Bandsaw wheels

[Toolmaker51]

Because I couldn't get this to him first.........The operator station is in the box on left, which mounts to floor. A large undercarriage houses lower wheel, in a pit below floor level, keeping table at normal work height.


This pic I staged next, with an item added for scale, sort of a "Where's Waldo?" for perspective.
You'll find it, adding that I'm afterall, not a big guy.....


This originally equipped the Patternmaker's Shop at Long Beach Naval Ship Yard, here in CA. Along with monstrosities like a 56" double end disk sander, 6'+ swing Oliver Patternmaker lathe, horizontal doweling machines large as a boring mill, 16" or 20" radial arm saws, pool table size jointers...... Can't find apt comparison for the huge planers.

Still, Frank S's saw is remarkable, being fully fabricated, not out of commercial castings.