"fletch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am trying to find a saw that will cut through 4 1/4" of wood with no
> more than 1/16" cutting gap. A band saw will not be able to make the
> tight turns needed.
> Do you have any suggestions?
>
Find someone that does abrasive jet cutting in your area and farm it out.
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
fletch wrote:
> I am trying to find a saw that will cut through 4 1/4" of wood with no
> more than 1/16" cutting gap. A band saw will not be able to make the
> tight turns needed.
> Do you have any suggestions?
>
Fine Woodworking Sept 1980, #24
p 60: Building a walking beam saw; poor man's bandsaw has almost
unlimited capacity. author: White
It's also in one of their paperback books but I can't find it on
their website now.
Joe
"fletch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am trying to find a saw that will cut through 4 1/4" of wood with no
> more than 1/16" cutting gap. A band saw will not be able to make the
> tight turns needed.
> Do you have any suggestions?
>
As John said, 1/8" bandsaw blade ought to make the grade unless you're
trying to do insides. With small blade, have a couple sets of guide
blocks - phenolic or wood - available to steady the blade.
Lenox makes 1/16th bandsaw blades, do a Google Search on "1/16th
BandSaw Lenox" should turn up a source or 2 <vbg!!>
Most woodworking BIG catalogs and places like Highland Hardware will
make custom blades for just about any bandsaw
And yes, if you force them, they will snap, but with a little care you
should get a goodly amount of use out of them
And lastly, they will cut just as SHARP a turn (approaching a true
90degree) as any jig saw/scroll saw will. And you can usually come at
the corner from 2 directions to get a TRUE 90degree intersection
John
On 11 Jan 2005 14:59:09 -0800, "fletch" <[email protected]> wrote:
>So with a 1/16th bandsaw blade I can make a 90 degree cut through 4
>1/4" of solid wood?
>Do I need a special band saw? Where can I get such small blades and
>how often do they snap?
Of course a bandsaw with a 1/16in wide blade will make ANY tight turn
you need. Never scroll saw that would handle that thickness. Put
that teeny-tiney 1/6th or 1/8th blade on the bandsaw and you should be
go to go
John
On 10 Jan 2005 18:39:30 -0800, "fletch" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I am trying to find a saw that will cut through 4 1/4" of wood with no
>more than 1/16" cutting gap. A band saw will not be able to make the
>tight turns needed.
>Do you have any suggestions?