bosch turns it into a chop saw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3aN6WPsb20&feature=youtu.beif someone wants to build any band saw stand, it might be a good idea to start with a bosche saw because it has mounting holes and an aluminum body.. so if you are new and getting into metal work you could potentially buy one tool and build 2 adapters (the one in thread and copy bosche one)
https://www.ebayshopkorea.com/itm/Bosch-1XR-Mount-for-GCB-120-Band-Saw/253082432377its not the cheapest thing in the world, you can make something precise enough for a chop saw probably (maybe better project then building your own lathe!!)
3x the cost of a bouer HF one though (but I don't even go to that store anymore since their ultrasonic cleaner broke off the glue and started melting through the bottom of the chassis! fuck horror freight. I also could not figure out why there was water in the bottom of the ultrasonic on the electronics.. I was going crazy.. I realized just now (6 months later) that the tank is actually 3 pieces! there is a hidden lip under the lid, so its not like they formed the rim of the container as the seal, there is another bit.. so if it splashes around the tank water gets on the HV electronics! piece of shit! They could not get their metal forming operation right, so they put a plastic adapter that fits the lid 'nice'. But guess what, water condenses on the lid and drips through the seal into the FUCKING POWER SUPPLY. Also, they mounted a PSU on the fucking bottom rather then make it wider and put it on the side so at least water does not pool down there.
I am going to take it apart, add mesh screens on the vent holes to minimize splash, drill a hole on the bottom so it actually drains if water gets in, and conformal coat the PCB, and add silicone flowable adhesives in the inside of the rim. Even when it looks good its partially completed LOL.
Oh yea, and add a membrane over the keypad because water gets in through the buttons. oh and probobly redo the loose crimps and adhesive mount them. (loose trollex connectors). Or just fucking throw it out. And drill some holes on top of the PCB so water can drain instead of silently doing electrolysis.
Guess it needs 'water cooling' to run right??
Oh right, I remember what happened to the old band saw, that I think was HF. It broke, but before it broke it had a incident where some how the saw blade slipped off the rotation disks and started cutting into the chassis (so when it was dislodged, it still had enough energy from one of the spinning disks to cut into itself). I don't remember the exact mechanics of how it happened, must have been in like 2006. And the switch broke before it smoked up too. Same thing happened with the little HF shop vac, bad switch.. but it also happened to the delta miter saw (though, that thing was from the 80's)
and, I am pretty sure you know,but AVE does some analysis on HF tools to show actual weak points (instead of just like obvious cost cutting ease of use (typically HF user is like "im a manly man I can get around that little problem with bad grip etc".. he actually diagnosis the problems that actually can effect the skilled/determined people takes some complicated mechanical analysis (non obvious) to justify the use of good power tools other then just being 'fancy' and 'expensive').
Also, due to having a HF user in the house, I had the displeasure of dropping one of the adjustable angle head ratchets and having it explode when it fell 3 feet off a table. A new one too.. I actually thought it might be good and was questioning my more expensive brand name purchases before a ball bearing flew off into the darkness... (they really figured out how to make shitty ratchets look good now).
I can't imagine having a shop filled with HF crap. Just fixing the ultrasonic cleaner is a big effort.. its like 6 mods to make it safe/good (then I am sure some unobtanium flyback transformer will fry). Do you have a 3rd eye for this shit after a while
Though, I noticed in general, anything with fluids, even like high end VWR gear that is expensive (i.e. pump controller).. is built like shit. 1000$ unit looks like it was a point to point wired bootleg budget knockoff stereo made in 1950. Like first year college EE protoboard.. but with solder. Tumbleweed. Not neat nice point to point wiring.. I am talking like it just being stuffed in there. Hot plates are great, but as soon as it has a any kind of pump fittings on it or whatever, my hair stands on the back of my head.