On 10/31/2024 8:01 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vg0t6n$2rop8$1@dont-email.me...
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I thought I "needed" a vertical metal cutting saw in the shop so I
bought it.  I admit I have cut metal with it.  With the right blade it
is okay for aluminum, and marginally capable of mild steel cutting.  I
have managed to make some cuts in alloy with it, but the torque at lower surface speeds is so low you work harden it pretty quickly with the
light cuts you are forced to make and not stall the saw.
...

I used to run a lot of communication cable in schools, net, phone,
video, tv, telemetry, etc. Often we would have the master keys working
at night or on the weekend. Except for a few dedicated teachers we
would have the place to ourselves. I recall in one maintenance shop
they had a gigantic old Rockwell (just said Rockwell I looked) vertical
band saw. I couldn't help but turn it on and make a couple cuts. Oh,
that was a serious machine. Nothing stopped it. I told the head IT guy
if he ever saw it at auction let me know. It sounded like it might have
had a bearing going, but for a machine like that I wouldn't care about
fixing it.


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CNC Molds N Stuff

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On 11/2/2024 12:55 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vg5olf$3t2d5$1@dont-email.me...

On 10/31/2024 8:01 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vg0t6n$2rop8$1@dont-email.me...
...
I thought I "needed" a vertical metal cutting saw in the shop so I
bought it.  I admit I have cut metal with it.  With the right blade it
is okay for aluminum, and marginally capable of mild steel cutting.  I
have managed to make some cuts in alloy with it, but the torque at lower
surface speeds is so low you work harden it pretty quickly with the
light cuts you are forced to make and not stall the saw.
...

I used to run a lot of communication cable in schools, net, phone,
video, tv, telemetry, etc.  Often we would have the master keys working
at night or on the weekend.  Except for a few dedicated teachers we
would have the place to ourselves.  I recall in one maintenance shop
they had a gigantic old Rockwell (just said Rockwell I looked) vertical
band saw.  I couldn't help but turn it on and make a couple cuts.  Oh,
that was a serious machine.  Nothing stopped it.  I told the head IT guy
if he ever saw it at auction let me know.  It sounded like it might have
had a bearing going, but for a machine like that I wouldn't care about
fixing it.

I usually get a happy "holiday" text from him for Christmas,
Thanksgiving, and Father's Day.

I bet they won't ever scrap that saw.

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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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Some years back Grizzly advertised a wood and metal vertical bandsaw.
The title said 3 phase, but when I read it the thing was powered off
single phase using an internal VFD for phase conversion and speed control.

I thought I "needed" a vertical metal cutting saw in the shop so I
bought it. I admit I have cut metal with it. With the right blade it
is okay for aluminum, and marginally capable of mild steel cutting. I
have managed to make some cuts in alloy with it, but the torque at lower surface speeds is so low you work harden it pretty quickly with the
light cuts you are forced to make and not stall the saw.

The last couple years when I needed a vertical for metal cutting I
tilted up one of the Harbor Freight horizontals. Even the little 4x6 horizontal band saw was a better vertical band saw than that much more expensive Grizzly.

I sold that saw today for half what I paid for it to somebody who just
wants to cut wood with it. The most bang for the buck I got out of that
saw is the recovery of a few square feet of floor space.




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CNC Molds N Stuff


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