A friend of mine traded to me an old resaw band saw. Right now, it has a 2.5" blade on it and I would like to set it up for nothing but resawing. It is a Makita 16" model.
The problem is, I don't know too much about motors and electrical stuff and I'm not sure where to start in "restoring" it. I can remove rust but it's the internal workings that I am concerned about messing up.
I was surprised it was 110 only and has a little motor (at least it looks little).
I have not plugged it in nor turned it on because I didn't want to ruin something by trying to turn it on before it was unfrozen, unstuck, or whatever else might be wrong with it.
Does anyone have any ideas as to where I should start? I am going to have to build a new base for it since the wooden base it was on cracked when he used a tractor to get it off the truck. I think I can handle that part of it.
Click on the thumbnail below to see a larger image.
(I don't know what all those knobs do, yet.)
The problem is, I don't know too much about motors and electrical stuff and I'm not sure where to start in "restoring" it. I can remove rust but it's the internal workings that I am concerned about messing up.
I was surprised it was 110 only and has a little motor (at least it looks little).
I have not plugged it in nor turned it on because I didn't want to ruin something by trying to turn it on before it was unfrozen, unstuck, or whatever else might be wrong with it.
Does anyone have any ideas as to where I should start? I am going to have to build a new base for it since the wooden base it was on cracked when he used a tractor to get it off the truck. I think I can handle that part of it.
Click on the thumbnail below to see a larger image.
(I don't know what all those knobs do, yet.)