Hydmech DM 1215 Setup, Level & First Use

This video shows us getting our new Hydmech DM1215 bandsaw setup, level and ready to cut. I'm loving the upgraded features this saw has with the work light, variable band speed and coolant wash-down nozzle. Cleaning up the swarf is made easy by the addition of a removable chip container. This saw has a round capacity of 12" and will miter cut in both directions. It's a nicely equipped and well machine machine that is going to be a great asset to our new shop.
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[@rickmellor]

Tools making parts for themselves is my favorite thing.

[@zumbazumba1]

Its even better when damaged tool makes replacement part for itself -its like self healing :) Once gear tooth broke on milling machine -it was from feeding gearbox so we made a new one on that mill,we did all the feed by hand but mill made part for itself .

[@KJ6EAD]

It's fine as long as it requires human control because if not you'd soon have Skynet using your body as raw material. 😉

[@francisschweitzer8431]

Thunder Stolen. Lol

[@wr30025728]

I can't wait for the day we can speak to the computer and tell it to make us a starship Enterprise. 😀

[@nancyp3949]

I always wondered how they made the first lathe when they didn’t have a lathe to make the parts 😂

[@bulfin21]

Sitting on the banks of the Elbe in Dresden having a beer and watching Abom79 work his magic, life is good

[@yak-machining]

Wie viel Grad habt ihr es bei euch?

[@bulfin21]

@@yak-machining on holidays, unfortunately I don't read German, but enjoying the concert here

[@yak-machining]

@@bulfin21 sorry my fault, thought you were a german haha

[@Weldahh]

My favorite part about these videos is seeing how a machinist with years of experience sets up his shop and new machine. Its just as important how a shop is laid out as it is making parts.

[@iblong9505]

I'm not a machinist, engineer or even a mechanic, but I find your content so interesting and informative that I sometimes feel like one. Great editing too, by the way.

[@AlejoMX5]

I’m here at home so excited watching someone clean a new machine I’ll never be able to afford.

[@ydonl]

The word is "vicarious." :)

[@pilgrimm23]

My chop saw is some no-name Taiwan thing I picked up used at Goodwill, then rebuilt. I took apart the gears and repacked them with grease, replaced 2 bearings, new blade. and put some new tension bolts on it. It doesn't have a collant pump or sump, but a spray bottle full of WD-40 and a stool works. My shop is poor. By the way Adam: a new saw, PM lathe, new mill. also a CNC machine. WOW. My little Precision Mathews hobby drill/mill took me selling my spare car for the money to buy it. You have BUCKS my man. Hope all is well with you your lady and family good vids. You are my guru :)

[@AlejoMX5]

He does this for a living and I bet the bank owns most of it for now. He’s shown at least over 80k worth of tools for this shop. Usually people start with used tools. This guy doing it right. This is his bread and butter. I also wish him the best!

[@pilgrimm23]

@@AlejoMX5 OH i realize; been wathing him for years. he is what I aspire to.

[@zumbazumba1]

@@pilgrimm23 Good sir ! May i recommend a 5L water bottle with a hole drilled in a cap? Then all you do is buy one of those saline infusion kits from apothecary and glue the end that goes into the bottle to a cap. The part that has a needle can be wrapped with copper wire and then you can glue one end of wire to a neodymium magnet.That way you can attach it anywhere you want and move it to fit your needs . Build a stand for bottle and you will have a portable gravity fed coolant system you can use around shop !

[@kurtfrancis4621]

Cut-off saws...one of the first items I learned to use as a co-op way back when in my days as a mechanical engineering yute.

[@neilpuckett359]

That's a nice saw the way you take care of your machines that thing will last you 25 years.

[@joewhitney4097]

Great video on the new Saw. Nice tool, I love the moveable jaw clamping system. Thanks for sharing.

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

The features and layout of that 1215 make cutting enjoyable. 👍 😃

[@Abrikosmanden]

Man, that smile, Adam! - It just makes me so happy! I first found your channel back slightly before the motorcycle piston video. I wasn't quite caught, even though your skills and the content was interesting, because it all seemed a bit gloomy. I still followed along, though, and I'm so happy to have witnessed how you've somewhat "blossomed" over time to the person you are now :) Congrats on your succes in life and business! Lots of love to you and Abby!!!

[@KimbrellBrad]

That "waterfall of coolant" is likely what carries more chips to the pan. Beautiful saw!

[@incubatork]

Nice saw, mine is probably the most popular bandsaw on the market, the 4" similar to the harbour freight model(hevily modified) model. On my first machine I cleaned off every last bit of Kosmaline I could find, now I'm forever using rust inhibitor. On my lathe I only cleaned of the necessary so as not to get dirty fingers(its the hard drying type of Kosmaline) Now I only need to treat the main parts with inhibitor, saves a lot of chemicals but the factory treatment is still protecting the rest of the machine, its not pretty if you look behind it or under the carriage but its factory protected. I supose the factory did a lot of research to protect their machines till they are sold, maybe years after production.

[@ronniedavis3273]

Congratulations Adam! Look forward to seeing all this coming together!

[@65BAJA]

Damn, that thing is nice. And here I am over here with my 20 year old Enco gear drive 7x12 band saw. It works though. Does everything I need anyway.

[@MarcErkens]

And there is it again that SMILE of having nice new equipment :-)

[@BerndGiegerich]

I love that Christmas morning smile in your face in those videos 🙂

[@NSResponder]

You got all the coolest toys! Hope it serves you as well as you expect it to.

[@forthrightnight]

Christmas in July, gotta love it. I'm really enjoying seeing you enjoy the fruits of your success. Your's and Keith Fenner's channels were the first machinist channels I subscribed to, many years ago, somewhere around SNS 31. As Mr. Streeter commented; very strange seeing all this new equipment. lol.

[@Plexico41522]

As easy as those leveling bolts seemed to turn you might want take them out and add a jam nut on them so once you get your high set then you can tighten the nut down and they wont loosen back up over time. I probably would worry about it now but after you move it for the next machine would be a good time to add the jam nuts.

[@Garth2011]

Very handy machine to any shop. Higher end saw than most shops would have but this is an owner operator shop !

[@jimdean7335]

That is the nicest saw I’ve ever seen, I’m very jealous.

[@leebarnhart831]

Man I like that vise set up! Move to either side of blade with no accuracy loss. That saw has so many great features. I can see why you chose that brand.

[@praetorxian]

Nice piece of kit, and you already have shiny nice things.

[@geckoproductions4128]

I need one of those...........for less than a thousand, delivered. Good on ya Adam, congratulations!

[@singleshot2218]

Very nice addition Adam! Hello to Abby, take care, stay safe! God bless!

[@FunkFPV]

You got the best toys 😁

[@JackS425]

We put our roll-in saw on leveling casters at work and its been a great addition. We can scoot the saw around if need be and level it up really quickly. Ours are just from mc master, part number 2445T64 for example. For sure worth looking into

[@kaydog2008]

A small shower door squeegee makes quick work of the coolant clean up. 👈😉👍

[@garbo8962]

OSHA came into my work p!ace years ago and wrote up violations for every machine that was feed from a cord into a receptacle or twist lock that was not on wheels. Other words what some people call fixed in p!ace then it must be hard wired. Looks like best in class saw. We had two Kalamazoo saws and I asked them to have our sheet metal guy make up deep pans so I could instal! Coolant pumps but they never got around to it. As a sparky was a!ways amazed how much coolant ( we always called it soup ) that you could make out of a 5 gallon pail.

[@bobengelhardt856]

@@jamesdrake2378 Until (if?) he does paid-for machining.

[@billh230]

A suggestion, if I may: You mention needing to move the saw at least once in the near future. 1) mark the pads at what position they're at. Just a simple 1-4 on the pads and the corresponding locations will do. 2) A paint mark around the pad at the floor will be helpful in relocating the daw back to it:s original location.

[@davidmott2090]

new shop is coming along nicely

[@Smallathe]

Very cool. Lovely new saw - enjoy!

[@zumbazumba1]

Wow thats so cool -they even put wire wheel brush at 21:10 to clean chips from teeth.

[@russellstarr9111]

The ancient Kalamazoo at my shop has that feature.

[@mattcyr3342]

@@russellstarr9111 Ive worked at 2 different shops that had Kalamazoos. One has 2 "Inserts" that you stick in and it cleans the blade, The other just had a wire wheel.

[@russellstarr9111]

@@mattcyr3342 How old are they. The one I use was built in the fifties.

[@electrosolve991]

If you don’t already have one, a small squeegee will help put the coolant back in the tank when cleaning up.

[@nestorsanchez9870]

Muy buena herramienta. Felicitaciones por tu adquisición !!!

[@ke0kie]

I've got a chopper myself I think it's a JET from the 90s...this is sooooo much more sophisticated would love to upgrade

[@lisaburnett3368]

Adam.. May l make a suggestion ! Make a stainless steel basket that fits in the coolant stream as it returns to the sump. That will strain out all the cuttings from the saw blade. I did it for mine.... stops the sump getting nasty and keeps my coolant cleaner for longer.

[@c0mputer]

Unsure if you saw but this does have what you’re talking about. He pulled out a tray that has a screen on it. The sump is in the base of the machine and the chip tray separates the chips so you can dump them out. Unless you mean a SECOND separator screen?

[@zumbazumba1]

No matter what you do the semi -synthetic slurry will go bad due to bacteria in water eventually . Unless you coat your tank(electroplating )with copper which kills bacteria ,maybe throw some copper wire in the tank too. I guess small 1% of copper sulphate added to mix wont hurt . Synthetic oil has bacteria killing agents know to cause chemicals to cancerous state of California. Thats why they last longer without smell.

[@btfou]

New tool day!!!

[@CraigLYoung]

Dang! Wish I had that Heavy Duty Degreassor when I was in the Army.

[@BruceBoschek]

When you poured in the coolant it ran out the chip drawer. I think you need to pour directly into the slot at the top so it doesn't run along the wall of the tank. Super saw. I'm sure it will suit you well, just as the other one has.

[@AntiDot70]

Did I hear new machine coming over soon, next to that Hydmech? Yay!!

[@paulhunt598]

This Hyd Mech looks like the little brother to the Hyd Mech we purchased 10 years ago. We were very disappointed in our saw and the support for repairs was equally disappointing. This was a shame, because the Hyd Mech was full of features, but was poorly built and used cheap materials where premium materials were required. We ran out saw around the clock in a high production environment. A job shop would likely not have the issues we suffered. In spite of my Hyd Mech distasteful after taste, I am jealous to have one like Adam's in my home shop.

[@matthewf1979]

Man that’s a nice bandsaw!

[@RANDOMNATION907]

Cool new Tool , Beautiful Flag , carry on.

[@martineastburn3679]

If it doesn't have a filter on it, it works very nice - a hydrollic filter - get the base and screw on filters. It takes the small chips out from hammering the work and blade. My blades last longer and the screw on filter lasts for years depending on use. I lost one to rust as the oil needed changing. That was 8 years of use.

[@KJ6EAD]

Hopefully there's something like that on the intake of the coolant pump. New, with no restrictions, it's got enough excess capacity to run a multilevel, decorative coolant fountain while cutting. 😉

[@beezul]

Hydraulic filter might not work, if it's a paper element type. The paper swells up when exposed to water (as soluble oil is) and severely restricts flow. A mesh type filter, very fine, would be OK.

[@martineastburn3679]

@@beezul Bob - this is oil base water. And i have done it on my shop saw. Oil takes to the paper (if paper) and lasts. I hand one last for years. It rusted as the oil stopped flowing and it went idle for several years. I took it apart and it was full of iron. You know Fe something. I screwed on another and now need to make more oil water .

[@patrickcolahan7499]

That is a very nice saw. Way beyond my needs or means, but would love to own one. Thanks for sharing.

[@Ddabig40mac]

Cool thing about that lamp is that it casts a shadow line of the blade onto the part. It shows both sides of the saw kerf on the part. Where using the laser line the saw tracks to one side or the other.

[@GAS1950]

Adam nice saw. But you need a stop for production of several equal length pieces .look into making a cam stop if one is not available for your saw.

[@brianguest561]

nice saw 13k way out of my price range

[@blueovaltrucker]

It's so puurrddy...shop is shaping right up.

[@greglaroche1753]

That’s one heck of a saw!

[@fricknjeep]

NICE SAW step up from the duall john

[@johnsandry9294]

When you make water soluble coolant, just use the glug measurement scale....it's not SAE or metric, it just works!

[@ZahidKhan-tj8ty]

Best Toy I like.

[@peteengard9966]

Can't wait to see that CNC lathe doing its job.

[@BedsitBob]

Wouldn't it have been a good idea, to put locknuts on those adjusting screws?

[@ronnydowdy7432]

I like the new bandsaw.

[@floridaflywheelersantiquee7578]

Like it thanks for sharing

[@jeffpitzer8521]

Whenever you put a new blade on you want to make about 10 cuts at a painfully slow feed rate in some relatively large solid stock...2" or so... this will "set" the teeth and make the blade last a lot longer...also need to select a tooth spacing appropriate for the material you're cutting. Thin wall tubing many teeth per inch...big solid stock fewer teeth per inch..should have at least 3 teeth engaged in the material at all times. Hope this helps you and your viewers...I have years of experience selling, setting up, and servicing band saws for my customers.

[@casycasy5199]

great looking saw

[@swampy1584]

Thats a well thought out machine

[@steveshoemaker6347]

THANKS ADAM....ANS THAT BIG SMILE.....Shoe🇺🇸

[@ntobergta]

Looking at the boxes in the corner to see what’s coming… Or what Abbie is getting for Christmas 😄

[@stargazer7644]

The boxes in the corner are the table for the saw.

[@vicmiller7191]

it looked like you had a saw cam set up LOL , looking good Adam.

[@Orgakoyd]

It would be nice if you bought a Roll-In EF1459 saw for the new shop!

[@davidstreeter9426]

How on earth can you tolerate having a machine to use that's not ancient and badly worn? I didn't realize that it was allowable to actually use a brand new machine!

[@dc9039]

I really enjoy watching your videos but, I don’t understand why you are putting all this work into setting up this shop when you said you will only be there a year or two?

[@stargazer7644]

Because his home shop will be down while he moves.

[@sawboneiomc8809]

I think I’d make an attachment that clamps to the top of the backstop and hangs down so you can have a guide that you can make multiple cut pieces of the same size.

[@pangroszek3498]

I would use a counter bolts on screws to screws when properly leveled. Vibrations may change the leveling.

[@zumbazumba1]

Its a band saw ,there are not that many vibrations +the body is heavy so it will absorb it.

[@KJ6EAD]

I wonder if all those steel feet Adam's made for the machines will need paint to avoid rust. I know there's some chrome in the alloy but maybe not enough nickel to prevent discoloration.

[@pangroszek3498]

@@zumbazumba1 It is only my opinion but i would do so. Additional pads and a counter nut from the bottom would increase stability because nut would add additional support by pad on whole "mounting ear" not only on the screws thread in "mounting ear"

[@a.bakker64]

@@KJ6EAD if he made them out of stainless there won’t be any rust stains on the floor 😉

[@hasletjoe5984]

When you say Toe Jack, I think of Telly Savalas (Kojack!).

[@zumbazumba1]

I dont know how much it is in those crazy american units but i always mixed a 2x plastic cup -200ml of oil to 10 L of water. It should give roughly 4% mix which is usable for most machines.Its a little watery for threading i think should be 6% but for lathe work and milling machine cutting it worked great. Its very easy to calculate with metric system and get very close to desired % .Factory i apprenticed in even used some kind of device but thats totaly unecessary for cutting fluids unless you are using a cnc machine with spray nozzle. 10L of water = 10.000 mili liters so 4% is 400 ml (aka 2 cups) ,5% would be 500ml (2 and half cups) etc . . . If you want to find it for 1 liter you just remove 0 so 4% is 40 ml .

[@a.bakker64]

In my workshop I used, when cutting carbon steel, 6 - 7%. On stainless 10 - 15 %.

[@zumbazumba1]

@@a.bakker64 In this video he is using semi-synthetic oil which gives white milk look . Usually they are mixed with 3-10% ratio ,depending on operation . There are also synthetic oils which have green or bluish transparent color when mixed ,ratio is usually 3-5%. They are used in grinding operations and other operations that need more of a chip removal . I assume you use same semi synthetic coolant oil as in video. Those coolants have mineral oils in them. Oil is great for lubrication but -it reduces cooling ability of water. Since cutting stainless steel produces shiton of heat you might water down your solution to 8-10% . Also make sure you have plenty of coolant running 18l/h is minimum ,for heavy operations it should be 20 to 30L/min. Its all about balance .

[@jwrappuhn71]

Excellent.

[@MyShopNotes]

Great saw

[@catfishgray3696]

GREAT VIDEO...LET'S GO TO WORK...

[@chrisbaker3844]

I would have thought that on a machine that cost over $12,000 dollars you would have had more than 4 nuts and bolts as feet.

[@silasmarner7586]

You'd have thought that, but he doesn't.

[@fzriow]

How ridiculous! I guess if you bought a car for a lot of money would you'd want more than 4 wheels on that too? It's hardly heavy, what gives you the impression that more feet is more quality? $12,000 is about standard for a new saw, for fully auto you'd be looking at 50k plus

[@RobertKohut]

Impressive saw... 🙂

[@iancoupe20v43]

nice machine

[@richie4540]

That is one nice bandsaw

[@colinfahidi9983]

8:43 CRC Soluble oil. My favourite.

[@davidmasters9793]

I have an older kama band saw ( I think made by the same company) not as many features as yours I added a flushing sprayer to mine, point being .003 out of square, thats a good saw!

[@billrotundo7814]

impressive!!!!

[@ecky_thump]

Nice saw 🪚 👍🇬🇧

[@1959rossco]

I’m jealous

[@ydonl]

Nice!

[@tom7601]

Slick!

[@rodneywroten2994]

nice machine Adam

[@troywee4774]

cool. cheers.

[@jonathanpersson1205]

You should put stop on it for cutting multiple pieces to the same length

[@KJ6EAD]

With the new shop nearing it's full complement of equipment, I find myself hoping to see some small multi-piece production jobs run through it. I guess psychologically at least, that would make it feel like it's paying off. Of course I don't know the financials on the shop and I'm aware that sponsorship, ad revenue and other content creation factors alter the net from what it would be for an ordinary job shop.

[@colinfahidi9983]

Well you kind of answered your own question. It's not an ordinary job shop, rather a machining content creation studio/showroom where Abom meticulously explains the setting up of and the features of various items of equipment. Most informative too, especially for those looking to buy. An ordinary job shop wouldn't be able to devote much time for that.

[@KJ6EAD]

@@colinfahidi9983 Yeah, kind of, but if I didn't mention all the conditionals, several people would have raised them in denigrating and condescending ways.

[@passipassi100]

the coolant pump is sucking up air, maybe you should add some more coolant.

[@michaelthacker6121]

Thats why the handle sprayer is barely working. its not got enough coolant to run all the sprayers and the handle sprayer. If you watch when he hits it the nozzles almost dry up. I'm sure it has a minimum but seems he didn't read the booklet.

[@marty2872]

Maybe the big coolant waterfall is to keep the coolant cooler.

[@jasoneverett8491]

Hey Adam, when you poor the coolant in, you can see a bit of it coming out from around the chip drawer. Is the fluid running down the right-hand side of the drawer while it's inside the machine, because it didn't look like you missed.

[@RobertKohut]

Great video... :-)

[@a.bakker64]

Adam, you need a refracto meter to measure your coolant, % oil/water ☺️

[@zumbazumba1]

Its not a rocket science to calculate 5%(500 ml) out of 10L bucket . It doesnt have to be super precise to a three decimals . it will have same effect with 4.8% or with 5.2 % .

[@silasmarner7586]

He'll use gas spectrometry.

[@thepotterer3726]

I would've gone for something much larger for the pads - also lock nuts.

[@stargazer7644]

Why? All he's trying to do is protect the concrete from the bolts.

[@thepotterer3726]

@@stargazer7644 You are wrong. Even if you were right it would be achieved with larger pads and locknuts.

[@stargazer7644]

@@thepotterer3726 Okay Einstein, what exactly do you think the pads are for?

[@chrisv4640]

nice

[@bill53uk]

when is the shop going to start working. Its been a long time

[@colinfahidi9983]

It is working.

[@stargazer7644]

He has a working shop

[@douglasharley2440]

*_sick_** saw!* 😍

[@nezamshalchi]

can you share the link for soluble oil you using ? I couldn't find it online . or add to your amazon store if you can please .