Carl, you are letting the cut through the wood control the speed of the cut, interesting where do you find oak pallets? Most seem to be scrap pine.
On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 11:43 AM Carl Hollopeter <
chollo@...> wrote:
Clamp thin wall tubing in the vise with a piece of wood next to it, more
consistent than hand feeding. I break down old oak pallets for this purpose,
(poor man's down-feed control)
Carl H
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Armstrong
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2020 10:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [4x6bandsaw] The blade. What¡¯s the best all-around?
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
> On Feb 23, 2020, at 8:00 AM, Terry Coombs <snagone@...> wrote:
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> ?On 2/23/2020 9:43 AM, Bill Armstrong wrote:
>>> On Feb 23, 2020, at 7:37 AM, Terry Coombs <snagone@...> wrote:
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>>> ?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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>> 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
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>? ?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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