Nothing wrong with that.
Free is a very good price, and also my favorite! ;)
Until you do add a cylinder, for occasional cuts in thin materials, it¡¯s easy enough to control the feed rate by hand. A friend has a HF saw, and that¡¯s what he does for exhaust tubing etc.
Bill
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On Feb 23, 2020, at 8:00 AM, Terry Coombs <snagone@...> wrote:
?On 2/23/2020 9:43 AM, Bill Armstrong wrote:
On Feb 23, 2020, at 7:37 AM, Terry Coombs <snagone@...> wrote:
?On 2/23/2020 9:23 AM, Chris Hibbert wrote:
Brand new owner and want to buy a good Lenox blade. I¡¯ll be cutting bar stock from 1/4¡± through 1¡± and angle iron up to 2¡±x2¡±x1/4¡± and square tubing 1/8¡± thick 2¡±x2¡±. All mild steel. What would be my best blade selection if I only selected one blade? Many thanks.
I like a bimetal 10/14 for most cutting . Sometimes I put a finer blade on for thin stock . Rule of thumb is that you need at least 3 teeth in the material you're cutting . I've stripped teeth by not following that rule ... and blades ain't cheap so I'm more careful now .
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Snag
The easiest solution for cutting thin material with a 10-14 blade, is a down-feed control cylinder. My Grizzly saw came with a cylinder, which was one of the reasons I chose it over the HF.
Bill
I had no choice , my saw was a gift for helping a friend of a friend clean up the mess from 3 (yes 3 !) big oak trees that smashed his shop . One of these days I [plan on building a cylinder for mine . Gotta find my spare roundtuit first though ... until then I'll just keep on keepin' on .
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