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From: "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Speaking of Bang For Your Buck
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:01:45 -0400
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"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vg0t6n$2rop8$1@dont-email.me...
....
I thought I "needed" a vertical metal cutting saw in the shop so I
bought it.  I admit I have cut metal with it.  With the right blade it
is okay for aluminum, and marginally capable of mild steel cutting.  I
have managed to make some cuts in alloy with it, but the torque at lower
surface speeds is so low you work harden it pretty quickly with the
light cuts you are forced to make and not stall the saw.
....
-- 
Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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I had two nice Walker-Turners in the Mitre model shop, both with broken 
gearboxes so they ran only at wood speed, and there was no budget for 
repairs. The few times I put a new blade on some highly educated idiot would 
soon try to cut a lawnmower blade or such with it. I discovered that the 
toothless blade would still cut steel by friction heating.

At Segway at least there were no Ph.Ds who broke things in the shop, though 
to stay on the shop manager's good side I usually had to clean up for myself 
and everyone else who had used the machine before me.

My 4x6 is an older Delta from when they did things right. That's what I look 
for in old machines.