Homemade bandsaw (version 2)

This second bandsaw is a 16" bandsaw. I chose that size because that's the largest I could go while still using a 105" blade. 105" blades are used by 14" bandsaws with riser blocks, so that length is very commonly available and in stock at most woodworking stores.

A few ideas made this bandsaw possible:

Wood beam frame, laminated from boards Integrated pulley on the lower wheel The use of innertubes as bandsaw tires Truing the wheels while spinning on their own bearings

Build, part 1

Build, part 2

Bandsaw trunnions

Bandsaw plans

Specs

A stand for
the bandsaw

See also:

Building my 14" bandsaw(bandsaw version 3)

Building bandsaw 1 (My first homemade bandsaw experiment)

My big 20" bandsaw (My 4th homemade bandsaw)

Carving canoe paddles on the bandsaw

Rader built bandsaws

How crowned pulleys work
(blade tracking)

Making a gear on the bandsaw vs. a CNC mill

Dovetail joints on the bandsaw

The physics of bandsaw resawing (Why blades can drift)

3D reindeer on the bandsaw

Bandsaw blade sharpener jig

Straightening my 9-year old wooden bandsaw (video only)