Thread: Metal Cut Off Saw

Originally Posted by Gavin Newman

And that's a conservative estimate. And of course no lathe is complete without a mill at it's tooling, it's a disease that is easily caught, almost impossible to shake off and so enjoyable.

Besides, if you didn't spend it on worthwhile stuff for the workshop you'd only fritter it away on fripperies such as food, bills, dresses for the wife and so on.

You forgot the rotary table @ $300+

The thing with the band saw is that it allows you to cut tool steels without excessive heat.
Abrasive chop saws are no good for cutting carbon tool steels as they will harden them up and make turning or milling more difficult or impossible.
A chop saw goes with a welder and a bandsaw goes with a lathe /mill but a bandsaw can do both without the noise , vibration , fumes and black git everwhere of the chop saw.
However for cutting lots of tube a chop saw can be quicker than a bandsaw and not risk breaking blade teeth on thin wall sections .
However for cutting solid bar a bandsaw will give a much better and neater cut without over heating as long as correct blade is used.

Thanks guys, much appreciated. I have a much better idea of the situation.

Looks like the answer is more discipline. Use the hacksaw for those couple of hours a year and all problems are solved. But that would take away even more time that I should be spending clearing a path through the mess, wouldn't it? (it is metres,,,)

I know it is a bit out of the subject, I just wated to show you an old metal bandsaw with a welder attached I have. The ida was to drill a hole in stuff, cut the sawband, put one end through the hole, weld the ends together and then be able to saw from the middle . One pic. the maschine second a form for a clayextruder, made on it.
Erik

Hi

Whilst looking through the tool shop at the local Bunnings branch this morning, I notice a cold metal cutting saw made by Ozita with a tipped cutter for around the $350 mark.

As anyone bought one of these? If so, I would be interested to hear your view(s) on it.

Cheers
MH