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Everybody,
I have a DoAll 16 inch bandfiler that someone converted to a band
saw.
It needs new tires which I have and am replacing this weekend. But
there is a larger problem with the table that needs correcting. The
table doesn't have the replaceable plate that all vertical bansaws
have that when popped out of the table allows easy blade
replacement.
So I need to machine a recess for this disc and would love to see a
dimensioned picture of a 16" bandsaw table to see where the plate
goes. The outside dimensions or diameter and thickness of the plate
would be nice too. Can anyone help? You can send me an email, I
always
post with my real address.
Thanks a Bunch,
Eric

I think it's a disk only to permit milling the recess in the table
with a boring head or shell mill. On my wood bandsaw a roll pin at one
edge keeps it from rotating.

Before you saw the slot in the table, you could drill and tap
horizontally into the edge for a setscrew, centered where it will be.
By engaging both sides the setscrew restores some of the stiffness
lost to the cut.

--jsw