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Same price on their website. Carbon steel is a lot cheaper than bimetal.
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Portaband an alternative (Milwaukee)
Another option for small dimensional stuff is a Portaband saw with a table like this.
http://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-V40-...able_p_63.html Pro's - variable speed, more power than you will ever need, blades are relatively cheap and last a long time (available at Home Depot or Lowes), blades change fast, will cut steel/aluminum/SS, you can use it to cut a lot of different stuff (pipes, structural steel, I-beams, etc.), it is portable. Con's - expensive (but table and saw is heavy duty) , not for making long cuts I have the Milwaukee and I really like it although I have not used it a lot yet. This would be a multi-purpose tool and not for everyone I realize. It is not for cutting big sheets but for small stuff it is great. Also the fact you can cut THICK steel or stock is a plus to me. Just a FYI. |
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One day a friend was over at my house checking out the progress on the plane. I lured him over for beer, but little did he know he was going to get a riveting lesson so that I could possibly use him in the future for help <insert evil laugh>. He's very good with tools, so I mentioned the problems I had with the band saw. So we plugged it in and tested it. He agreed that the saw wasn't working correctly. He tinkered with it for a few minutes, adjusting this and tightening that. He then asked me, "What about this lower pulley?" I said it was static and didn't need any adjusting. I had cleaned it with alcohol and gotten off any oil or metal shavings that I could find. He said there is an adjustment here. You can put the drive belt on a larger diameter hub on the pulley. He showed me where he was talking about and I couldn't believe it. I had never once noticed that there. We took tension off of the motor mount and put the drive belt on the newly discovered pulley. We reassembled everything and powered it up. It sounded more determined, less dainty than it had before. I fed a scrap piece of oak flooring into it and the saw never missed a beat. It cut it perfectly. I tested it on some scrap angle and it mowed through that like it was nothing. I think it would cut marble if I tried it. So, if you've got an under powered band-saw, I hope this will help you just like it helped me. |
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