Re: Emerson Horizontal bandsaw?

On 8/25/2024 4:45 PM, OldManRT wrote:

I bought a 7 x 12 Emerson new in 1982, and still run it.  The first 10 years or so, I ran water soluble oil, or water based synthetic.  Had to replace all the guide bearing about once a year.  Then I cleaned it all up, and switched over to sulfurized cutting oil, and have only replaced bearings one time since.  ---  Once, had to remove the driver band wheel, and slightly recut it in the lathe, because the band kept popping off.   Great machine.
 

I honestly don't think you can screw up one of any of these old band saws unless you are downright abusive.  I've had a 7x12 from Harbor Freight I've been using for years, and before that I had a Harbor freight 4 x 6 I modified to cut 4 x 8 that I used for years before it stripped a gear.  I fixed the smaller one and I still use both of them every week.  The 7x12 just about every day.  Sometimes I find myself using them both at the same time.  I use the little one mostly for stainless and the bigger one for mild steel and aluminum.
Only problem I have anymore is I don't clean the chips off often enough, and when the build up to a certain point the saw won't swing down all the way.  LOL.
Nice zombie thread by the way.
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