http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAFMEg0Hmv0
How many can do it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAFMEg0Hmv0
How many can do it?
I don't know how many saws have a rotatable table, however if I need to adjust for drift on my saw (rare) I just adjust the blade tracking slightly...........Rod.
That's a setup issue. There shouldn't be an actual "need" for a gizmo like that. Just something else to induce inaccuracy into the cutting process.
Just my personal opinion, of course.
Erik Loza
Minimax USA
Wow...that's borderline Rube Goldbergesque. The only thing missing is the monkey pedaling the bicycle when it sees the banana.
Many trunnions have enough play in the holes to allow for enough adjustment to get the table square to the blade.
So any bandsaw ...setup properly?......can do it?
Looking at the guides set poorly, I'm not surprised at the drift.
I don't see the need for another after market doohickey to correct improper tool alignment. Oh well......
Bill
On the other hand, I still have five fingers.
What I saw in the video was a bandsaw that cut very narrow strips and cut very straight. The purpose of the post isn't anything to do with the laser or anything else about the options on the saw...but how it cut.
I don't have a bandsaw now...I moved from Texas to southern Illinois and sold all of my old power tools. I'd like to get another...but I had a run of the mill Craftsman that you see everywhere, and I tried and tried to make that thing cut straight...using a fence....and I had no luck at all.
So asked another way, how much money does it take to get a bandsaw that can make cuts like that?....or is it completely how the saw is setup?
It takes a good setup & a quality blade. In the past I have owned a 1970s Craftsman, 14" Deltas, Mini Max MM20. I now I have Grizzly 514X. I have made those types of cuts with all them.
Almost any saw can be setup to cut well given an experienced user and the right blade. That said, a G0555 is a pretty standard first saw, and it can be setup to perform pretty well.
Any cheap bandsaw can resaw .017" Business card thickness
If you tune it up properly and use the right blade.
Never, under any circumstances, consume a laxative and sleeping pill, on the same night
What's the right blade? different for different saws?
I'm on the look out for a decent bandsaw...at a decent price. Kind of have an idea, and think I'll know the deal when I see it. I did get the Craftsman cutting decent, and that was a number of years ago, but not like in the video. Back then the internet and forums like this wasn't available to help sort out tuning issues like I had, you had to buy books and read. I do remember I tied everything I could think of including new tires, and cutting straight...WITH THE FENCE...just would not work.