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DIY Power Station
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:21 pm
by fiatben
Just curious if anyone has built their own power station or power stand for an SPT? And I'm not referring to a mini or shorty. Has anyone posted a thread on building such? I don't seem to have much luck with the search function.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:39 am
by terrydowning
There is still a jigsaw at my folk's house. Basically big wheeled box with an spt holder on top. A pulley (don't what size sorry) bolted on where the spt drive goes. On the top of the box is a an induction motor driving the belt. (I don't know the HP on the motor or the pulley/belt sizes). I do recall that it worked great for a lot of years and made many projects on it. I currently don't have the room for it and have a modern scroll saw so I have not had a need to retrieve it.
Basically an induction motor, with the correct pulley's and something to mount it to is all you need.
If I were to retrieve and restore this item, I would probably keep the box as it was used for storage. I would add a shield/guard for the belt as well. It could get grabby.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:31 am
by themox
There is a DIY power station in the Lumberjocks forum. The builder calls it the little red wagon. No plans but a pretty decent set of photos.
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/64438