Thread: Taiwanese saws

funny that's the same size of stock that destroyed my band saws gearbox but to be fair the gear was replaced with an ill-fitting one

4-6-4, any idea what railway axles are made of?

4-6-4,

I've tried to avoid the oriental stuff but after a fair bit of prompting by other forum members I dropped 300 bucks on H and F's cheapest bandsaw. Being lazy, I have done nothing to improve the saw other than replace the useless original blade. I really like the thing even if it is chintzy. Sadly my beautiful Lotze power hacksaw sulks in the corner, unused.

BT

Those cheap Asian saws sure look crappy, but as you say - they do the job.
I also have a Lotze hacksaw that I haven't tried yet, and thought it might be better. Is it much out-performed by the bandsaw?

Jordan

Originally Posted by nadroj

Those cheap Asian saws sure look crappy, but as you say - they do the job.
I also have a Lotze hacksaw that I haven't tried yet, and thought it might be better. Is it much out-performed by the bandsaw?

Jordan

Again sadly, I would say yes. The Lotze is wonderful to watch, the bandsaw is not.

Greetings chaps, I will try and find out what material the Railways used in their axels. It is defiantly tougher than MS. I will find out when I cut the thread in the nut. I use a Bi Metal blade from a band saw mob locally. When I was given this machine (given) it cut square, Amazing as the other one I had would not. The blade I suspect is on its last legs as I have been cutting high tensile all thread for my Mill as I have said before any thing over 1/4 inch get the band saw treatment. Best of luck. 4-6-4

Originally Posted by 4-6-4

Greetings chaps I had to cut some material for a locomotive nut today, I did it on my Taiwanese terror Band saw. .....

Must say I agree on the effectiveness of the saws - mine is further along the evolution chain in term of Asian manufacturer - mechanically less refined but the motor is well behaved compared to the Taiwanese one Dad has - in Dad's the starting current on the motor trips the shed circuit breaker ~20% of the time. (ELCB fine, just CB -- the theory has been one day it will die -- still going after 30 years - 20 of which was in a different shed on a fuse with no such "tripping" issues)

Talking "trickity" is that blue stuff on the power cable what it looks like ...
Did the cable get

• too hot
• too close
• just a a design feature that came with saw when purchased? (hence the "terror" in the name.)

Dear David, The blue stuff is electricians tape I had to replace the motor that came with it eventually died. and I have not had time to replace it. All my machinery lives at Newport Railway Workshops so I do not have time at night to attack the little jobs. My Arno mill suffers from the same problem I had to extend the lead to get to the power point. The powers that be will eventually catch up with me and I will have to do something about it. The Arno has two of the oldest fuses I have seen I suspect they are cotinental origin.
Yours 4-6-4