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[[Category:Tools]][[Category:Vertical Band Saws -- Metal Cutting‏‎]]
Link to:[[:Category:Machine Shop | Machine Shop Main Page]]


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  |tool_title        = Do-All Vertical Band Saw
  |tool_subtitle      = Do-All 15-inch
  |image              = Band_Saw_Do_All.png
  |caption            = The Do-All band saw in the Machine Shop
  |make              = Do-All
  |model              = 2013-10
  |serial            =
  |manufacturer_specs = 
  |manual            = [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qBt49XPYsiW2hlNmfIKo9qQoE0dEjLP1/view?usp=drive_link Instruction Manual for a Similar Model]
  |location          = Machine Shop
  |rubric = N/A 
  |training          =
  |testing            = [https://www.artisansasylum.com/tool-testing Tool testing]
  |restrictions      = red
  |tool_categories    = [[:Category:Vertical Band Saws -- Metal Cutting‏‎  | See the Vertical Band Saws category for notes on using saws of this kind.]]
}}
=Description=
This machine is a treasured antique. 
=Safety=
Link to:  [[:Category:Vertical_Band Saws_--_Metal_Cutting#Safety | Safety notes for the Metal-Cutting Vertical Band Saws category]]
{| class="infobox" cellspacing="5" style="width: 12em; text-align: left; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5em;"
! colspan="2" class="infobox-image" | [[File:Band_Saw_Do_All_power_switch.png|180px| Do-all_ power switch]]
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| colspan="2" |  The power switch is around back.
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|}
=Operation=
The Do-All is extravagantly decorated with hipster stickers and reminders that instruct the operator what to do.
It is practically self-documenting.
==Power==
To start the saw, find the power buttons on the back of the machine.
A work-lamp is also available.
==Speed Selection==
{| class="infobox" cellspacing="5" style="width: 12em; text-align: left; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5em;"
! colspan="2" class="infobox-image" | [[File:Band_Saw_Do_All_All_Human_Knowledge.jpg|200px| Do-all speed calculator]]
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| colspan="2" |  This tool was bequeathed to us by our ancestors.  May it serve you well.
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The machine is usually set to cut mild steel, for other materials it may be necessary to change the blade speed.
* 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.  Devices like this are as rare as they are bewildering.
{| class="infobox" cellspacing="5" style="width: 12em; text-align: left; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5em;"
! colspan="2" class="infobox-image" | [[File:Band_Saw_Do_All_speed_adjustment.png|140px| Do-all speed adjust]]
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| colspan="2" |  The crank is almost invisible around the back of the machine.
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|}
{| class="infobox" cellspacing="5" style="width: 12em; text-align: left; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5em;"
! colspan="2" class="infobox-image" | [[File:Band_Saw_Do_All_speed_indicator.png|220px| Do-all speed indicator]]
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| colspan="2" |  Feet per minute.  Note only the '''LOW''' speed range is available.
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|}
* 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.
* 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 "LOW" to "HIGH."  On this machine the "HIGH" speed range has been disabled.
=Blade Welding=
{| class="infobox" cellspacing="5" style="width: 12em; text-align: left; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5em;"
! colspan="2" class="infobox-image" | [[File:Band_Saw_Do_All_blade_welder.png|220px| Do-all welder]]
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| colspan="2" |  This really works!
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|}
The Do-All features a specialized spot-welder for joining band-saw blades.  This allows the operator to buy blade stock in a large spool, cut it to length, and weld it together into a loop.  That is the most economical way to stock consumables for a band saw.
Instructions are printed on front panel of the the welder.

Revision as of 15:54, 17 March 2024