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Thanks for the plans Steve. I've been thinking I'd like something like this for a while and your design looks ideal.

Well done Dennis. You were up against some stiff competition but the win is well deserved. Lovely build. Tom Thm: Thm: Thm:

Well, you learn something every day ;D I wasn't aware of that Stan, but then my bandsaw isn't really a metal cutting saw. It's a 16 inch Delta 3 wheeler which is supposedly good for wood and metal. To switch to metal cutting mode you remove a drive pulley and install a shorter drive belt, thus...

I can't provide a definitive answer Vic, but I've always assumed that if the saw can take wider blades, then it can also run narrower ones, providing you adjust accordingly - tracking, blade tension, whatever. I know my bandsaw's tension adjustment doesn't show anything smaller than a 1/4"...

I can recommend Lenox at http://www.lenoxtools.com/Pages/Category.aspx?category=Bi-Metal , which is the link to their page on bi-metal blades. They will make them up to whatever length you want. Like Jim I would recommend bi-metal, but they do like to run with a lot more tension than carbon...

Just make sure it's an aluminum alligator clip ;) Tom

My first post. I'm really still in lurk mode, but I couldn't let the good wishes go by with only one response (by Don). Thanks to all for the good wishes and recognition of our national birthday. I second Don's thoughts on our relationship with our friends to the south, and will just add thanks...