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From: "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Emerson Horizontal bandsaw?
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"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vagk30$25f4n$1@dont-email.me...

....I've had a 7x12 from Harbor
Freight I've been using for years, and before that I had a Harbor
freight 4 x 6 I modified to cut 4 x 8 that I used for years before it
stripped a gear.  ...
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The 4x8 mod I made to my 4x6 is angle iron attached behind the fence, which 
was milled parallel on the back edge so that pressing it against the added 
angle quickly re-squares it after making angled cuts. Also I drilled extra 
holes that let the fence sit closer to the blade when square, to clamp 
smaller work, and replaced the small wheels with larger ones on an axle 
through the base. Being further apart they somewhat increase its stability 
when I roll it outdoors over the door threshold and down the sloping 
driveway.

The next pieces I expect to cut on it are 20' long. That job will definitely 
happen outdoors , possibly back in the woods where the timbers are stored.

The disadvantage of the 8" mod is loss of clearance for chips to escape the 
blade before entering the guide rollers. That doesn't matter as much when 
cutting wood. The widest I can clamp on the mill is 6-7/8" in the drill 
press vise and a 1" parallel will add chip clearance to cut a steel blank up 
to that size on the saw