Louis Ohland wrote:

Has anyone installed different pulleys to do that?

I seem to recall reading at least one magazine article on doing just
that, and seeing a few web sites with the same.




Pete C. wrote:
Louis Ohland wrote:
I wasn't able to find a decent bench top bandsaw. I need to be able
to cut metal to shape a part. Horizontal / vertical bandsaws seem too
half-assed to cut metal accurately.

Rules of the game: 115v, 20A.
Metals range from aluminum to cast iron to CRS to 4140

Motor about 1/2HP?
SFM below 100
Make of sawblade? May use one blade for a specific material.
Changeable speeds?

Price, I'd love 0$, and they'd ship it for free, but $300 to $500 is OK
if it works well, cuts square, and lasts.

I think you'll need to buy one of the inexpensive 14" wood cutting
bandsaws and repower it with additional belts / gearing to a metal
cutting compatible speed. I think all the "real" vertical metal bandsaws
will be real $$$.