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Default Hydraulic cylinder source?


rich brenz wrote:
Anyone have any suggestions for a source of hydraulic cylinders for a
small bandsaw mod? Google was fairly worthless.

TIA,
Rich


As others have said, the ones most folks were using were surplus and,
as with all surplus, they've run out. The ones I bought from Surplus
Center were originally from some type of home gym workout equipment,
might give you some ideas if you go dumpster diving or Saturday garage
sale prowling. I've never seen a home gym setup with hydraulics, but
you might be able to find the manufacturer and get spares. At least
one cutoff bandsaw I used, I think it was a Greenlee, used a small
pneumatic cylinder as a cutting rate controller. Worked as well as the
hydraulic ones.

Stan