clbarclay
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| posted on 14/3/05 at 05:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonr
Also looks like you have taken a chop saw cut off disc (flat centre)and mounted it on a 9" grinder??
Most 9" cutting discs in my experiance have a flat centre. Quite common for 4.5" to have flat cutting discs as well.
NS Dev, what state of band saw are you using? One with guide rollers set right and a hydraulic damper controlling drop rate should cope with even thin
tube like exhaust tubing.
[Edited on 14/3/05 by clbarclay]
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Avoneer
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| posted on 14/3/05 at 07:23 PM |
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Hi Guys,
Just to go against the grain, I bought one of these:
 
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Avoneer
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| posted on 14/3/05 at 07:24 PM |
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And it's a right beast and does the shallow angles and squares things up so easily. No ripped belts yet.
I'm happy...
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Avoneer
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 06:51 PM |
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Quick update - it's still great.
Smoothed and squared loads of angles etc.
Takes a while to get the hang of, but it's great and the belt is showing no signs of wear.
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clbarclay
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 07:18 PM |
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Well i'm convinced enough to put a belt sander on the list allong with band saw and new lathe.
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Avoneer
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| posted on 15/3/05 at 07:24 PM |
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And all for £40 at B&Q.
High wattage and decent grinding wheel as well.
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sgraber
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| posted on 22/3/05 at 11:56 PM |
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For many months I used a sawzall with a fine bi-metal blade and a big vise to make all of my angled cuts. Then I discovered the bandsaw. It is quiet
and you can work on other items while it does the cut. On angled cuts it's always prudent to cut oversized and then grind to fit. That way you
are not cussing when you are left with a short cut. Very wasteful.
I think the belt and disc sander is one of the best tools for the job, but if you are short on funds and/or space an angle grinder with a decent flap
disc is an inexpensive compromise tool. Those photos of exploding cutting discs are scary. But I would bet that a lot of side loading was put on the
disc. It is certainly not made for that! The solution is the flap disc as seen in the photo below. You can be very accurate with it. As always use a
guard on the tool. Otherwise? 
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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