaged.

Vic

Michael Houghton wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> ...you figure you just broke the blade...
>
> ...but you don't hear any sounds at all, not even the top wheel
> spinning down and the bottom wheel roaring along...
>
> Shut the power off.
>
> Notice that the top wheel is potruding above the top shell.
>
> WTF?
>
> When the shaft that the bottom wheel rides on snapped at
> the bearing, with the 3/4" blade on there, the tension on the
> top wheel made it blow right through the top of the case.
> Actually, it moved the cover out of the way...
>
> Real exciting!
>
> I just have to order a new shaft, nut, and blade guard...

On other newsgroups it's considered good form to show pictures of the
gory details. It's cathartic for both those who sleep too well and
those who don't sleep well enough to think, "Damn. That coulda been
me...or my tool!"

R

> "Michael Houghton" <[email protected]> wrote in message

> > When the shaft that the bottom wheel rides on snapped at
> > the bearing, with the 3/4" blade on there, the tension on the
> > top wheel made it blow right through the top of the case.
> > Actually, it moved the cover out of the way...
> >
> > Real exciting!
> >
> > I just have to order a new shaft, nut, and blade guard...


Leon wrote:
> Oh please, please, please, tell us what brand saw you are using.

Sounds like a Ryobi.

Howdy!

In article <[email protected]>,
RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:

>On other newsgroups it's considered good form to show pictures of the
>gory details. It's cathartic for both those who sleep too well and
>those who don't sleep well enough to think, "Damn. That coulda been
>me...or my tool!"
>
Ya well...

It was a Grizzly, and all my parts are still attached...didn't even
have to change my shorts :)

Then there was the fun of getting the busted stub of the shaft out
of the bearings. There was absolutely nothing to grip to allow me
to actually remove the shaft nut, so I just drilled a hole in the
nut and broke it out. Then, the bearing on the inside just popped
out of the shaft mount, and freeing it from the shaft was another
exercise in oil, heat, and impulse...but I won.

yours,
Michael


--
Michael and MJ Houghton | Herveus d'Ormonde and Megan O'Donnelly
[email protected] | White Wolf and the Phoenix narrowwares
Bowie, MD, USA | http://whitewolfandphoenix.com
Proud member of the SCA Internet Whitewash Squad

Vic Baron wrote:

>
> "Michael Houghton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Howdy!
>>
>> ...you figure you just broke the blade...
>>
>> ...but you don't hear any sounds at all, not even the top wheel
>> spinning down and the bottom wheel roaring along...
>>
>> Shut the power off.
>>
>> Notice that the top wheel is potruding above the top shell.
>>
>> WTF?
>>
>> When the shaft that the bottom wheel rides on snapped at
>> the bearing, with the 3/4" blade on there, the tension on the
>> top wheel made it blow right through the top of the case.
>> Actually, it moved the cover out of the way...
>>
>> Real exciting!
>>
>> I just have to order a new shaft, nut, and blade guard...
>>
>
>
> Doncha just HATE it when that happens?
>
> Glad it was only the tool that was damaged.
>
> Vic

my saw has something wrong with the top wheel, so the blade keeps sliding
off, first time it happend I would have needed to change my shorts but I
was puckered to the point I could have made a dimond. it's an old
Rockwell 10" not much of a saw, so haven't invested to much in getting it
fixed, most of the stuff I've made lately I havn't needed it, or was small
enough to use my jig saw.
--
if corn oil comes from corn,
and olive oil comes from olives
where dose baby oil come from?

"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Oh please, please, please, tell us what brand saw you are using.
>
He said band saw, not brand saw, silly!

B.

Oh please, please, please, tell us what brand saw you are using.


"Michael Houghton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Howdy!
>
> ...you figure you just broke the blade...
>
> ...but you don't hear any sounds at all, not even the top wheel
> spinning down and the bottom wheel roaring along...
>
> Shut the power off.
>
> Notice that the top wheel is potruding above the top shell.
>
> WTF?
>
> When the shaft that the bottom wheel rides on snapped at
> the bearing, with the 3/4" blade on there, the tension on the
> top wheel made it blow right through the top of the case.
> Actually, it moved the cover out of the way...
>
> Real exciting!
>
> I just have to order a new shaft, nut, and blade guard...
>
> yours,
> Michael
> --
> Michael and MJ Houghton | Herveus d'Ormonde and Megan O'Donnelly
> [email protected] | White Wolf and the Phoenix narrowwares
> Bowie, MD, USA | http://whitewolfandphoenix.com
> Proud member of the SCA Internet Whitewash Squad