[TheForge] Re: Cut off saw

Mon Dec 22 00:20:00 2003

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>BTW, what kind of band saw blade just has a wavy knife edge, sort of
>like some kinds of bread knife, instead of teeth?  I picked up a
>couple of these along the road on big-junk day but I dunno what
>they're for.  Clearly for a biggish machine, not for a little hobby
>saw and not for a huge industrial machine either.
>- Mike
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>Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~.
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Cold saw, Michael. It works by friction heating the work piece .   Dry Saw 
appears to be pretty close to the abrasive cut off saws, but uses a heavy 
carbide tipped metal cutting blade. Probably work better with coolant, but 
messy.

Michael D. Horgan , [email protected]
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Blacksmithing and Metalwork
Claremont, Ca.