Bandsaw recommendation for 6" Alu Rounds

Jan 08, 2004 1 Replies

After 4 months of hard work, I killed off my Enco 7x12 bandsaw cutting



6" Aluminum rounds and 3" 4140 rounds. It worked ok but was hard to get cuts better than +- about .035". We're making about 400-500 cuts/month.

Any recommendations for a decent bandsaw? Key for us is accuracy on the 6" aluminum cuts. We cut wafers from .500" to 1" thick and would like to get cuts parallel to about +- .010".



My budget is about $1500 so I'm looking used. The Kalamazoo 7AW looks like it might be a good fit. No need to do any mitre cuts.



Thanks.


Why a bandsaw? A large blade chop saw with flood coolant, and a carbide tipped blade, would give you much greater accuracy, and blade life.

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