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Cutting oversized stock in the 4x6
I've been lurking here for a while, but now have a challenge that could use some input. I have a Detroit Machinery - branded 4x6 saw, manufactured in 1981 in Taiwan. My Dad bought it, and I've
By Lee Schwartz · #15244 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
Thanks Eloy! I guess I just saw what expected to see, sorry about the mis-spell. Appreciate you sharing your experience - jv
By John Vreede · #15243 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
John The grit blade causes more resistance in the kerf especially when the carbide grit starts to wear & get dull. Keep the feed at a reasonable rate & both with cut well for you. Carbide tooth for
By rangerod1 · #15242 ·
Re: [ExternalEmail] Re: [4x6bandsaw] Redesign of the 4x6
Hi, thanks for your comments. Looking forward to see a good product to come out just like waiting baby to burn on this earth. We still have long way to go. Appreciate your support.
By Henry · #15241 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
Thanks Elroy. Does the job shudder worse with grit than teeth? or was that a mistake? (The teeth are more periodic than the the grit so I expected teeth to be worse for shuddering) Industrial bandsaws
By John Vreede · #15240 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
John I used these blades on a Kalamazoo swivel head & a hydraulic power feed DoAll with slipper guides, which worked exceptionally well. The Kala had rollers, both cut reliably & I didn't have issues
By rangerod1 · #15239 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
I'm not sure about the size/thickness of material needing to be cut, but another option to consider is a wet tile saw.? The blades usually are diamond.? You can buy diamond tile saw blades for $14
By Mark Kimball · #15238 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
Hi Elroy You're speaking from experience with carbide toothed blades on a bandsaw. I can see a grit blade working on a 4x6 no problem, but I've always thought that the 4x6 wasn't rigid enough,that
By John Vreede · #15237 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
Whether or not you can use any kind of coolant will depend on whether the customer has any manufacturing specifications restricting it's use on the part. Never used anything but regular coolant used
By rangerod1 · #15236 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
Dave, Diamond blades certainly exist, but I'm not sure how well they would do in this application. I use several saws for slicing rocks for jewelry that range from 24" blade down to a 4" blade that I
By [email protected] · #15235 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
What about diamond coated blades, do they exist? I know they do for circular saws (I recently had to buy one because I was cutting an epoxy counter top which literally turned a fresh carbide blade
By Dave Seiter · #15234 ·
Re: [ExternalEmail] Re: [4x6bandsaw] Redesign of the 4x6
One real problem with ¡°stolen some ideas from other brands¡± is that sometimes those were bad ideas. Especially if the copy, is already a copy. The blade guides on my old green HF version. The
By [email protected] · #15233 ·
Re: Redesign of the 4x6
Hi, Bill: You mentioned some points such as quick vise, hydraulic feeding unit, coolant system, these are exactly the same as other owner's opinions. We have another forum "hobby machinist" those
By Henry · #15232 ·
Re: Redesign of the 4x6
Hi, Joe: To stolen some ideas from other brands is a problem, besides, a small saw don't use very high tech. A manufacture like us can do 100% copy from other brand of saw, but this is not what we
By Henry · #15231 ·
Re: Redesign of the 4x6
Hi, Johnson: it's just a busy lately, i just came up few mins ago to see lots of suggestions here, i and my team need to collect and study a bit, and sometimes designers have different opinions each
By Henry · #15230 ·
Re: Redesign of the 4x6
Hi, John: Lots of information and suggestion you gave us, i think we will have a discuss with our team for these suggestion, it's very useful to us, tks again for support.
By Henry · #15229 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
Carbide tipped blade for solid composites & carbide grit blade for hollow shapes. RodCo FabricationsRodCoFab@... Eloy Rodriguez
By rangerod1 · #15228 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
Sorry TC, didn't think about where you'd get them. Morse offer a range of medium and medium-coarse grit blades both continuous and gulleted in the US in 3/8" and 1/2" wide. Snapon who own the Swedish
By John Vreede · #15227 ·
Re: CUTTING CARBON FIBRE
JOHN VREEDE Esq Yes indeed that helps a stack Much appreciate the prompt and comprehensive response Now will proceed sourcing this Thanks a zillion once again LORD Bless TC aRM
By aRM · #15226 ·
Re: Curious why people need a small bandsaw for DIY?
Hi, Aron: Thank you for the time and sharing with us, your feedback is very objectively and give us different point of view. Most of people tell us why they need this bandsaw machine substantially,
By Henry · #15225 ·