Hi Puff, yes it's a WWII era DoAll metal cutting saw. It's kind of a beast. But before this I had a 14" wood/metal saw. For you saw you need to slow the blade WAY down with either a gear reduction box or an intermediate shaft with different sized pulleys on it. A good metal cutting blade and you'll be set. The blade I just put on is a Lennox Die Master 1/2" blade with a 14-16 variable tooth pattern. Mostly because that was what the local saw blade shop had in stock for blade material.Puff wrote:is that band saw a special metal saw?
Puff, if you cut two of the sides 1/2" short in length, but mock it up to the correct dimensions, you will have a "V" at the corners formed by the ends of the adjacent parts. That gives you a nice trough to fill with weld instead of having weld sitting on the surface with not enough penetration.Puff wrote:Frank, I hate to be the one to raise my hand in class but you lost me on shorting the corner ...