brazing/soldering pot metal
 

I'm sure this has been covered a bunch of times already....

I fumbled my antique band saw getting it out if my truck. Of course it landed on the pully(wheel) and bent it to the point of cracking. I paid almost nothing for the saw and am willing to invest almost nothing to get it running. I am wondering if acid flux core solder might be worth trying. Whaddayathink?

thanks
Roswell Bob

brazing/soldering pot metal
 

On Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 11:36:08 AM UTC-7, Bob LaFrance wrote:
I'm sure this has been covered a bunch of times already....

I fumbled my antique band saw getting it out if my truck. Of course it landed on the pully(wheel) and bent it to the point of cracking. I paid almost nothing for the saw and am willing to invest almost nothing to get it running. I am wondering if acid flux core solder might be worth trying. Whaddayathink?

Pot metal is a large class of zinc alloys; easy to cast, but not much for 'fabrication' by
welding or even rivetting. Get a new pulley, or take a chance on a miracle
solder https://www.amazon.com/Solder-Aluminum-Metal-Repair-0-25oz/dp/B000BUUTPU.

New pulley (if it's a DRIVE pulley, it doesn't need to be an exact match) seems best.

brazing/soldering pot metal
 

"Bob LaFrance" wrote in message
...

I'm sure this has been covered a bunch of times already....

I fumbled my antique band saw getting it out if my truck. Of course
it landed on the pully(wheel) and bent it to the point of cracking. I
paid almost nothing for the saw and am willing to invest almost
nothing to get it running. I am wondering if acid flux core solder
might be worth trying. Whaddayathink?

thanks
Roswell Bob

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The load on the wheels may have to be many hundreds of pounds to make
the blade cut straight. Do you want to risk a failure when your
fingers are close to the cut?

https://www.forrestmfg.com/what-is-blade-tension/

brazing/soldering pot metal
 

On Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 6:36:17 AM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Bob LaFrance" wrote in message
...

I'm sure this has been covered a bunch of times already....

I fumbled my antique band saw getting it out if my truck. Of course
it landed on the pully(wheel) and bent it to the point of cracking. I
paid almost nothing for the saw and am willing to invest almost
nothing to get it running. I am wondering if acid flux core solder
might be worth trying. Whaddayathink?

thanks
Roswell Bob

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The load on the wheels may have to be many hundreds of pounds to make
the blade cut straight. Do you want to risk a failure when your
fingers are close to the cut?

https://www.forrestmfg.com/what-is-blade-tension/

Hell No! I cut my favorite thumb off the first time with a Ryobi table saw. The second time I cut it off was with a Ryobi miter saw. The second time wasn't so bad because the nerves were already gone. Those Ryobis are vicious.

I'm going to scrap saw.

Thanks for heads up.