For the last couple of decades, this was my bandsaw tension adjuster and it was four rotations each time to tension for sawing or four rotations to de-tension for parking.
Now, here is my new tension lever in the park (or adjust) position.
And, here it is in the sawing position a quarter turn swing away.
I have been trying to figure out how to do this for several years and the breakthrough idea was to use an enclosed eye bolt to connect the lift cams to the nut below the spring. The eye bolt was drilled out to 7/8” for the two R6 bearings,
The reaction block is maple clad with 1/8” aluminum on the sides for reinforcement and 1/32” stainless on the top for wear resistance.
This is a Hairy Freight bandsaw which (like many others) is a Delta copy. This design should work on those also. Feel free to make your own adaptation and I’ll try to answer any questions.
Now, here is my new tension lever in the park (or adjust) position.
And, here it is in the sawing position a quarter turn swing away.
I have been trying to figure out how to do this for several years and the breakthrough idea was to use an enclosed eye bolt to connect the lift cams to the nut below the spring. The eye bolt was drilled out to 7/8” for the two R6 bearings,
The reaction block is maple clad with 1/8” aluminum on the sides for reinforcement and 1/32” stainless on the top for wear resistance.
This is a Hairy Freight bandsaw which (like many others) is a Delta copy. This design should work on those also. Feel free to make your own adaptation and I’ll try to answer any questions.
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