This is my home made band saw. It works really great at cutting out bowl blanks due to the vertical capacity of 17" under the guides. Cutting wood over 14" thick sometimes results in a bowed cut but I love having the extra capacity. The wheels are wooden with rubber tires (18" dia). I spent quite a bit of time getting them to run true. It appears to be leaning in this picture but that is only an illusion. I am using a 1.5 hp motor on this saw. The table is fixed (no tilt), this made the construction much simpler. I use a 1/2"-3tpi blade for cutting bowl blanks.
This is my home made wood lathe. It can swing 22" diameter over the ways. The frame design was inspired by Oneway. The rails were originally a single bar that was part of an old John Deere disk plow. This bar was 2" x 2.75" x 8' and when cut in half determined the length of my lathe. The headstock bearings, motor, VDF and the drive belt are the only parts that were purchased complete, everything else was built in my shop. The motor is 1.5 hp three phase and is powered by a Hitachi Varible Frequency Drive. The VFD and three pulley positions give the lathe plenty of torque and speed choices.
