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    Default Dia m150 Bandsaw

    I recently acquired this Horizontal Bandsaw
    Its compact and unusual design appealed to me.
    It has a cutting capacity of 150mm and runs a 25 mm wide blade
    Made by the 'Lian Feng' machinery company in Taiwan
    Model number LF-BS1 made in 1975
    I haven’t been able to find any info on this model, so l would be interested to hear from anyone else who owns one, or knows anything about them.
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    Cheers
    Peter

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    Okay so maybe no one else has one of these bandsaws.
    l would like to invite some opinions on carbide blade guides.
    This saw has guides with ball bearings for vertical alignment and steel blocks with square carbide inserts brazed in, for the horizontal alignment.
    Does anyone else have a bandsaw with carbide inserts? Or are bearings the best way to go?
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    I have a wood bandsaw with carbide inserts, they work quite well but I found if my blade had any grease or oil on it the dust would stick and then get scraped off by the inserts which was a hassle.

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    We have carbide blade guides on the 10" bandsaw at work. Saw gets used daily and never has any issues. It cuts square as long as the blade isn't blunt.

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    Hi,

    Just a point worth looking at about your bandsaw.From what I have picked up elsewhere, the smaller the bandwheel diameter ,the greater susceptability to cracking.

    Apparently, the 3 wheel woodwork bandsaws with small diameter wheels suffered from this problem.
    It concerns the tighter radius the saw blade needs to negotiate at each revolution, thereby increasing stress and possibility of cracking. If you mean the cut capacity is 150 and the band wheels are indeed bigger,of course,ignore the above.

    Otherwise, the bandsaw looks like a much better tougher and better quality model that those current equivalent ones fro a certain other place.


    I can,t speak to carbide guides but can say bearings guides have served me very, very well.

    Grahame

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    Hi Grahame
    Yes l believe that the cutting capacity is 150mm. The wheels themselves are about 10.5" dia.
    I bought this saw partly on the "very good working condition" description, well it turns out l have
    a bit of work to do in order to reach my understanding of that term. I reckon it should be worth spending a bit of time on though as it seems to be a reasonable design.
    In my experience horizontal bandsaws can be a bit fiddly to get right, but are a very worthwhile machine to have in the shed.
    Pete

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    That's a nice looking bandsaw. Congratulations on the chance purchase. I think you will find that once you have it up and running, it will perform nicely.

    Simon
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