[TheForge] Re: Harbor Frieght

[Jerry Frost]

I have a horizontal/vertical bandsaw I got from a tool 
closeout place some 20 years ago. It's gotten worn 
enough I have trouble keeping it tracking, even with 
new bearings. It's a dry saw and as you say, with 
bimetal varitooth blades it worked just fine, (while 
it'd track that is)

I bought a 7" x 12" Jet horizontal/vertical wet bandsaw 
and using bimetal varitooth blades it works just fine 
as well. The trick if you're going to use it dry is to 
slow it down a step on the pullys and using the right 
tpi for the stock thickness is more important.

A wet saw is good for dirty or old stock as it washes 
the grit so the blades don't dull as fast. Of course 
taking a wire brush to dirty stock makes for longer 
blade life in either case.

Frosty
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it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
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Meadow Lakes, AK.

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From: "Darrell" <darrell67 at machinemaster.com>



>I had been thinking of getting or making a lube system 
>for my saw but then I found that good bi-metal vari 
>tooth blades to be a much cleaner and in the long run 
>cheaper solution.
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> Darrell
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