Hand wheel

[Joe Scharle]

Who's had good luck and where, please. Specifically, I want for bandsaw tensioning.

 

[eyekode]

You may want to try junquecol. He helped me with mine, works like a charm!
Salem

 

[Bill Clemmons]

I just saw this in a Highland Hardware ad. Don't know if it's what you're looking for.

Bill

 

[eyekode]

This is very similar to what Bruce gave to me. It works surprisingly well. Just keep some grease on those threads. I neglected this and my old one locked up hard (which is why I needed Bruce's help in the first place ).
Salem

 

[Joe Scharle]

I saw that Bill, but I'm thinking mo' mass...

 

[mshel]

Joe,

You might try here:

http://www.reidsupply.com/Results.aspx?PID=10022044&gclid=CJP4l-ykuKUCFQta7AodzBneaA://


Haven't tried them but they seem to have a vast supply of them.

Mike

 

[FredP]

depending on what saw...... a normal delta 14" or clone of that saw uses a simple threaded rod with a knob. unfortunately they made the threaded rod too short. cut some allthread long enough to get the knob above the top wheel cover and it works much better. no more busted knuckles.:gar-Bi common Joe you are the jig master. show us!:rotflm:

 

[mxracer]

Joe,

Not too long ago I did some machining on a hand wheel for Tarhead made by Grizzly. I bored it and fitted it to a bench vise screw for him. Although I can't speak to the end result, Mark will have to, I can say that it was pretty stout and would have enough mass for what you are wanting to use it for.

Here's a link to grizzly's site with a search for hand wheel:

http://www.grizzly.com/products/searchresults.aspx?q=hand%20wheel&new=1

 

[eyekode]

Joe, I am not sure how mass will help you here. You just want it to look beefier?

 

[junquecol]

Joe, I have a couple of cast iron wheels from ENCO in my repository of junk. I'll be glad to "lend you one," and when ENCO drops them on sale again we can replace it. If it ain't on sale, it's too expensive. They usually go on sale a couple times a year. Or I could lend you one off my "spare" band saw. Give me a call, Bruce

 

[Joe Scharle]

Bruce....best offer I've had today!
Which spare are you thinking of? The ones in the back or hopefully, the ones in front!
Let me when you've got time.
Joe

 

[Joe Scharle]

Joe, I am not sure how mass will help you here. You just want it to look beefier?

If it's got some mass it will unload faster.

 

[Tarhead]

Would a lever version help?

 

[Joe Scharle]

Would a lever version help?

It would, but I'm not paying $140.00 for one!:no:

 

[Mike Davis]

How about a 5 hp direct drive with reverse and variable speed? :rotflm:

 

[Tarhead]

It would, but I'm not paying $140.00 for one!:no:

I disapointed in you! You are the king of creating shopmade improvements. There are some nice homemade lever blade tensioning rigs out in the web world I'm sure you could inprove on.

Dan did attach a heavy 8" cast iron/chrome finished handwheel for me on to an Acme rod for a workbench project in process. Very cheap, high quality from Grizzly.

 

[Joe Scharle]

Can't do much with steel and the wooden ones I've seen look clunky!

 

[eyekode]

I can't wait to see what you are doing with ACME thread and a hand wheel . I have been lusting after benchcrafted hardware. Maybe you are making a leg vise?

 

[Tarhead]

I can't wait to see what you are doing with ACME thread and a hand wheel . I have been lusting after benchcrafted hardware. Maybe you are making a leg vise?

Yep I'm plagarizing Jameel's leg vise. It's "in progress". That's all I'm saying. I've got a couple of projects waiting before I can get to it but I have everything I'll need for the assembly of my 21'st Century Workbench with a twist thanks to Dan for the Machine Shop work and Dino Maiorano for the Acetal bearing material.

 

[junquecol]

I can't wait to see what you are doing with ACME thread and a hand wheel . I have been lusting after benchcrafted hardware. Maybe you are making a leg vise?

It seems that Enco has Keystone acme threaded rod and nuts in almost every months sales flyer. Recently (in the last five years), ShopNotes did a tool stand using acme threaded rod. They used a bench grinder and a jig to turn it down to size to fit handles. They basically ground away the threads where the handle attached.