HIS bandsaw, made largely of %-in. fir Tplywood, has a 12-in. swing, a tilting

. table and cuts 2-in. stock with ease and accuracy. If it is carefully constructed, so that both wheels are in perfect alinement, you will have no trouble with the saw blade rqmbg off. The cost of building the orig- inal saw from wgch these plans were tak- en was four dollars. e

-. - For the base and core of the vertical frank pfeee, Fig. l,l%-in. yellow pine is used. The pattern for this part is laid out on a piece of heavy wrapping paper, as in Fig. 3. Cut the piece about I/s in. oversize, to Leave emugh stock for finishing. The plywood ,sides are then cut to size and glued to the core, using casein glue, after which additional strength at the edges is obtained by driving in wood screws. After the glue has dried, the edges of the £rame should be sanded on a drum or spindle instead of being flat and covered with a sander. rubber band, should have a V-groove.

W e wheels are bhilt up of four 12-in. The hubs for the wheels and pulley are plywood -5, which are glued together 4-in. ceiling-outlet covers, used in elec- with the grain running crosswise to pre- trical conduit work. Drill a %-in. hole vent warping. If desired, the outer, ex- through the exact center of each, and posed disk may have its center cut out to screw them to the wheels as shown in Fys. £ o m a ring. Th6 6-in. pulley is similarly 4 and 7, t a k i i care to get them on cori- built up from.pl$wood disks, but the edge, centrically. If a %-in. bolt, with the head

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