Do-All Vertical Bandsaw

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Do-All Vertical Band Saw
The Do-All band saw in the Machine Shop
General Info
Make Do-All
Model 2013-10
Serial
Specs
Manual Instruction Manual for a Similar Model
Asylum Info
Location Machine Shop
Rubric N/A
Training
Testing Tool testing
Restrictions red

See the Vertical Band Saws category for notes on using saws of this kind.


Description

This machine is a treasured antique.

Safety

Link to: Safety notes on the Metal-Cutting Vertical Band Saws category page

Do-all_self_docu
This machine is largely self-documenting.

Operation

The Do-All is extravagantly decorated with hipster stickers and reminders that instruct the operator what to do.

Speed Selection

The machine is usually set to cut mild steel, for other materials it may be necessary to change the blade speed.

Do-all speed calculator
This tool was bequeathed to us by our ancestors. May it serve you well.
  • The first step is to find what speed is needed.

Blade speed data may be found from a wide variety of sources. Although it isn't as clear as others, the Do-All has a mechanism on its side panel that is well worth examining. It shows how your great-grandparents did these things. Today devices like this are as rare as they are baffling.

  • Next the operator checks the current blade speed. An indicator on the lower left side of the machine reads in feet per minute.

This indicator only registers while the machine is running.

Do-all speed adjust
The crank is almost invisible around the back of the machine.
Do-all speed indicator
Feet per minute. Note only the SLOW speed range is available.
  • To change the speed the operator must reach around the left side of the machine and find a crank down near the bottom.

This crank must ONLY be turned when the machine is running. It uses a similar linkage to the spindle transmissions in a vertical milling machine.

  • Another crank located behind the machine is clamped down because it is no longer used. This was formerly a lever to change the speed range from "SLOW" to "FAST." On this machine the "FAST" range has been disabled.