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=====Vertical Bandsaw=====

^Name| Vertical Bandsaw|
^Owner | Makers' Alliance |
^Location | Shop Area |
^Training needed| Yes|
^Hackable| No|
^Model| Bett-Marr 14S|
^Serial| UNKNOWN|
^Arrival Date| 2018|
^Working| No|
^Contact| Sam Harmon|

Current Status: Functional, but still needs a lot of work.

Additional Information

This was a donation from Akron Makerspace. It's a Bett-Marr 14S, vintage 1942-1956 (or maybe later?). Motor is dated 1986.
  * <del>Needs power cord (12/3, as it's a 16 A motor)</del> Fixed, though plug is 15A for now.
  * Should have a better power switch installed. A nice, emergency-stoppy one.
  * Probably needs a new belt - size?
  * There's sort-of a bodged welding job that needs to be ground off, have rust cleaned off and re-welded.
    * This has been worked around for now, but long-term should be fixed better 
  * <del>Blade should be replaced (note inside door says 95 1/2" x 1/2" wide x 0.025" thick)</del>
  * <del>Remove the light attachment - it's a mess and not helping anything</del>
  * Add a guard to the belt/chain mechanism
  * Add a guard to the blade
  * extend the current guidepost to drop lower?
  * Table needs refinishing - rather rusty
  * A nice repainting on the body wouldn't hurt either.
  * New tires? Probably not a priority right now, but eventually?
{{tag>[needs_maintenance needs_calibration  needs_major_repair needs_details]}}