That’s looking really good. So much better built than some of the new crap.
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[Image of a really beautiful bandsaw]
Okay, besides of a few places where minor touch-ups are needed, I’d say the painting is done.
Looks great, don’t you agree? 
Pics or it didn’t happen
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Changed a few things, testing the fit of the coupling. When I have such a massive beam, why not use it…
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Mmmm… Hammerite… IMO, the best workshop paint, ever.
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Totally agree, love that blue especially. And every idiot can get a good looking surface finish with it, just so easy to work with. Slather it on whatever surface, boom, you’re done. 
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Are you 3d-printing a blade guide ?
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The load is minimal on them and I figured we are printing CNCs… Should be fine. 
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Might get a bit warm though… 
If done right the sawblade should not really touch the guides, only a little. We’ll see about that. 
At the moment the guide is a hunk of metal.
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You are correct of course - the bearings shouldn’t get hot.
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Not 100%, but works for now. 
I might need to print another one for smaller sawblades, but that’s in the future.
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It’s just too great I bought the metal bandsaw accidentally. The Metabo 1688 I bought had messed up rails, the owner’s granddad cut the pipes with an angle grinder and it looked like shit. Now it looks better at least.
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I was finally able to procure a manual (loooong story). So if you want to read a German manual that is nearly as old as the US, here you go: Kölle BSM 40.pdf - Google Drive
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I installed a parallel fence as to make it easier to resaw wood and to be able to cut very thin wooden pieces, and what shall I say: it works!
What I can also say is: drilling through 2cm of cast iron takes quite a while. Since I was doing it while squatting (weird table height) and was concentrating so much I didn’t notice how exhausting it was. I had sore leg muscles for three days. It really hurt.
The dark green clashes with the blue, but what shall I do? 
2mm, no problemo!
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I apologize for it being German, but that’s what you get…
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Well you’d have to be pretty satisfied with that!
Sure am, but damn was that exhausting… My wife told me in the evening that I’d surely find the problem the next day. And I did. Now I just need a project to use it on. 