Cutting Boards on Bandsaw

[Eric The Viking]

I was referring to the fact the Snodgrass ones have cast frames - probably steel. They look to be a lot better made than the Chines one I have. The table and trunnions are irrelevant.

Box tube frames like mine bend significantly in heavy tension and the geometry goes squiffy, even though mine is supposed to be able to cope with a 3/4" blade. I follow Steve Maskery's approach to get it to run true.

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[woodfarmer]

The Alex Snodgrass video as mentioned before is excellent. I could do very little that was useful with my Fox bandsaw until I rebuilt it and set it up as per the video.

 

[Claymore]

On Youtube there's various guys who have made their own wooden bandsaws like Mathias etc .....will they be rigid enough to tension a 3/4" blade? he seems to have no problems cutting thick stock so what's the secret? invisible cast iron core to his wooden saw?