Hyd-Mech S20

[greywynd]

So, as mentioned in other threads, I ended up buying a Hyd-Mech S20 horizontal bandsaw. When one looks at the specs, this is a pretty big saw. Loaded in the back of my one ton with 8’ box, it’s easy to see this saw is BIG!!

Two days driving, almost 2300 kms round trip, and it’s home.

Was it worth the trip? I think so. I’d been looking for saws that would handle up to 10” diameter, this will do 13”. Canadian built (and still in business), with good support, and I’m familiar with them as this will be the third one of this model that I’ve used.

Now to finish re-arranging the shop, get it unloaded, and figure out powering it up.





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[midmosandblasting]

By the size of this coupled with the pictures of relocating .I think we are about to see a shop addition in our future .

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Now that's a saw!!

[toprecycler]

If you are like me, small undersized shop, I would put a good set of wheels on that saw, so you can tuck it away when not in use. Unless you plan on using the heck out of it.


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[greywynd]

Originally Posted by toprecycler

If you are like me, small undersized shop, I would put a good set of wheels on that saw, so you can tuck it away when not in use. Unless you plan on using the heck out of it.


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Well, when the stock going on it will weigh 6-800 pounds, I want to keep it as stable as possible. As I think about the spot for the saw, I’ve realized it will get used for two types of work. Heavy, but shorter stock for making blocks or slugs for machining, and lighter, often longer parts for fabricating. Full lengths of steel are generally 20-24’ long.

So to cut a piece of steel in half, I need 12’ on either side of the blade. The infeed side will have an overhead door to use for loading. However……ideally our little kubota will also park in that space. And the garage is only about 23’ inside in that direction.

Soooo. I think the longer outfeed stock is going to get an exit door.


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[Ironman]

Originally Posted by greywynd

Soooo. I think the longer outfeed stock is going to get an exit door.

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Yes, just a doggy door in the far wall will do it.

[toprecycler]

At work, our go to carts are made with cast iron wheel castors. I think 6” diameter wheels. They roll pretty well, and don’t necessarily get locked by a grain of sand, although a clean floor definitely helps.

The jet saw at work has the same castors.
The castors are at the outset of the saw base, and the saw is as stable as solid kegs on the floor. The main problem you might have, is if you are sliding a heavy piece into the saw, the saw might roll around.

I modified a frame I had with the same type of wheels for my saw. It rolls nicely. And is stable. I have no fear of it tipping over.


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[greywynd]

Originally Posted by toprecycler

At work, our go to carts are made with cast iron wheel castors. I think 6” diameter wheels. They roll pretty well, and don’t necessarily get locked by a grain of sand, although a clean floor definitely helps.

The jet saw at work has the same castors.
The castors are at the outset of the saw base, and the saw is as stable as solid kegs on the floor. The main problem you might have, is if you are sliding a heavy piece into the saw, the saw might roll around.

I modified a frame I had with the same type of wheels for my saw. It rolls nicely. And is stable. I have no fear of it tipping over.


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Originally Posted by Ironman

Yes, just a doggy door in the far wall will do it.

Oh I know casters on the saw would be a nice addition. In time that may happen, or tubing for a pallet jack instead. (Been threatening to do that with the mill for years, but that hasn’t happened yet either.)

Even if it had wheels though, I think once it gets to it’s location, it’ll be so boxed in that moving it won’t really be an option.

So some form of doggy door is in the works. That doggy door will be passing through the back wall, into the space that will become part of the first addition to the shop. (Hoping that happens in 2025.)


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[greywynd]

Yesterday was the last of the big stuff getting re-arranged. The lathe swapped sides in the bay, the welding table went the other way up against the wall. Shaper moved over some, closer to the welding table, and the vertical bandsaw went on the other side.

The welding table I really debated about, until I thought about my ‘normal’ welding use for it. It’s either small jobs, or tig welding most of the time. If sparks on the shaper are a concern, I have fire blanket here that I can cover it with.

Large jobs are usually on the floor away from the table anyway, or outside all together.

A neighbour is coming mid-morning to unload the hydmech saw and get it into the shop. I’ll get that into position and then I can finish dealing with the smaller stuff.




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[camdigger]

Originally Posted by Ironman

Yes, just a doggy door in the far wall will do it.

+1. I worked at a lumberyard as a teen that used a radial arm saw to do custom cuts. The saw bench was only 12’ long but you could cut nearly any lumber in the yard as one end lined up with the overhead door, and the opposite wall had a 12” x12” doggie door in line with the saw bench.

A major oilfield shop in Edmonchuk routinely did thread repair on 30’+ long drill collars and pipe by lining up the large bore lathe with a cutout in the swinging doors, half the cutout in each door. I would often see 25’ of drill collar outside the shop merrily turning away on a roller stand 20’ away from the building with both doors shut tight against Edmonchuk’s winter cold.