Beaver wood bandsaw - $250 - Toronto, On

[Dan Dubeau]

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I know there are some fans of old Canadian made machinery here. IMO you can't beat the look of these old Beaver tools. Almost tempted to replace my 14" delta with this.....

 

[Downwindtracker2]

I have one. They have a resaw capacity of 7" instead of the usual 6". Their guide set up is better than the Delta and clones. That is nice one with rip fence . It looks like a Callender Foundry one . After '52 they were owned by Rockwell Delta and made up to the '60s.

 

[Susquatch]

I love it. My old beaver drill press is a diamond. I'd have one of those in a heart beat if it were nearby. It would have to get converted to metal capability though.

 

[Dan Dubeau]

That sold quick. I put it on the watch list, thinking that if it was still there in a couple weeks when I started trade school downtown I'd grab it on the way home one day.

I don't use my Delta much anymore (or any of my woodworking machines), but in the next couple weeks, I'm going to push to clean up the barn and get my woodworking tools/shop all setup up again to use. Then I'll start the quest to replace some of my lower quality tools with better versions. By the end of the summer, I want a functioning woodworking shop setup, much like my metal shop in the garage. Right now, and for the past decade +, everything back there has been in shambles......

 

[YYCHM]

 

[Downwindtracker2]

Susquatch, it wouldn't have been a good candidate for metal cutting, the column can flex, it's an aluminum box. I use a post for a brace when I resaw. The cast iron Delta and clones are a better candidates for conversion. Even they with the spacer don't do 12" resaw worth a damm.

 

[Dan Dubeau]

I laugh about the option for a 6" riser block for my 14" delta. Falls under the category of just because you can, doesn't mean you should. I'm sure under the right circumstances there are people out there that love it though.....

 

[Downwindtracker2]

For those who haven't eaten a bushel of sawdust, when the column flexes the sawband loosens and you get a bow in your resaw. Hobby bandsaws don't have the rigidity to tension the sawband adequately.

 

[tesko]

I've got the same model which I rebuilt some years back, very pretty machine. I have my speed set for a point where it works well with all woods but also aluminum.
I would definitely not recommend it for cutting steel or stainless steel.

 

[skippyelwell]

Here is one I restored a few years ago, lots of fun bringing it back.
The day I finished the sandblasting,

Had all the fasteners replated in yellow zinc, replaced the hard chrome rails with stainless steel rod.

 

[Stuart Samuel]

I love it. My old beaver drill press is a diamond. I'd have one of those in a heart beat if it were nearby. It would have to get converted to metal capability though.

The 14” Rockwell we have at work has probably eaten about a ton of aluminum and brass since a coworker (RIP) bought it in the 60’s. I get it, most folks are cutting steel, but…

 

[Susquatch]

The 14” Rockwell we have at work has probably eaten about a ton of aluminum and brass since a coworker (RIP) bought it in the 60’s. I get it, most folks are cutting steel, but…

Had trouble choosing an emoticon. Sad to hear of your co-worker. Happy to be reminded that a bandsaw for wood can handle aluminium.

Thing is that I have a metal cutting bandsaw. Not a big one, but it works. And ya, it mostly cuts aluminium. I'd like a nice big one for wood but you are right, how much steel would I really cut?

 

[Stuart Samuel]

Had trouble choosing an emoticon. Sad to hear of your co-worker. Happy to be reminded that a bandsaw for wood can handle aluminium.

Peter’s been gone for a few years now. Worked a half day Thursday, flew out to Sun Peaks Friday, and was dead from a skiing accident by Sunday, at 81.

 

[Susquatch]

Peter’s been gone for a few years now. Worked a half day Thursday, flew out to Sun Peaks Friday, and was dead from a skiing accident by Sunday, at 81.

Sorry to hear that.

Good way to go though. Doing what you love.

I'd like to go like that. Either an accident like that, or in the saddle.

 

[buckbrush]

Skiing at 81? Tough guy.

 

[Susquatch]

I know an old man who did a marathon and an iron man in his 90s. And you should see that old man dance! HOLY CRAP!

 

[Dan Dubeau]

We met a guy at the ski hill this year that was 80. He was using this little homemade lever tool to do up his boots and I commented that I needed one too. He said "take a picture of it, and try to find a machinist to make you one" My Wife just started laughing as I introduced myself lol.

 

[Stuart Samuel]

Skiing at 81? Tough guy.

Peter was a tank. He stopped competing in his mid 70’s largely because he got fed up with waiting for his turn. Before that, he’d fly out to BC for national competitions.

He was still working half-time, and (frustratingly) getting more done than I was working full. Austrian trained coppersmith, ran his own shop for years. I got to work with him for just shy of ten. He wasn’t always easy to work with (I once left him a note asking him to clean up after himself, he brought it back with some rude words added and wouldn’t talk to or acknowledge me for four months), but I learned a ton from him.

 

[Susquatch]

I once left him a note asking him to clean up after himself, he brought it back with some rude words added and wouldn’t talk to or acknowledge me for four months)

Sounds like a very good man. Just sticking up for his messy piler genetics. But I would have had a real good talk with you about how your tidiness was getting in the way of MY productivity! And then I'd have hounded you like a crazed wild animal. Ya, you were much better off with Peter......