Resaw machine

[Timberframed]

Got lucky again and someone gave me a Makita 2116 bandsaw with a 2" blade 1 toof per inch. Original motor about the size of a football. Built solid. After oiling and adjusting ripped some 11" Pin Oak I milled some years back. Feed slow and nice smooth consistent cuts. Going to attempt a Mimosa log next time up at the shop. Can't post pictures no camera.

 

[jessejames]

My buddy that runs a cabinet shop has a similar machine, a Hitachi. He replaced the egg beater motor with a five horse Baldor. It eats the wood as fast as you can push it

 

[BobL]

Most regular WW bandsaws run a bit slow for re-sawing.
The speed at which friction starts to chew up a considerable amount of available power is supposed to be ~ 5500- fpm.
In Australia our AC power is 50Hz so unless the intermediate pulleys are resized (which they rarely are) machinery like bandsaws run slower than countries using 60Hz power..
To get around this I replaced the 2HP single phase motor in my 19" bandsaw with a 3HP 3 phase motor and a VFD.
This BS also has a home made foot brake which also turns the motor off.
The door and brake interlocks, emergency switch and a V/I panel meter are incorporate in the transparent box underneath the dark grey VFD.
Motor speed control and on-off switch are on the box above the warning symbols.

Running a 1.25" wide 1TPI blade at higher speeds is now possible - cuts really well.

 

[Timberframed]

I forgot to mention that someone welded an extension on the guide block post so it could drop down to cut 1" thick stock. I cut that off with a "why would anyone do that?" since it restricted the machine to 8" capacity. No complaints though. It's great to size down slab sections after infeed/outfeed tables were installed. 2" 1 tpi