Anybody know where to find guide bearings for the HF 14" bandsaw? Those
plastic guide blocks it shipped with have just about uttered their last.

Bill

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Anybody know where to find guide bearings for the HF 14" bandsaw? Those
plastic guide blocks it shipped with have just about uttered their last.

Bill

These things are ok
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46370

But I like the ceramic guides a little better, the roller guides can be
noisy - have used both in the past
http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/rev...uideblocks.htm

You can also get "cool blocks" but I havent used those so can't say.

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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:46:41 +1000, OTR wrote:

These things are ok
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46370

But I like the ceramic guides a little better, the roller guides can be
noisy - have used both in the past
http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/rev...uideblocks.htm

You can also get "cool blocks" but I havent used those so can't say.

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Thank you, Dean. Good links.

Bill

Bill says...

Anybody know where to find guide bearings for the HF 14" bandsaw? Those
plastic guide blocks it shipped with have just about uttered their last.

Bill

Cool blocks are good and reasonably priced. I used the plastic ones for
a total of about 30 seconds. You can get them at Woodcraft, Rockler or
a hundred places online.

On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:17:34 -0400, Bill
wrote:

Anybody know where to find guide bearings for the HF 14" bandsaw? Those
plastic guide blocks it shipped with have just about uttered their last.

I'd stick with blocks, but go for Cool Blocks as a better material.

IMHE, after-market bearing guides for small bandsaws are a bit of a
nightmare. They're usually taken from the parts bin for another saw and
although they "fit", you may well find that they don't accept the full
range of blade sizes you want. Cheaper bearing guides also have a lot of
trouble with narrow blades.

After a lot of faffing around, I'm back to Cool Blocks. For one thing
they halve the adjustment time between a narrow "scrollsaw" and a
"resaw" blade.