What Did You Buy Today?

[KevinM]

vtcnc, what type of blade did you use for those cuts?

 

[vtcnc]

It is a carbide tipped blade that comes with the saw. 66 tooth I think. Spins at 1450 rpm.


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[vtcnc]

I have the Jancy Slugger version, read up on small diameter stuff, you may have to space it up.

Uncle! Do you have a link or source about safely cutting smaller stuff?


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[rwm]

I have a similar saw(Dewalt). It is weird cutting steel with a coarse tooth saw. But remarkably effective. Do not let your work come loose, you may chip a tooth.
Robert

 

[Papa Charlie]

Almost lost it (the saw, and almost lost my mind) today. I was coming up my street and the FedEx truck was parked in the road right in front of my house. Another vehicle was parked in the other lane blocking any chance I had to get in the driveway. After about 1 minute, I set the timer...4 more minutes pass. In the meantime, my eBay notification comes through that my package was delivered by FedEx!

Hmm. He must have delivered it and Chatty Charlie is keeping him from moving along. Five minutes is a long time when you are watching some guy just block the road for his own pleasure.

Anyway, the blockage clears. I pull into my driveway. No package. I jump back in the car and chase the driver down. He was a little surprised to see me. After asking him where he delivered my saw, we figured out he delivered to 43 Upper Welden, not 43 Upper Newton. He said he would go get it. I beat him to it.

This saw is awesome. I have a big project coming up that will require hundreds of cuts in 2x2x3/16 steel tubing. I don’t have a lot of space or money to drop $1000 or more on a decent bandsaw that will cut square. I considered the abrasive disc route but that’s too slow and no guarantee for square cuts.

To say this thing cuts through butter, cleanly and squarely is not only accurate but a bit of an understatement. Very few burrs, dead straight and square AND an uncanny similarity to cutting wood. It is very strange.

I did have one piece of 1x1x 1/8 angle that kicked and got thrown into the wall. I’m going to need to study up a little more on use.

Also. LOUD. Ear protection is mandatory

Very happy with this saw.


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That issue of angle iron being kicked out is not uncommon. Use a piece of square tubing or bar to provide a solid clamping surface. I have only had this experience with angle as you don't get sufficient clamping surface.

 

[Aukai]

This did not discuss spacing it up, but slower down feed will help kickback. The narrowest tallest presentation to the blade IIRC.
You may need to back it up a bit more....

 

[brino]

Do not let your work come loose, you may chip a tooth.

.....and your saw blade could lose one too!

 

[Aukai]

For the angle iron that would be the 90* up.

 

[rwm]

That's how I cut angle. With the corner up.
Robert

 

[vtcnc]

For the angle iron that would be the 90* up.

So the catch happened on a 45 degree cut on the angle. You can't have the square corner up in that situation. And it caught when the 90 was down and towards me. So when the piece started to drop, it must have pinched just enough for it to catch and throw the drop.

And I figured out quickly that I needed a 1" rod or square to use in the vise to securely grab the angle in these scenarios. So it wasn't because it was moving.