Sorry, but it's silly question time!
I'm puzzled by Americans' references to their bandsaws as 14-inch, 16-inch etc.
My bandsaw has a 1400mm blade (about 55 inches) and max throat height is
80 mm (just over 3 inches), so what is the 14 inches referring to?
I checked the spec of the "Delta 28-248 14inch" but can see no 14inch measurement.
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:32:26 +0100, Andy Dingley
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>so what is the 14 inches referring to?
>
>Wheel diameter. This is the real fundamental limit on how well a large
>or small machine can work.
I stand corrected- must have just matched the throat depth on my
machine. Couldn't figure it out when I bought the sucker either, so I
just measured until I got something that matched the 9" label, and
throat depth fit the bill!
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 23:21:10 -0500, Prometheus <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I stand corrected- must have just matched the throat depth on my
>machine.
They generally will - throat depth is the wheel size, less the odd 1/4"
for the LHS blade guard.
Basically the size of the wheels - or sometimes the distance from the
blade to the frame. Has NOTHING to do with depth of cut or
bladelength
John
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Sorry, but it's silly question time!
>
>I'm puzzled by Americans' references to their bandsaws as 14-inch, 16-inch etc.
>My bandsaw has a 1400mm blade (about 55 inches) and max throat height is
>80 mm (just over 3 inches), so what is the 14 inches referring to?
>I checked the spec of the "Delta 28-248 14inch" but can see no 14inch measurement.
Bob Martin wrote:
> Thanks, Andy, mine is a measly 8 inches - does that make it a toy ? :-)
Depends on what you want to do with it. I originally got a 9" Delta
because I wanted to make my own plane totes. If you do turnings, you
can make turning blanks up to the thickness that your blade will cut,
the throat depth doesn't matter. This'll probably be about 4" on an 8"
BS but that makes a fair bowl and is certainly deep enough for any
platter. I figured that if I made 4-6 totes, I'd made my money back
from buying the BS.
Dave in Fairfax
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> in 1223424 20050730 133226 Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>so what is the 14 inches referring to?
>>
>>Wheel diameter. This is the real fundamental limit on how well a large
>>or small machine can work.
>
> Thanks, Andy, mine is a measly 8 inches - does that make it a toy ? :-)
The obligatory response having been taken care of, the problem with smaller
bandsaws is the blade. You're in a compromise position with blades anyway,
what with wanting flexibility and toughness to bend around the wheels, and
teeth hard enough not to simply bend as they hit the work.
Smaller bandsaws go through blades faster than big ones because of metal
fatigue .
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:
>so what is the 14 inches referring to?
Wheel diameter. This is the real fundamental limit on how well a large
or small machine can work.
The measurement is refering to the wheels diameter. This picture show a 16
inches bandsaw. The width of cut is 15 1/2 (because of the space lost for
the blade guard) and the cutting heigh is 9 inches.
Stephane Bourque
"Bob Martin" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
>
> Sorry, but it's silly question time!
>
> I'm puzzled by Americans' references to their bandsaws as 14-inch, 16-inch
> etc.
> My bandsaw has a 1400mm blade (about 55 inches) and max throat height is
> 80 mm (just over 3 inches), so what is the 14 inches referring to?
> I checked the spec of the "Delta 28-248 14inch" but can see no 14inch
> measurement.
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Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote in news:rJKGe.9508$Aw4.7071
@newsfe5-win.ntli.net:
> in 1223424 20050730 133226 Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>so what is the 14 inches referring to?
>>
>>Wheel diameter. This is the real fundamental limit on how well a large
>>or small machine can work.
>
> Thanks, Andy, mine is a measly 8 inches - does that make it a toy ? :-)
Not necessarily. It does make it difficult to take on larger work,
however.
That said, the limits I tend to hit are the max vertical cutting height.
What your machines important limits are depends on what you are taking on.
A pro woodworker of note, whose shop I recently visited, had four bandsaws.
The largest was a 36" (wheel-diameter) Euro beauty. There is no way he
would use that for everything, though.
The right tool, etc..
Patriarch
"Bob Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Thanks, Andy, mine is a measly 8 inches - does that make it a toy ? :-)
Bandsaw? Yes.
If you are talking other equipment, 8" is real working tool but it is still
nice to have it played with like a toy.
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Sorry, but it's silly question time!
>
>I'm puzzled by Americans' references to their bandsaws as 14-inch, 16-inch etc.
>My bandsaw has a 1400mm blade (about 55 inches) and max throat height is
>80 mm (just over 3 inches), so what is the 14 inches referring to?
>I checked the spec of the "Delta 28-248 14inch" but can see no 14inch measurement.
Depth. The throat height is usuallly a little shorter than that.
With a 14" bandsaw, you can run 14" of material between the blade and
the frame.
For example, I've got a little Delta 9" bandsaw (59.5" blade)- the
tallest piece I can cut is somewhere between 4" and 6", but the widest
piece I can cut (inside the saw, obviously the width is unlimited on
the outside) is 9"- a little less if using the fence.
It'd be pretty slick if the height were 9", though :)
Generally the dia. of the wheel which is also the approximate cutting
capacity to the back of the overarm (less the back blade guard
thickness), however on a three wheel band saw it is the cut capacity
to the back of the overarm.
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Sorry, but it's silly question time!
>
>I'm puzzled by Americans' references to their bandsaws as 14-inch, 16-inch etc.
>My bandsaw has a 1400mm blade (about 55 inches) and max throat height is
>80 mm (just over 3 inches), so what is the 14 inches referring to?
>I checked the spec of the "Delta 28-248 14inch" but can see no 14inch measurement.
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:51:35 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>in 1223424 20050730 133226 Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>so what is the 14 inches referring to?
>>
>>Wheel diameter. This is the real fundamental limit on how well a large
>>or small machine can work.
>
>Thanks, Andy, mine is a measly 8 inches - does that make it a toy ? :-)
don't fret, Bob.. size isn't everything...
it looks really silly, seeing someone put an 1/8" blade on a 16" bandsaw and try
to make small stuff.. *g*
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
Diameter of wheels.
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Sorry, but it's silly question time!
>
>I'm puzzled by Americans' references to their bandsaws as 14-inch, 16-inch etc.
>My bandsaw has a 1400mm blade (about 55 inches) and max throat height is
>80 mm (just over 3 inches), so what is the 14 inches referring to?
>I checked the spec of the "Delta 28-248 14inch" but can see no 14inch measurement.
in 1223424 20050730 133226 Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:29:55 GMT, Bob Martin <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>so what is the 14 inches referring to?
>
>Wheel diameter. This is the real fundamental limit on how well a large
>or small machine can work.
Thanks, Andy, mine is a measly 8 inches - does that make it a toy ? :-)