I have a very similiar bandsaw. Mine was forged in Philadelphia. The blade is 210 inches long.

band on the run.... beautiful. recycling. 👍💪

Seriously though. Great explanation and documentation of a big ol bandsaw. Very cool tool to have and the VFD makes that thing work really well.

great project! hope you do more things like this in the future

Right on! The "Fireball Tool" KZfaq channel dude has got a great video of restoring a giant bandsaw, and he builds a beautiful blade guard for that saw.. Cheers, Ingmar

Beautiful bandsaw! I just completed a restoration of a 26”.

Great bandsaw, thanks for sharing!

The way tools were before osha

Hahaha the bandsaw blade drop @

In Russia about such as you speak: "Clever fingers, diamond head!"

Hi, perfect tool ! What power is the motor? Have you the reference of your VFD ? Thanks!

Please put some guards ( oops, just answered my post). Are you the Madison on Wooden boat forum that was building the “ Maid of Endor “ in Oregon ?

It's a great machine but I wonder about the safety, but surely the guys who made it were not fools, they were better craftsman than us may be we are machine shy and they weren't. Sure there weren't too many accidents or else the covers could have been easily added. It's a question not answered yet, such balanced so lovingly made machine with out gaurds.

Sometimes those old machines are probably not worth fixing unless you got it for free. Even then, no trunnions to tilt the table. I've used a lot of bandsaws over the year's. Rarely if ever are they looked after very well. It seems to be the curse of every bandsaw with a few exceptions. This is a shame because properly maintained and adjusted they can do so many things.

I'm surprised that you have chosen to invest your time in a old classic wooden sailboat rather than building your own from the keel up.. I can imagine that the final product would be a functioning work of art..