[TheForge] Sorry to break in with a blacksmithing question

[Phil]

Dave:

I when I worked with Peter in the late '70s and early
'80s at Colonial Williamsburg, it never seemed to
bother him to use the bandsaw.

Phil

--- "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> The ghost of Francis and Peter Ross would give us
> all hell for going to the 
> chop saw (or band saw) rather than using the hardie
> for cutting stock up to 
> at least an inch or so.  I used a hack yesterday to
> cut some 1 1/2 round on 
> the power hammer.  (Hot of course.)  I have seen
> huge hacks mounted on the 
> front of fork trucks used to cut heavy heavy stock
> under a 3000 ton press. 
> (20 inch diameter.)  For lots applications there is
> no reason not to cut it 
> at the anvil -- hot.  My reference to Peter Ross was
> his frustration when 
> teaching at the John C. Campbell Folk School how
> often students would cool a 
> piece and then go cut it on the chop saw rather that
> cut it at the anvil. 
> Most of us have grown up in the machine age and
> think of a machine to cut 
> with when in fact we can cut many things with a
> hardie or a hot cut.
> 
> Dave
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Keporter at aol.com>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sorry to break in with a
> blacksmithing question
> 
> 
> >
> > In a message dated 6/18/2005 3:36:22 P.M. Pacific
> Standard Time,
> > phlip at 99main.com writes:
> >
> > BTW, I  hate chopsaws, and have NEVER owned one. 
> Too
> >> noisy and  dirty.
> >
> >
> >
> > Saint Phlip:
> > Have you ever tried a dry cut saw, or a cold cut
> saw? Chop-saws are as
> > varied as any other tool. Even friction cut-off
> saws come in many 
> > varieties. I
> > won't put up with large friction saws anymore,
> because they are noisy, 
> > dirty,
> > and the 14" blades are inaccurate, but the small
> friction saws can be 
> > very
> > handy. Horrible Fright even sells a 6" model from
> time to time.
> > Mike P.
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