Thread: Roll In Saw Table Inserts

A couple years back I purchased an older Roll-In for the start-up company I was working for. After using that saw I was convinced this is a perfect saw for a small shop. I recently scored an incredible deal on a Roll-In bandsaw for myself. Unit is in excellent condition but has something I have not seen in any other saws except these two. The table has an insert adjacent to the blade. I've seen plenty of saws where the tables are chewed up as the blade somehow wanders so far off course and cuts a slot into the table. Seems like a good idea. Just haven't seen it on other saws. I'm curious to know if this is something Roll-In did or if this is something done by it's past users.

Our Roll-In does not have that but needs it. I've also looked at the Roll-In-Saw catalog and have not seen anything like that in it (almost all the parts for our saw are still available by the way). I like the idea and may do a refurbishing job like that myself. Sure beats buying a new table ($$).

COII

That's pretty common in one way or anouther for vertical bandsaws to have a replacable table insert. Especially wood cutting saws.

Every Roll-in I've seen gets that way. I think it's because the Roll-in has the capability
to use smaller (down to 1/4") flex back blades as a contour saw, and people leave them
intalled and use the feed motion (gravity power feed), hence the blade wander.

I've threatened to remove the table, and set it up on the mill
to do just that on the two I've owned.

Your probably correct about narrow contouring blades being used in cutoff operations leading to a wandering cut into the table. The dual nature of the saw, contour and cutoff, is what made me get one. I recently purchased a 1/4" and 3/4" blade for it. Now to be vigilant about not using the narrow blade for cutoff work.

Several years ago I machined a rollin table to take replaceable inserts that we cut on a cnc plasma. It had gotten kinda hard to use with a 1/2 gap on either side of the blade. I belive it took 10ga inserts, I made them drop in a small pocket like on a table saw or router.

My angle block has lots of cuts in it at different angles which make supporting short material flat against the stop challenging. The very sacrificial nature of this angle block, I am surprised a replaceable insert isn't offered there. A 1" blade was fitted to the saw so extra depth had been cut into this block. I'm thinking a soft steel or aluminum insert would work just fine.

Possibly an in shop mod ? I have an older Roll In still nearly like new. It only had chips of plastic in it when I got it. It takes 9' blades. Newer ones take 10'. On the corners of the cast iron angle plate are holes for the clamp. One of mine got broken through. I got a piece of large angle iron about 3/4" thick and plan to make a new angle plate out of it that won't break like the cast iron one. I love the saw,but think the clamping system is very inadequate since the saw can cut large diameter round bars,but the clamp only clamps about 2 3/4" or so. Generally,I clamp bar stock with large C clamps.

A little off topic, but here is a mod I did to compensate for the crappy depth stop on the Roll in saw.
jeff

I like to drill and tap a pattern of 3/8-16 holes on the table to allow for clamping down plates, etc.. Have also inserted the backstop, but never the blade slot before. I'll have to do that.

Originally Posted by gwilson

Possibly an in shop mod ? I have an older Roll In still nearly like new. It only had chips of plastic in it when I got it. It takes 9' blades. Newer ones take 10'. On the corners of the cast iron angle plate are holes for the clamp. One of mine got broken through. I got a piece of large angle iron about 3/4" thick and plan to make a new angle plate out of it that won't break like the cast iron one. I love the saw,but think the clamping system is very inadequate since the saw can cut large diameter round bars,but the clamp only clamps about 2 3/4" or so. Generally,I clamp bar stock with large C clamps.

Like this ?

Pix is sort of small, and from the wrong angle.