Never met an abrasive chop saw I liked. Even the better ones are no fun to use. I'll take a bandsaw any day...Kawasaki is just another off branded chinese POS as far as I have seen. Peace
Pete On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Dave Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gene, > > I have no knowledge of that particular saw. I have an old 14" Black > and Decker chop saw and it has worked well for me for years. > The trick I found is to get the right abrasive blades for it. Some are > pure crap. Typically, the cheap ones are junk. > Once I figured out which ones ran the best, I bought a bunch of them. > Since then, I acquired a bandsaw which work well for heavy steel, but > still, the chop saw is valuable for hardened steel or cutting hydraulic > hose. > But there is nothing tidy about a chop saw. They are brutal, brute > force, screaming machines. > > Hearing protection is recommended. > > If I need to use it for more than a simple, short duration cut, I take > the saw outside and point it at something non-flammable. > > Wearing gloves is also a good idea as the material being cut becomes hot > and sharp edged.. > > Dave > > On 2/14/2014 2:11 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I just bought one yesterday thought maybe it might be helpful around the > > ranch. Big buck & taxes, cheap IOW. > > > > Don't waste your money on it, the blade only spins 2800 rpms, and you > have > > got to get totally, downright brutal with it to even think about starting > > the fire that makes these things work like a cutting torch, I managed it > > for about 1/2" going thru a 1x2 bar standing on edge, but the fire was so > > poorly air fed the sparks were bouncing off the garage wall 8 feet away, > > potentially falling into the dust tinderbox behind my 12" chop saw. So > > reverting to abrasive only cutting, it took me about 20 minutes for one > > cut. Not at all a tool suitable for the job. Once the fire was started, > > it should have totally consumed all the iron flowing out of the cut in > less > > that 18" from the back of the cut. I have seen these things work, first > > time in about 1948. With the 9" blade spinning right at its max rpms, > > close to 15k, it was dropping thru a 1.5" square mount spud that was no > > longer needed for an eyeglass lens grinding machine, with about a 1 hp > > motor spinning it, took 3 or 4 secs to start the fire & just fell thru > that > > 1.25" square stud in the next 10 seconds, making a very clean cut. This > is > > a pure crap tool. Look for one that spins that 14" wheel at least 5.2k > > rpms, and has enough cage around it to safely let it blow up. This piece > > of tinfoil might stop one exploding blade. Emphasis on the "might". > > > > Cheers, Gene > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Android apps run on BlackBerry 10 > Introducing the new BlackBerry 10.2.1 Runtime for Android apps. > Now with support for Jelly Bean, Bluetooth, Mapview and more. > Get your Android app in front of a whole new audience. Start now. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=124407151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android apps run on BlackBerry 10 Introducing the new BlackBerry 10.2.1 Runtime for Android apps. Now with support for Jelly Bean, Bluetooth, Mapview and more. Get your Android app in front of a whole new audience. Start now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=124407151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
