Hi guys,
I am aware that his group is called welding and joining, but surely , every body has to cut the pieces first , and I am sure there are plenty band saw users here.
application; i've been cuting 3 and 4 inch standard mild steel hot rolled "C" channels roughly 2-3 /day or roughly 10-12 /week. been using a chopsaw but it is quiet noisey and stinky, so i am considering a horizontal bandsaw. I never had one so i need some help whether this is a good route. a 4x6 would be big enough, and trying to keep cost down. I ugess the ultimate would be wet saw/liquid cooled, hydraulic down feed, but those are close to $1000.
cheaper 4x6 goes less than $200, dry cut, spring /gravity down feed.
so the question is: how fast does it cut 3"and 4" channels ? how long a blade will last? will I be ok with the cheapos brand / clarke ? how truble some the spring/ gravity down feed units ?
thanks folks.