8 Ideas for IMPROVING a Bandsaw

If you have similar or smaller machines bought from a harbor freight or home depot, then you can easily improve your machines
A band saw is a great tool, but to be able to use it with more pleasure I decided to improve it.
I have been collecting ideas for improvement for a long time. The most important for me was to raise the machine, add rotary wheels and extend the vice. From the moment I bought it, I knew that I would have to take care of it, but I also knew that over time there would be more problems that I would have to solve, so I delayed it almost a year.
Now the band saw meets all my expectations and I think I will be very happy with these improvements.
I made the base from 2 mm sheet. This is sufficient thickness.
The wheels are 10 cm / 2.5 in diameter and each can withstand a weight of 80 kg, together 240 kg, so there is some reserve.
I bought the lamp online. It was expensive but gives very good and bright light. Thanks to 24V connection it is safe for my health and life.
If you need more information, write a question in the comment, I will try to write back.
---------------------------------------­­-----------------------------------
Some tools I use in my constructions:
Self made:
Belt grinder 2x48 - • DIY Belt Grinder 2x48"...
Hydraulic Vise - • Super Strong Hydraulic...
Drill press STAND with COOLANT SYSTEM - • Drill press STAND with...
and
Welder IDEAL Tecnomig 200GD
LATHE Cormak 330x770
Band saw Stiler BS 712R
Drill press ZX7016
Tap holder King tony 39124012m
---------------------------------------­­-----------------------------------
Videos that you may like:
• How to make KEYWAY on ... - KEYWAY on the LATHE
• Chain Saw HACK 8 - 3H... - Chain Saw HACK 8 - 3HP Brushcutter
• Chain Saw HACK 7 - Dri... - Chain Saw HACK 7 - Drill Attachment
• Chain Saw HACK 6 - Ear... - Chain Saw HACK 6 - Earth Auger
• Wood chipper & Log spl... - Wood chipper & Log splitter - BUILD
• Making electric Roller... - Making electric Roller Bender Part 1/3
---------------------------------------­­-----------------------------------
Social media:
FB: Made in Poland
Insta: made_inpoland
---------------------------------------­­-----------------------------------
Music by KZread library :
A Simple Feeling
Canada
Just Us League
Princess
Stars and Constellations
Sweet Tides
Whitefish Salad
---------------------------------------­­-----------------------------------
DIY
Homemade
How to make

Пікірлер: 529

  • @ChrisUhlik
    @ChrisUhlik4 жыл бұрын

    What a great set of mods. I'm going to get started on mine. I've had all of those problems: clamping short stock, vice extension for longer stock, tiny vice for tiny parts, turning it into a quick vertical saw. What a great list. Thank-you!!

  • @horstszibulski19
    @horstszibulski194 жыл бұрын

    Not only the lathe can reproduce itself, the band saw is even close to it! :-) Great mod on the saw vice, didn´t expect that a simple addition of a threaded rod could improve that clamping so much! Thx for the vid! :-D

  • @kaieteurcanada

    @kaieteurcanada

    3 жыл бұрын

    Still cant understand the wisdom behind how that rod helps... :((

  • @Anthsv8

    @Anthsv8

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kaieteurcanada the vice only grips on one side of the vice because the piece of steel is too short to reach the pivot point of the vice jaw. The threaded rod acts like a longer piece of steel against the fixed jaw holding pressure against the shot piece of steel to be cut

  • @tomaszwyrewolwerowany8808
    @tomaszwyrewolwerowany88084 жыл бұрын

    Oglądać ludzi z taką pomysłowością i talentem motywuje i cieszy . Dziękuję za to

  • @Gkuljian
    @Gkuljian4 жыл бұрын

    Damn, you're good. I put up with these shortcomings for years.

  • @RB-xc9vh
    @RB-xc9vh4 жыл бұрын

    That is a whole new level of awesome - you built a monster out of a normal bandsaw. Respect, man!

  • @arturlend2297
    @arturlend22974 жыл бұрын

    Jesteś mistrzem, dobrze że jesteś wraz ze swoim pomysłami.

  • @stevebrown5145
    @stevebrown51454 жыл бұрын

    Superb, as always. Looking forward to the next one.

  • @robertdaly9036
    @robertdaly90364 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Wonderful engineering skills on display. The drill turning anti-clockwise is an optical illusion... Well done sir. 👍👍

  • @pl-mn2ro
    @pl-mn2ro4 жыл бұрын

    With great thinking and affordable materials you transformed this basic band saw into a Cadillac versatile machine! Great job ! The power of imagination and necessity are mothers of all creativities and inventions

  • @norton750cc
    @norton750cc4 жыл бұрын

    Some very clever ideas here, I like the offside small vice idea! Working on it tomorrow. Big saws can cut small things, small saws cant cut big things... I have a big saw, now I can cut small things. Go Polska.!

  • @MrKandu4u
    @MrKandu4u4 жыл бұрын

    Once again your not just the metal master your a master of proper tool design. I love your videos because they give me ideas on how to improve my equipment and skills. Thank You once again and please keep up the great work your doing with these videos.

  • @conniekahl8015
    @conniekahl80154 жыл бұрын

    Very well thought out, Nice! I like how the improvements were used as mods went along. Peace

  • @stevemackelprang8472
    @stevemackelprang84724 жыл бұрын

    I especially liked the small auxiliary vise, very clever!

  • @richardlibby2407
    @richardlibby24073 жыл бұрын

    I love the fact that each mod you make gets used in subsequent mods, or tools. Well done!

  • @Dewajtis1944
    @Dewajtis19444 жыл бұрын

    Rewelacja, czekam na kolejne filmy. Z przyjemnością oglądam każdy odcinek. Pozdrawiam

  • @MateuszDoniec
    @MateuszDoniec4 жыл бұрын

    Niektóre rowiazania juz posiadam ale doposaże sie jeszcze w niektore twoje pomysły bo są mega pomocne :) Pozdrawiam :)

  • @sonangvannvannsonang8197

    @sonangvannvannsonang8197

    3 жыл бұрын

    🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

  • @83javito
    @83javito4 жыл бұрын

    incredible ideas, thank you very much for sharing them

  • @markfryer9880
    @markfryer98804 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant improvements to the saw.

  • @MnktoDave
    @MnktoDave4 жыл бұрын

    Great video, and some very nice improvements! I have the smaller 4x6 version (without coolant) and have made some improvements to mine also, to make it better and more accurate. Now you've given me a few more ways to improve it. Thank you.

  • @glenncpw
    @glenncpw4 жыл бұрын

    I am amazed by the things and solutions found - just amazed every video.....

  • @RICO-wb6cq
    @RICO-wb6cq3 жыл бұрын

    Really a great way to mod the bandsaw... Thanks for doing it on camera... Nice job!!

  • @bustednuckles2
    @bustednuckles24 жыл бұрын

    You are truly a man with many talents, the roller table and the little vise additions are ingenious and everything you make turns out looking very nice too.

  • @blahblahblahblah2837
    @blahblahblahblah28374 жыл бұрын

    I really like all of your other tools too - the plasma cutter, the vise-bender. I'm very jealous!

  • @BengtRosini13
    @BengtRosini134 жыл бұрын

    Man, I totally did that with my Harbor Freight model. Made a roll around base with the swivel wheels that come on HF engine hoist, so it was raised up to a comfortable height and rolled around on sturdy wheels. But I also had to square up the lower blade guide surface where the table mounts in the Vert. position. Yes, adjusting the vise/clamp is necessary as well.

  • @jameswyatt1304
    @jameswyatt13044 жыл бұрын

    You make me so glad I watch every one of your videos. You really should consider an assortment of Oetiker crimp hose clamps; we used to use the old screw hose clamps and needed to upgrade for higher pressure and plastic barbs. When we got the clamps and a tool we were amazed how much better it's been.

  • @rawa5457
    @rawa54574 жыл бұрын

    Kopara opada. Uwielbiam takie demonstracje. Wszystko jasne, bez słowa. Ogląda się te filmy z zapartym tchem:):):)

  • @davidoleary2452
    @davidoleary24524 жыл бұрын

    have the same bandsaw for 8 years and im still changing the way it works good content

  • @crickmaverick
    @crickmaverick4 жыл бұрын

    Zawsze po twoich filmach robie takie lub podobne przerobki na swoim sprzecie i szukam w necie narzedzi jakich ty uzywasz dzieki za ten kanal i za twoja fajna prace ktora robisz. Pozdro

  • @robertqueberg4612
    @robertqueberg46124 жыл бұрын

    A very well thought out presentation that addresses some machinery design deficiencies.

  • @Jerrydmech
    @Jerrydmech4 жыл бұрын

    I’m dig’n that press brake/ vise tool!

  • @jrand2631
    @jrand26314 жыл бұрын

    Great hacks, the band saw is much more usable and versatile now. 👍👍👍

  • @Trollsky
    @Trollsky4 жыл бұрын

    bardzo fachowo to wygląda ! Pełen szacunek.

  • @MadeinPolandChannel

    @MadeinPolandChannel

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dzięki!! :)

  • @SqueakySnow
    @SqueakySnow4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent, I was planning to make same mods to my bandsaw next week. Raising it up and adding rollers, but to both sides.

  • @andrewcolella1755
    @andrewcolella17554 жыл бұрын

    Very handy mods , I will probably do some of these on my saw , nicely done

  • @amacf1
    @amacf14 жыл бұрын

    Excellent. When buying these new generation cheap but fit for propose machines there is always the finer details missing or things not as we would like. What you are showing us here is ..."do something about it". What you have inspired me to do is get in and solve/do something about it on my lathe and mill. The next thing I guess is make a video of some of these mods I have made. Now that is quite a "next step" Thank you again from down under.

  • @georgesmillion3131
    @georgesmillion31314 жыл бұрын

    Made in Poland est un artiste plein d'idées !!!! Un plaisir à regarder ! Made in Poland is an artist full of ideas !!!! A pleasure to watch ! Made in Poland to artysta pełen pomysłów !!!! Przyjemność oglądania !

  • @Zophus1
    @Zophus13 жыл бұрын

    That small table is just ingenious! Now I gotta make one for my saw...

  • @mountainviews5025
    @mountainviews50254 жыл бұрын

    Young Man I have to let you know how impressed I am with your skills at such a young age awesome awesome amazing project that will make everything in front of this project go so much easier and quicker but more important than all of those things they will be more dialed in thumbs up my friend great build

  • @Atlantismonkey40
    @Atlantismonkey404 жыл бұрын

    Always inspired be you. Thanks so much. I have a smaller cutter. I put a neodymium magnet on each side of blade to catch off cut of pieces. Keep losing them. Til next time.

  • @fastbicyclerider7300

    @fastbicyclerider7300

    4 жыл бұрын

    Allen W put a plastic bag in front of the magnet

  • @moshegalimidi2302
    @moshegalimidi23024 жыл бұрын

    great trick with the small vice, im gonna do it tommorow!!!!

  • @bostedtap8399
    @bostedtap83994 жыл бұрын

    Excellent work, very intelligent and skillful. Thanks for sharing and best regards from the UK.

  • @iankennedy1729
    @iankennedy17294 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I really like your video, especially the vice jack mod! I will definitely do the same to my band saw as I have exactly the same problem with the one jaw turning. Thanks very much.

  • @Just1GuyMetalworks
    @Just1GuyMetalworks4 жыл бұрын

    Friggin deadly man 😃! Especially love the support jack for cutting short stuff. Great video 👍😁👍.

  • @Max_slayer
    @Max_slayer4 жыл бұрын

    For me Poland is this smart guy and Behemoth!

  • @olegkotletov7857

    @olegkotletov7857

    4 жыл бұрын

    You forget Batushka! (hospodi pomiluy)

  • @Max_slayer

    @Max_slayer

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@olegkotletov7857 haha, yeah

  • @JmanRx81
    @JmanRx814 жыл бұрын

    Genius. Your fabrication skills are top notch.

  • @dointh4198
    @dointh41984 жыл бұрын

    I have a very similar saw. Your ideas withe the vice are great. Thanks for sharing them!

  • @user-ok2gy3re2v
    @user-ok2gy3re2v4 жыл бұрын

    Как всегда, прекрасная работа!

  • @user-vt4se5hd3i
    @user-vt4se5hd3i4 жыл бұрын

    Great great channel! You reinvented this machine, greetings from Lviv!

  • @tinkmarshino
    @tinkmarshino4 жыл бұрын

    Well done show off.. now you make me ant to go and get one of those saws just to modify it.. outstanding.. carry on!

  • @Poksutin
    @Poksutin4 жыл бұрын

    nice little tips..love the tiny vise idea...have been needing something like that for my saw :)

  • @CPUDOCTHE1
    @CPUDOCTHE14 жыл бұрын

    Awesome modifications. We bought a used 7x12 horizontal band saw. It had flimsy sheet metal legs, one of which got bent when we were loading it. We made some 10 ga legs which held it up higher and put locking casters under it. Made it much better and more portable. I will have to look to see if I can put a bigger guard on it to have a bigger table if we use it as a vertical band saw.

  • @bigmotter001
    @bigmotter0012 жыл бұрын

    I consider these mods to be absolutely necessary. I will start on mine soon. Thanks for sharing and take care.

  • @moshikstern222
    @moshikstern222 Жыл бұрын

    WOW, great ideas ! They are now all on my To-Do list 😊

  • @jankokozuh4873
    @jankokozuh48734 жыл бұрын

    You are a legend, thanks for the good ideas’ 👌

  • @theloneviking9145
    @theloneviking91452 жыл бұрын

    Just what I was looking for that small clamp for small pieces! You are an inspiration my friend thank you

  • @mercer982
    @mercer9824 жыл бұрын

    Great choice of glasses Darek. I have wide lenses aswell and my eyes have been saved by them many times working with metal .

  • @afgb4789
    @afgb47894 жыл бұрын

    Taking something that is running good and make it perfect! Respect! Some warm greetings from Germany

  • @k2line706
    @k2line7063 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the great solutions (much BETTER than ideas!) to these annoying problems. Getting to work now on mine.

  • @disogood4538
    @disogood45383 жыл бұрын

    Под каким-то из Ваших видео я говорил что у Вас золотые руки.Повторюсь еще раз - Золотые руки!!!

  • @pcb1962
    @pcb19624 жыл бұрын

    Great fabrication skills, very impressed

  • @pazur199
    @pazur1994 жыл бұрын

    Widząc ciebie ciesze się że jestem Polakiem. Dziekuje ci za to.

  • @user-ei2zj2zg3d
    @user-ei2zj2zg3d4 жыл бұрын

    Молодец!!! Почти все переделал за производителя. С удовольствием смотрю канал. Спасибо.

  • @bens6813
    @bens68134 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I had one of those saws once. I was thinking about getting another one. A few upgrades like this and it would be a great saw.

  • @dakotamax2
    @dakotamax24 жыл бұрын

    Great work! Among the best content on KZread.

  • @marcoweissheimer2627
    @marcoweissheimer26274 жыл бұрын

    You´re an phenomenon! Good Job! Greetings from Germany

  • @MattsARocknRolla
    @MattsARocknRolla4 жыл бұрын

    Gave me some ideas for my bandsaw. Thanks!

  • @cheif10thumbs
    @cheif10thumbs4 жыл бұрын

    One of my Top 5 Favorite makers on the YuT00bs! 1. Jimmy Diresta 2. Alec Steele 3. Made in Poland 4. My Mechanics 5. Habu Clickspring or Pablo Cimadevilla too I like them both. They don't have new videos often enough though. There are MANY more!

  • @dominojachas5185

    @dominojachas5185

    4 жыл бұрын

    Please put your top 5 makers on the comment 😁 Better solution that KZread algorithms👍

  • @Astroshotify

    @Astroshotify

    4 жыл бұрын

    & Make it extreme ?!!

  • @DanKoning777
    @DanKoning7774 жыл бұрын

    Well done.

  • @JoshuaMichail0
    @JoshuaMichail04 жыл бұрын

    That's the first time I've ever seen a drill & tap combo bit. That seems pretty clever. It must save a lot of time, assuming you only use bolts with the same thread pitch.

  • @steveu235
    @steveu2354 жыл бұрын

    Great ideas and great workmanship Thank you

  • @FaskaRestoration
    @FaskaRestoration4 жыл бұрын

    These little tricks like the one with the ball bearings are really helpful. Could you maybe make a video where you show a few more of such tricks?

  • @hoernst2762
    @hoernst27624 жыл бұрын

    Wieder einmal super Arbeit und tolle Ideen! Glückwunsch

  • @braca0007
    @braca00074 жыл бұрын

    I have absolutley the same "stiler". Made in poland. 2 years of work without Any problems. Good machine.

  • @jafinch78
    @jafinch783 жыл бұрын

    Impressive! I thought making into a bandsaw and not only a cut off saw was about all that was left to do for improvements. Of course, last but not least! Man, I can't thinking of anything else other than some sort of DIY home made blade welder maybe? That's about all I have left on my mind. Thanks for sharing!

  • @danielstewart3507
    @danielstewart35074 жыл бұрын

    So many great improvements, well done!

  • @laurenzolg7506
    @laurenzolg75064 жыл бұрын

    very ingenious! well done ! thanks for sharing !

  • @jmtx.
    @jmtx.4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing the awesome ideas!

  • @rubenpedroberoch4063
    @rubenpedroberoch40634 жыл бұрын

    Very good video, today I bought a saw without, I plan to make several of these great ideas

  • @frobmachinemarine4876
    @frobmachinemarine48764 жыл бұрын

    I like the "table" mod the best, converting this into a proper standing bandsaw.

  • @butchholmes4624
    @butchholmes46244 жыл бұрын

    Another great job! Now it's a better saw.

  • @3bdel_halimmohammed365
    @3bdel_halimmohammed3654 жыл бұрын

    What a really great job ! ... You're really a creative engineer ... I'm following you from Libya, keep going, Bro ...

  • @__Jacob__
    @__Jacob__4 жыл бұрын

    No no to teraz piwko po świetnej robocie😀💪💪

  • @iainohalloran42
    @iainohalloran424 жыл бұрын

    Think I would have bought a new bandsaw me like 😂🤣. No brilliant way to upgrade your workstations you can tell you have put a lot of thought into it well done bud. I’ve subscribed and left a like too.

  • @brainfornothing
    @brainfornothing4 жыл бұрын

    All very good ! Thanks for sharing !

  • @mikeysgarage3697
    @mikeysgarage36974 жыл бұрын

    Good ideas, it really should have come with some of them as standard.

  • @carlosarturote
    @carlosarturote4 жыл бұрын

    Esto es llevar la genialidad a otro nivel... FELICITACIONES

  • @olpqay
    @olpqay4 жыл бұрын

    Well done, sir!

  • @Jarisson--Jari
    @Jarisson--Jari4 жыл бұрын

    Very good my friend !!! Greetings from Brazil

  • @RobertKocian
    @RobertKocian4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Darek. The Proxxon vise idea is perfect. I will use it. Thank You ;-)

  • @abdotahan
    @abdotahan4 жыл бұрын

    OMG ... Awesome ... Plus >> the vice as a sheet bender

  • @AMetalWorks
    @AMetalWorks2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much. You just sold me on this saw.

  • @JaaoPonte
    @JaaoPonte4 жыл бұрын

    It's great to see how easily you improve your equipment :O

  • @thdVn
    @thdVn4 жыл бұрын

    The shares are wonderful 😯

  • @danmoreton1788
    @danmoreton17884 жыл бұрын

    Another great video. Off to the work shop I go!!

  • @krisdevoecht
    @krisdevoecht3 жыл бұрын

    Nice! Especially the small vise to cut short pieces!

  • @user-lh5fr6nz5y
    @user-lh5fr6nz5y4 жыл бұрын

    You have a golden hands and dimond brain!

  • @garywills5682
    @garywills56824 жыл бұрын

    Excellent, i would copy your ideas, may not be exact but love all the add ons. Thanks

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent, merci !! I think i'll do the same on my one.

  • @bartekszczucinski8687
    @bartekszczucinski86874 жыл бұрын

    Maszyna pierwsza klasa, a ją jeszcze usprawniłeś teraz. Super filmik 😁👍👍👍

  • @johnwurst6691
    @johnwurst66914 жыл бұрын

    Very clever, my friend!