The Book of the Bandsaw

This is a book about building not just one mill but lots of variations of sawmills and regular shop bandsaws.My reasoning was that having built several saws from different materials and in different styles, and having found all of them satisfactory in different ways, the readers of the book should be given a choice as to what style they build, what materials they use, and benefit from All my experiences. There are 39 different diagrams showing how to construct mainframes, guides, spindles, tilt adjustments for the wheels, each part of each component of a carriage in different styles, tables with removable inserts from various materials., how and where to make adjustable mountings to align and adjust the various parts of the saw and carriage, couplers to use between single cylinder engines and car transmissions, and a host of other parts and pieces. There are tables to indicate blade tension, minimum wheel diameter for various size blades, a formula for claculating proper wheel speeds for various wheel sizes. There is a long chapter on choosing, sharpening, joining and evaluating bandsaw blades and saving a bundle on new blades as well. Scattered through the book are tips on saving money by scrounging parts from various places. You'll learn several different options on getting your bandsaw wheels from the scrapyard and the strong and weak points of each, and how to properly set up a grinder for sharpening and joining blades. In fact, I have been told that the sharpening information alone in this book will pay for the book in a couple of days time. I cannot possibly list all the things you can learn from this book that will carry over into other projects and benefit you in ways that have nothing to do with saws or sawmills.