Bandsaw for metal cutting

sparty · 2006-01-24T19:22:31+00:00

Without spending too much money, what is a good bandsaw to cutoutdesigns in metal. How thick of metal can you cut? I am eventuallygoing to buy a plasma cutter, but would like a bandsaw as well, withoutspending too much.Thanks, James

Jan 24, 2006 22 Replies

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Rex B 20 years ago

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The key to that order of speed reduction is worm gears.

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Don Foreman 20 years ago

Harbor freight. Wait for their 2000 lb 12 volt winch, item number

92860, to go on sale for $49.95. It has a differential planetary gear reduction of 153 : 1. Might be noisy, though.

The Wilton 14" metal-wood bandsaw uses a dog clutch, like the knee crank on a B'Port, to disengage the gearbox and go direct belt drive for wood.

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lens 20 years ago

I got a got a 30:1 gear reducer on ebay for $50. That turns a 1725 RPM motor into 200 fpm when you have 14" wheels. This assumes direct drive

- no belts between motor and gearbox input. Belts on the fast side of the gearbox would be OK it you want to play with the speeds. Or as Gunner said, a VFD and 3-phase motor would be even better. Ebay is lousy for pricing on a lot of stuff but things like gear boxes and

3-phase motors go cheap. VFDs require more watching to get cheap on Ebay so Dealers Electric is probably a better bet for that.

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