On 4/23/2020 6:01 PM, John Vreede
wrote:
Hey all
Nice to see new members and Bill's welcome comment about cutting
up a 'big pile of metal' stirred something in my head.
Everyone likes to make?stuff, and if you're going to cut up 'big
metal', you need a couple stands either side of the saw.?
Most of us are stuck at home with the coronavirus just now, which
gives us the time, if not necessarily the access to materials, to
do something.
The challenge then is to make a couple of stands from what ever
you have in your scrap pile.?
Here's the design criteria:
? ?1. They've got to support a 10' (3m) length of 2" steel pipe
? ?2. 3 point contact on ground, so they're stable
? ?3. Can be set to the exact height of the saw vice-table
? ?4. Fold up, so can you can store them easily
? ?5. Have something to stop the stuff you're going to cut from
rolling off the top
The only rule is you got to make with only the bandsaw, a welder
and hand tools (incl electric handtools)? +?whatever materials,
hardware, glue etc you have to hand.
Are you up for it?
As a start point I'll attach a photo and the design of my stands
which were made to those criteria and rules except I was able to
buy the materials at the time.? They took me a couple of hours to
make and are pretty simple.
I know this will favour those with bigger scrap piles, but that
needn't stop you from treating it like an exercise in survival
skills, having to make-do.?
Hopefully someone will do an even simpler design, and one for
swivel-based saws too.
In the end we'll have fun and there will be new designs of neat
stuff to build.
Who could ask for more? A bottle of Corona to celebrate? - jv
_._,_._,_
? I don't really need another stand for the bandsaw , but I do need
a log dragging device to pull behind my yard tractor ... problem is
that my work load didn't change because of the virus . The still
under construction house still needs work , bees need tending ,
garden takes up some time too . Then there are all those trees out
there that have been marked for firewood for next winter . A country
boy can survive , but it's a lot of work !
