Wood to Metal Bandsaw Conversion - Part 1

A friend gave me a cheap wood cutting bandsaw as scrap. I wanted to modify it to make a free standing metal cutting bandsaw. The main modification needed was to reduce the ridiculous blade speed to something around 70 metres per minute and to upgrade the wheels to something a little stronger. The blade guides were missing so those will need re manufacturing.
The biggest outlay was for the Nema 34 worm drive gearbox which I purchased on Ebay https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/30-1-Worm-Gear-Reducer-for-NEMA-34-Stepper-Motor-NMRV040-CNC-Milling-Lathe/273846058403?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 for approximately Au$139.
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Видео Wood to Metal Bandsaw Conversion - Part 1 канала Mark Presling