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I have some 1/2" aluminium plate that I'll try it on this evening, together with some 10swg mild steel.
I've been looking at this and thinking. I don't understand why the blade bears on the side of the ballrace thrust bearings rather than on the outside of the races as would seem more logical, although I realise that many bandsaws are done this way but it just doesn't seem right.So I'll be looking to make an alternative mount with a "properly" oriented thrust race. If I'm going to do that it then seems silly not to look at the main blade guides as well. I'm thinking that new upper and lower mounts with ballrace blade guides isn't exactly a complex piece of metalwork - with the main guide races being mounted on eccentric bushes to make the clearences adjustable.Does anyone have any views on the relative merits of hardwood/steel/ceramic guides vs ballrace ones?AS