DIY Metal Cutting Horizontal/Vertical Band Saw
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- čas přidán 10. 08. 2017
- A metal cutting portable band saw (portaband) is converted into a horizontal / vertical metal cutting band saw chop saw). Harbor Freight has been known to put this portable band on sale for as little as $99. This made it a ripe candidate for modification.
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Thanks for taking the time to post this. I really like the idea and plan to do something similar.
I literally just came home from HF with this exact portaband, like, an hour ago. Mind is actually exploded... Subbed. Also liked with the intensity of 10 thousand suns.
Thanks for watching!
God bless that tungsten. May it rest in piece.
Hey, at least he still did better than those Chinese girls who just tac weld everything.
"Excellent", just nailed the $99 buck model yesterday. Gonna be a lot cleaner than the angle grinder with the cutoff wheel.
Thomas Klink I just got mine and I'm so giddy I just may sleep with it. Lol
And a lot cleaner to use in your shop, the mess is right under the saw and not all over the shop.
@@davidschwartz5127 ya'll got me thinking this might be my solution as well.
I was thinking of doing this exact same thing with a Milwaukee Portaband. Good to know the concept works!
It's probably the most used tool in the shop. Thanks for watching.
I'll leave the criticism to the others. I just turned the sound down and watched you build it. No narration needed, I knew what you were doing. I know size matters but this would be a nice addition to my 8' X 18' shop. Great video! Thanks
Your unreal. Excellent video. I just admire anybody who has the tools and the where-with-all to put something together like this and it all worked perfectly.
Thanks 👍
Going to use your design this weekend thanks for the idea glad I can make use of more of that chopped up bike beside my house too!
I just bought my bauer 2 mos ago. Think I,ll kinda copy tour design? Nice work glad I found your channel.
I fall in love with this idea! Amazing! I'll build one inspired in this! Thanks for the share!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
This is exactly what I want to make with my everlast welder. I really need to make my portable bandsaw into a stationary one for 90 degree cuts.
Beyond talented and right up there in the realm of truly gifted.
Thank You!
Cold galvanizing spray works great as a primer. I build gates out of emt, and CG resists rust much longer than regular primer and paint.
Very cool also watched the 2x72 belt grinder you made also a very good build Thanks for the info
Thanks! Your vid was great by me! Great detail! Please keep it up! When there was "too" much, I could use the forward arrow key to move ahead, then go right back to when I NEEDED more. Perfect! Thanks again!
Thanks for watching!
Like the build good job,I will be using a Milwaukee Bandsaw for mine.
Can I hardwire a NVR switch directly to the bandsaw eliminating the
pull trigger?Thanks
Great job ..... Thanks for taking the time to make the video
This is just the video I need for my Harbor Fright potable band saw!! thank you, great video!! cool build.
Thanks, glad you liked it!
I hope that sawlasts longerthan most hf crap
Excellent build, that is so handy!
Best DIY horizontal/vertical stand on CZcams!
Thank You!
Dude! That was a beautiful build! Just getting into welding and seeing so many cool uses of old discarded 'scrap metal' and repurposing parts is the best part. Great video thanks for creating it and the tool mod. Liked & Sub'd.
Really nice build, could you add a rod to hold weights for cutting thicker metal
Sanno Job dude, great video, Thank you. My HF portaband has a new life in store.
a piece of copper to fix screw-ups, or use premade vice grips with the coper plate
i've made a dovetail slide drill stand before out of wood . looked like it wasnt completely vertical and could make with a fold down table connected to a wall or a post to save space
Hello dear man!
In general, I enjoy watching your projects.
You have good and creative ideas.
Some technical notes for safety:
1) Why connect a relay? What does it give? It's an alternating current (AC) and a small motor - what's the benefit of an external relay? Even a small switch can withstand this load (because it's an alternating current).
2) I didn't see that you plugged back the grounding conductor. The motor body MUST be grounded. Grounding should be as close to the motor body as possible to allow good conductivity (low resistance).
3) You use single insulated wires and within a joint that might rub the insulation over time or be damaged by heat or something sharp.
It is advisable to use a dedicated cable for high friction, and put in a flexible insulation pipe (made of durable material).
4) Wherever you connect soft wire (made of fine fibers) - use an insulated wire ferrules.
Good luck!
Nah man. That was awesome. I love the fact you just built it, showed each step, and said nothing. If you wojld have spoke, the video would have been 30 minutes long. Came out great. Good Job.
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i know its been like 3 years , love the video , great idea , something i am def interested in making . but i would 100% add some sort of slowering mech like a light weight trunk piston
excellent! One of the finest ideas for any portable freehand bandsaw.
Thank you very much!
Love this idea, now just to figure out how to add a table for vertical operations
Do you have any links to dimensions or design plans?
I watched the honest revue then this, loved both. Subbed!
Very very nice build! Thanks for sharing, only one modification I would suggest is an identical setup on the inside with a locking pin when using it vertically. Probably unlikely but safer than it possibly falling towards you in that position.
Glad you like it. Thanks for watching!
Very good concept. Nice build. (I prefer the videos you have w/o music - just an aside).
mute
I like the design and hope to build something similar but wouldn't it have been more cost effective to buy the HF horizontal bandsaw?
Awesome video! Iam going to build the same thing! Great idea!
Neat idea. I would like one that I can snap in a vice for doing little pieces or take it out and still use it as a portable.
Wish I was as confident on the wiring as you were. I might try something similar without taking the handle apart and just using a plug-in foot switch
Great design! Killer music track. Any chance you'd sell one w/o the saw and vice?
I've got the first gen harbor freight portable band saw. This stand would be perfect for me. I can use my everlast welder to make something similar I'm sure.
Any chance of getting plans?
Awesome build
Fantastic job, looks great. I am going to start one tomarrow, thanks so much
Send me a picture when your done. I'd like to see it.
Nice build! Thanks for the video. 👍🇺🇸
I like it good job. There's nothing better than building it yourself. Caught this vid after the bandsaw review
Awesome build video! Looks like a very useful cutting station. 👍
Thank you!
Great video and good music, the objet of the video is a guideline for us to use or brain to adapt to are needs .
You've got my attention. I enjoyed the vid no problemo. You can upcycle it with your narration of the process or just begin to narrate in future vids. Your Sortimo series is very excellent and you narrate and discuss your thinking. Speaking allows me to get to know you a bit better. I like your channel.
Glad you like my videos. Thanks for watching!
use double insulated cable though metal, especially with holes. Grommets as well. Also pass earth cable to the main fixtures and the switch should trigger on earth leakage... Best to be safe.
If the earth leaks, I think this bandsaw will be the last thing on anyone’s mind...
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I'm glad someone else also noticed this electrocution hazard too. Those wires through those drilled holes in this machine are a shock of your life (death) waiting to happen.
It was a beautiful build, but, I too noticed that hazard. There should be a GFCI outlet or breaker used in the electrical part of this build. Commentary for those that are not so savvy with that part of it would have improved the experience a bit. In Addition the entire metal stand needs to be bonded to Ground to help prevent a "Shocking Experience".
I simply do not have the skill with welding to pull this off, but damn, I certainly appreciated the craftsmanship.
I noticed the same thing. Also the whole thing should be grounded. The base as well as the arm because you can't rely on the bearing as a conductor.
I'll just wear rubber gloves, boom problem solved!
What the chances of getting a cut list and materials list would love to have this. Plz.
Man that is awesome, and the attention to the details! Great job!
Thank you.
Great build man you should add a swivel so you can turn it and make it a stand up saw as well like a all in one table
Awesome! Thanks for some great information. Thanks for sharing
Do you have the sketch up files for this project?
While cutting it moves down just by its own weight or are you holding it with your hand?
Great build!
Really great build, man. Excellent ingenuity 👍🏻
Thank You.
Hi great project, any plans that I can buy ¿
Wow amazing and looks great too
Cool tool build !!! Love it
Nice build...can you design add a removable table to use the saw in a vertical application and get the best of both sawing methods
Yeah it's on my list of upgrades.
Thanks that's what I was thinking of too :)
Awesome build video! Thank you!
Dejay Rezme
Do you have the blueprints for this Awesome Tool Build?!
first thing that went through my head as well lol..
Really well done, exactly what I’m looking for, thanks
No problem 👍
I'm wondering what electronics you used
Very nice would like to see the upgrades.
I have the same saw, but doesn't this really take the portability out of this portable band saw?
I am planning to make a miter base for mine as well and I might use your idea to lock it in the vertical position if that okay with you?
Most definitely need one of those band chop saw. Eastwood makes them, but I like the fact you made one better with a stand and saved $,$$
Thanks for watching!
Im all about building my own things, but dont have a scrap pile of medal laying around! Could you put a cost on total build, so one could compare building versus buying a HF band saw... thx
where are you,how much will that horizontal and vertical portable stand cost, shipping and handing
This man knows his business. I would that there were more like him.
Thanks for watching!
😟great video. Very informative and well shown. I will try to make one.
great job ! Thanks for sharing !
Cool music man. A simple jig for your tool.. nice and simple.
Thank you!
👌👍🤯OH MY GOD! You're an engineering genius. Awesome talent!
Nice build!
nice installation.
Spain. Buena idea sencilla, y muy practica.
Beautiful perfect idea
Can you post the dimensions for the cuts of the pieces?
that was an excellent layout and build very talented
Thanks!
Amazing, I would add a small hood or trunk damper for when the saw drops as its cutting, that way there is no need to hold the bandsaw till the end of the cut.
Yeah it needs a few upgrades.
do you have measurements for each pipe? i just got one of these saws to build like this
Sorry I do not.
Cool idea, and well done!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Really clean build!
Thanks!
Just bought that saw, your video gives me some ideas. I thought about adapting an old wood miter saw to hold the Bauer, that way it would give me the ability to do angle cuts. Their are plenty of $25 chop saws on FB Marketplace, just finding one that I could adapt easily will be the harder part, an older rugged old all steel one would probably be best. But I like yours having the ability to use it standing up. So the two mods I would do to your design would be making the vise pivot to do angle cuts and having a real table that you could bolt on so you had a larger table vice working off that small shoe on the Bauer. Thanks for the ideas!
The original plan was to pivot the vise, but it hits the wheels of the saw. Thanks for watching!
Were you listening to that song the whole time while making this?
Sean Crowley no I muted it.
Sean Crowley sounds like Metal
@@billdonohue2389 // Was that music? Does 3 cords now qualify as music? What happened to talent? I agree with you Bill.
How much for you to make one for a customer?
When the rig is vertical can the shavings fall down in the bottom blade wheel thing ?
No it is open on the back, shavings fall out.
Very nice. I like it
Is there a way to make it also cut angles instead of just 90 degrees? And also adding a quick mount table in the vertical position?
It would require a different vise. The one I used hits the wheels of the saw if I turn it more than a few degrees. I originally planned to have it pivot on one of the mounting bolts in order to make angled cuts.
what is the name of the center punch that looks like a drift? I want a set. tnx
There is a link in the description.
It's called a transfer punch
Excellent build Sir :) I bought one of these saws at HF yesterday to carry on the road. I think I will buy another one and recreate this fine example of a stationary shop saw that you have created. Thank you for an awesome how to video, it definitely warranted a sub from me! :)
I have two of them also. Really good saw for the price.
I buy a fair amount of stuff from HF and the saw was definitely priced right. I have not had a chance to actually use it as of yet but it does seem to be a quality built tool.
Excelente, parabéns!
is it worth making this fixture for this band saw. bauer saw from harbor freight. the sawblade will probably derail after 10 cuts. Milwaukee is quality.
Muy buen diseño felicitaciones!!
I'm looking to build one of these i like your build thanks
That came out nice!
Thanks for watching!
Where did jou placed the speed control/potentiometer that is on the saw.
Left it off. It will just run at full speed w/o the controller.
So in another video you said to throw away the harbor freight blade, what blades do you like? Do you know the length as well?
Lenox works well. The blades you buy separately at Harbor Freight aren't bad either, just the one that comes with the saw.
Wow your a pro great fab skills Kudos
Hi!
Didn't know about those saws. Nice job though. Loved its final look!
Would you mind sharing the wiring?
Thank you in advance!
I had the industrial start/stop switch on hand. If I were to do this again, I would just use a cheap start/stop toggle switch from Amazon. That way you don't need a microprocessor.
Excellent work.