Inca Band Saw Manual Inca 710 Bandsaw All Types of Metal Bandsaws for Sale. JMT offers a wide variety of bandsaws for sale, including your next saw! In this short video, I do some test cuts on a block of hard maple, the blade is from Tuffsaws.co.uk, max resaw height was approx 5 inches, this blade is fant.
When I was first examining the guides on my saw, I noticed that they were unlike anything I’d ever seen before. Actually, they seemed to be a mismatched set.
The guides on my saw are the type that have an asymmetrical pair on each the top and bottom, with one coming from the left, perpendicular to the blade, and the other coming from the right at a 45-degree angle.
I have seen this configuration before, but what was new here was that the perpendicular guide was a small wheel, with a groove on the outer circumference that the back of the blade would ride in; and the 45-degree steel guide wasn’t touching the blade at all.
After digging through the manual, I found that this wheel guide was the “fretwork guide”, meant to support the back of a blade too narrow to be held by the steel guides. This meant that I was missing the horizontal steel guides that I would need for a regular (3/8″-1/2″) blade.
I started looking online for information about Cool Blocks and ceramic guides, having heard that these were the best for guiding the blade and keeping it from overheating due to the friction of the guides rubbing against the blade, however, being a relatively rare European saw, I would have to order custom blocks, which would be tedious and expensive.
I am a regular reader of woodgears.ca, and had seen an article regarding using hardwood blocks as guides. This seemed cheap, easy, and reversible, so I thought it would make a worthwhile experiment.
Wanting to do a little more research on this concept and general bandsaw theory, I bought The Bandsaw Book and found a couple interesting facts: 1.) Wooden guides can provide excellent support for the blade, although they wear out quickly; and 2.) Steel guides do NOT cause blades to overheat (the wood being cut generates far more heat, and the guides are only making contact with a very small portion of the blade).
Armed with the confidence that I could do no harm; I cut out a set of guides from some white oak I had laying around, saturated them with Johnson’s Paste Wax, and tested the cut.
It was terrible! The blade immediately started cutting at what must have been 20-degrees from parallel to the table.
I started to worry about whether the guides would work, but then I remembered: I’m using a saw with chewed up tires and the cheapest Craftsman blade that fits, I should probably address those problems before I start trying to fine-tune the cut.
<To be continued in Part 4: The Wheels and the Blade>
Introduction
To get us off on the right foot - the Inca 710 is the only bandsaw I have ever owned. That said, I cannot compare it to any other bandsaw. So what follows is simply years of experience with this bandsaw.
I believe that I purchased this bandsaw back in the early 90's. I do remember that it took about 7-months to receive. It was a Swedish machine and that was how long it took to be delivered.
I've been asked many times why I purchased this style of bandsaw over the more conventional two-wheeled versions. I think I liked this bandsaw because its throat depth was greater than the Delta's and other two-wheeled bandsaw's that were offered at that time.
Uniqueness
This bandsaw is unique for a number of reasons. The first and most obvious one is, of course, the fact that it has three wheels. The second is that the operator works from the opposite side from what is considered the norm in perhaps all of the other woodworking bandsaws. The INCA is operated with the spine to the operator's right. Most bandsaws are operated with the spine to the left of the operator.
At one time I thought the INCA was different because it was of 'European' design, but todays European bandsaws (minimax, Hammer, etc) are operated from the opposite side of my INCA. I have no idea why this is, but I have gotten very comfortable working with my INCA as it is.
The last 'unique' feature of the INCA is that it has flat tires. Most bandsaw tires are crowned in their center.
My INCA has served me very well, but like all other power tools it has its shortcomings as will be discussed below.
Set-up
Instruction Manual
I wanna start laughing, but this instruction manual leaves a lot to be desired. However, after 're-arranging' the pages and re-reading the 'revised' version several times, it finally all came together for me. As noted earlier, this was my first bandsaw, so the lack of a helpful instruction manual was a serious problem initially.
Blade Choice
I have used Wood Slicers, Timber Wolf, and Viking blades with great success. Correct blade length is 104-1/2', but sometimes you cannot get that exact length. For instance, today you can only get the Wood Slicer in a length of 104'. The image below shows that back in 2012 they offered the correct length. That is no longer the case. The best you can do today is a Wood Slicer in length 104'. Fortunately, that length will work just fine.
Roller-Bearing Bandsaw Guides
These can be problematic until you realize their limitations.
The bearings are adjusted by loosening the set screws as seen in the previous image. Once the set screws are loose, you must use a pair of pliers to twist the guides away from the blade. To tighten the rollers against the blade you can use the pliers or use a small hammer to gently tap the roller back until it just barely touches the blade.
My roller-guide adjustment is as follows: I first raise the guide post assemble to the height of the stock I will be cutting. This is crucial if you are cutting veneer. Then I back out all of the side
Dust Collection
The best I can saw about this is that
Inca 710 Bandsaw Parts
Motor
These can be problematic until you learn to work with them.
Operation
Issues
Inca 3 Wheel Bandsaw
One of Festool's little secrets is a small plastic fixture that rides directly on top of the workpiece which prevents tearout. Simple but very effective. The next photo shows this clearly.
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