I inherited an old bandsaw from my grandfather which worked but needed serious TLC. The wooden stand was trashed and the belt mounting was non-existent. Time to make a new one. Didn’t help I had to fit it in the back of a 350z..

Fixing the wiring

Before i start with a new stand, I had to address the awful wiring. I replaced basically all of it with modern wiring, luckily the motor cover had a wiring diagram on it to determine what direction the motor spins so I could reverse it to have a more compact stand.

New frame and adding a sander

I opted to use 18mm plywood and 100x50mm timber with locking caster wheels to make it easier to move around. It is all mounted with T-nuts to make it easier to dismantle. I added a new blade at the same time, but I had to move the cover bolts to get the shorter, thicker blade installed. 

I also added a belt sander on the other side since I reverse mounted the motor under the machine. Having the lower space underneath also gave me space to put my air compressor as well making it an all in one portable setup. The only thing that is left is to remove some of the vibration which I think is belt or blade tension related.