Quote Originally Posted by cjc_td5 View Post
Dammit, you sound like some of my clients....
The cardboard template is sitting on my office floor and I curse about measuring it up every time I trip over it. I'm getting there, just that paying work keeps getting in the road....
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No problems Chris. I'm not in any rush - have got plenty of other stuff on the go at the moment and would not have got round to starting on compressor guards even if I had detailed drawings and all the materials sitting in the shed.

I bought a new bandsaw recently, and the very nice LED work light on a flexible mount was mounted on the rear of the upper cabinet - so that the light was always behind where you are cutting. With the safety guard properly lowered into position, this means that the "cut" was virtually always in shadow.

And this is not some cheap crappy bandsaw either.

So I have now modified it. Removed complete light assembly and extended the wiring, drilled new hole in the upper cabinet low on the right side, re-mounted light assembly in new position and found correct size / thread bolt to block off the original mounting hole. All working good now - and I can see what I am cutting.

Have also built sawdust collection bin with cyclone separator that connects up with my shed vacuum cleaner and drops all the sawdust out into the bin, rather than it constantly blocking filters and requiring the vacuum cleaner to be emptied & cleaned. Works great and I've run vacuum lines to various machines etc in my shed. Wired the vacuum cleaner itself up to a remote control power outlet so can now turn it on and off from anywhere in the shed when I need to. Next job is to finish off building a sled I've started for cutting round logs down into timber blocks etc that I can work with. All good fun.