SIP 12" Bandsaw insert

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I was after a zero-clearance insert for my bandsaw so I made this one from the customiser. This fits a 12-inch SIP No1486 bandsaw. It's a nice tight fit (I used a rubber mallet to tap it in) and once in place, you might need to turn the bandsaw wheel a little just so that you can add a little more clearance. A customized version of http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1024418 was used as inspiration for this design. Here are the print settings: Printer Brand is RepRap. The Printer being used is Fisher. No rafts were necessary when printing this design. No supports were required for this part either. The resolution needed was .2mm. A 100% infill was used, but it really doesn't need that. Instructions can be found below: kerf_width is set to 1.5 kerf_crud_drainage is turned off at 0. sub_thickness is set to 0. units are displayed as numbers with no metric conversions used. thickness needs to be .5 units, and must stay consistent throughout the design. bottom_chamfer must measure a minimum of 5 inches or it will fail completely. The bottom_d setting needs to be above this, at around 30 units (in metric). key_width has no purpose other than as decorative, but was used here with zero real function. The sub_dia must stay blank, unless specified otherwise for printing and not the design file. print_orientation must default back to .25. This may have to be altered when placing in a bandsaw of its own to reach required tolerances. The top_chamfer needs a slight adjustment after every print as per needed adjustments or so, you can never have enough! In all the designs it really matters because with little variations they tend not always go exactly right. It is possible that your desired output does not end up meeting desired goals which causes lots of stress for beginners especially due high failure rate associated inexperienced user