Re: The blade. What¡¯s the best all-around?
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Last time I remember getting hardwood pallets, was with a truck load of cinderblocks, but that was 15 years ago. Not sure if they are still using hardwood these days.
Might be worth a look at a Home Depot or Lowes to see what they have to give away. Busted pallets would work fine, and they generally toss ¡®em in a dumpster.
Wood stove pellets come on pine pallets. I have a ton of ¡®em. One of these days, I¡¯ll find a use for the things, besides taking up space!
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Bill
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On Behalf Of Ralph Hulslander
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 8:57 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [4x6bandsaw] The blade. What¡¯s the best all-around?
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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.
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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
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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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