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Bandsawing...

13/10/2012

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I came back home after dropping off my dearest and visited the client to finish up with the cutting for Terrence.  The cut was completed but I am not impressed with the time taken to cut through the 4" aluminium stock.  I remembered a setting for feedrate in the manual and started investigating if I'm doing something wrong.  Found that the default setting at L is meant for pipes.  According the the sticker at the back of the bandsaw, I'm supposed to set  the feedrate to H for solid metal greater than 20mm thick.  To set the feedrate, the upper section of the saw has to be swivelled upright.

I've have it set now but do not have time to test if this would speed up the cut.  If its not too late when I reach home after church and party (with some family friends for early Halloween party), I'll do some testing.

Some for some pics.
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The completed job.

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The feedrate setting.  If you can zoom in on the pic, the yellow label would specify the type of job for each setting.  This can't be adjusted when the saw is in its horizontal mode.

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Standing the saw upright.  I put on the table that came with the saw  just for fun.  It is now in vertical mode though I've not put on the 2 bolts that hold the table in place.

This is the first time I'm exploring this and like the idea of having a 2 in 1 machine!

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The "leg" of the table secured by the clamp.

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A closer look.  The handle at the top is for adjusting the blad guard.  I adjusted it up for the earlier job.

Looks like that's all for now.  Leaving home in another 10 mins time.
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