Hello, my name is Shiraz Balolia. I'm the CEO and founder of Grizzly Industrial Inc.
and owner of South Bend Lathe Company.
Today we're going to talk about this
South Bend 24" 7-1/2 horsepower bandsaw.
But before we get into that, let's talk a little bit about South Bend itself.
As you know, South Bend has been around since 1906.
It is a 116 year-old company that is an American icon in the machinery business.
Every U.S. Navy vessel in the last World War
had one of our South Bend machines on board.
And we're proud to say that today, every new Navy ship that comes off
the dock has one of our South Bend machines. So that legacy
and level of quality is upheld into all of our product line,
whether it's woodworking machines or metal working machines or mantle lace,
or for the military or for industry, or for even a hobbyist.
All of our machines have this uncompromising quality.
So let's talk about this bandsaw.
This 24" bandsaw
is more than just a pretty brass plate, I'm six feet tall.
This thing is massive. It's 850 pounds.
The table size is 33-1/2" by 24" almost, 23-5/8".
The throat on this is 24-3/8".
So if you have a 4x4 or a sheet of plywood
that you want to cut in half, you can actually do that.
But this is more than a plywood bandsaw.
This is for resawing.
The resaw height on this is 16",
so you can take massive logs, if you will, and run them through here.
There is this cast iron fence that comes with it,
precision-ground. The table's all precision-ground, comes with a miter gauge.
It comes with powder coated paint, so
you're not going to have scratching on it like a normal paint job would have.
And it will last many years.
Wheels are precision-cast-iron wheels.
They have been cast in the special DISA die, which is very precise.
And as you can see, it's a very clean looking wheel
and there isn't much balancing required after they have been cast.
They're so precise.
So I mentioned that this thing has 16" of resaw.
The blade capacity of this bandsaw is from 1/4"
all the way up to 1-1/2" and everything in-between.
It takes a 181" blade, but it'll take basically anything
between 180" and 181-1/2" blade.
The blade guides are double roller bearing guides, both top and bottom,
so that gives you total control and good adjusting abilities.
It's got double dust collection, one on the side and one on the back.
One of the features on this is it's got micro-switches in here
so that when you open these doors,
the micro-switches will not allow the saw to start up.
This machine is so large and so powerful that with the cast-iron
wheels the way they are, the machine will take a long time to slow down.
The blade will continue. As a safety feature,
you've got to stop the blade with, with the brake.
And with the limit switch, it cuts the power to the saw. And so
the brake is not fighting the power, the motor, to stop.
So one of the other great features about this bandsaw is this clear
blade tracking window
where you can see what's happening to the tracking of the blade,
either when you're setting up or why you're using the machine.
So if there's any issues you can, you can see what's happening right here.
So before we go to the back, I want to cover a couple of features
that are up front.
One of the interesting features on this, it has a saw tension
guide here that tells you, you know, where the tension of the blade needs to be.
This large table, cast iron table, has been precision-ground
after it was seasoned, and it is very thick,
has a lot of webbing underneath, so there is hardly any flex in it at all.
Now there is another great feature about this saw
that's very unique to us only, and I'm going to go over to the back of the bandsaw
to show you what that is.
So one of the most interesting things about this bandsaw
is this rack and pinion table leveling feature.
It serves two purposes.
One, it's easy for you to tilt the table.
This is a pretty heavy table and you know, on on other band saws,
you don't have this feature where you have this rack and pinion,
and so you got a balance this while you're trying to lock it in place
after you get the right adjustment. On this one,
you have this rack and pinion that is attached up here,
so you loosen this guy right here.
It's pretty tight.
And what it does,
it allows you to tilt the table
and get it exactly where you want it.
On the table of this size, when you've got a big, heavy log,
for example, that you're cutting, you don't want any flex at all.
So this rack and pinion attachment here actually serves as another
like a leg for the table, so there is no flex at all.
I mean, I love this feature.
All my bandsaws have this feature and and it is,
I'm telling you, it's one of the best features of this saw.
So the adjustment on this table is
5°degrees to that side and 45°, so you can bring it up a full 45°.
Obviously, it can't go more because the table is going to hit the top.
It's such a big table. A lot of bandsaws will have
the table only come up to here so they can tilt a little more.
But 45° is pretty adequate.
Another good feature about this is that it's got a pin stop here,
adjustable bolt. I've gone ahead and adjusted it to exactly where you want it.
And if you look at this, this is going to be dead on
and all I got to do is bring it down to that bolt,
tighten it in place.
So every time when you're when you got the table tilted, you don't have to reset it.
You just bring it down to the bolt and just lock it
in place and it's ready to go.
It's perfectly square,
So the motor is a big 7-1/2 horsepower, three phase motor.
It's pre-wired to 220V, but can be converted to 440V.
Another good feature is this magnetic starter switch
so that when you turn off the bandsaw and you're working on something
and the power comes back on for whatever reason,
the saw is not going to start up until you press that button.
Let's talk about the top part of the saw here.
It's as you can see, it's very simple, clean.
This is a lock for the rack and pinion for up and down.
This here is a quick-change lever for changing the blade
so you can loosen the blade, put on your new blade and tighten it.
This guy here is for the blade wheel adjustment
so that you can track it perfectly so that it's working with the guides.
It's not too far in, the teeth and not too far in.
So it's very clean back here.
The saw itself is made of very,
very thick steel frame, and that steel frame is double bent here.
So for extra rigidity, so it goes in on both sides.
It's welded together.
This frame will not flex at all.
So whenever you tighten this big, heavy duty bandsaw
blade on this, this frame is not going to flex.
This is a heavy duty saw.
So what we have here is an
optional resaw fence that can be used vertically
or horizontally, and I'll show you how it how that works.
So this is for tall pieces that you're going to cut.
It gives you an extra level of support here.
If you're cutting a very small, thin piece,
sometimes a fence is too big and you can't get your hand in there.
And so you turn this sideways
and position it so that you
now have a mini fence for the small pieces that you're going to cut.
And you've got your hand here, out of the way,
you've got your push stick.
Everything is safe and you've got all the room to work.
So as you can see, this machine is made in the typical South
Bend fashion, it's a high quality industrial use machine
made for everyday use for total dependability.
We appreciate you watching this video. Thank you.