you can cut thin brass with the fret saw, the nice thing about the Uni fret saw is that it will take jewelers saw blades., which cut brass quite easily. that being said i would recommend making a blade guide, possibly spring loaded to tension some of the finer? blades,
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 12:17:20 PM PDT, Carl <carl.blum@...> wrote:
Hello
Gang:
I have
the Unimat circular table saw, and it is a much better saw
than my Harbor Freight stand alone. Mainly because you can
slow the blade down to a speed where it doesn't melt plastic.
I've tried to slow the HF saw down electrically, but it looses
too much torque to be useful. The same may be true for the
fret saw??
Carl.
On 4/28/2020 2:16 PM, Neil Morrison
wrote:
MOO: Sell it. They sell for collector prices.?
You can buy a good standalone saw for much less money and
you can get the parts for those.?
You could probably buy a small table saw as well and still
have money?left over.
Neil
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 7:41
AM OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker=[email protected]>
wrote:
How
useful is the Unimat round cast iron fret saw? I have a new
unused in original package feet saw. This is the unit with no
blade guide. I am a little short on shop space and trying to
decide if this is something I should move on to a new home.
Would this saw be useful for cutting brass sheet for
locomotive building etc?
Dick
