[TheForge] Re: Harbor Frieght

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Looks very useful!...thanks Dave!....pete f

Dave Mudge wrote:
> I have compiled a lot of information about using and modifying the typical
> small band saw.
> check it out here: http://www.magichammer.freeservers.com/page12.html
> dave m
> 
> 
> On 11/21/06, Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> -------------------------------
>> If it ain't forged
>> it ain't real.
>> Wrought iron is.
>> The FrostWorks
>>
>> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>>
>> http://www.artmetalradio.com/
>>
>> 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.
>> >
>> > Darrell
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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