I picked up this ~55 year old Rockwell band saw yesterday.
It needs new tires, blades, a fence and a pulley for the new included 2HP single phase motor. It has a 3 phase motor in it now but I have no interest in VFD's or converter setups.
This same vendor has all the parts, including this nifty magnetic fence.
https://carterproducts.com/band-saw-products/band-saw-magfence/magfencer-ii-next-gen-magnetic-fence
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It fills a hole in the shop tools. I build my own cabinets and would like the ability to resaw some local wood and also some sustainable exotics.
My other big tools are a grizzly 10" cabinet saw, a 12x4 shopsmith planer, grizzly 4 bag vac system, a Kreg 1Hp router table setup.
Next up is a sander. I'd love to saw some boards, send them a pass through the planer for dimension, and feed them through a sander.