A Power Drive for a Horizontal Bandsaw Movable Jaw
Here is a video of how to convert a trashed hockey puck into an adapter. Chuck the tool into your electric drill and it will open and close the movable jaw in a few seconds.
Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.
Thanks,
Rick
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Another Approach to Speeding up Vise Operation
I did pretty much the same thing, but welded an old socket onto the crank handle. I use an impact driver to open and close it as necessary.
See link below:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...band-saw-83719