[modeleng] Re: bandsaws
- From: "Eric Walker" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 20:29:05 -0000
Wilfrried, Do you chamfer the ends of the blade before silver soldering ?
I've tried a few times when short of a blade but without much success.
E.W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilfried Vermeiren" <vermeiren.wilfried@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 7:13 PM
Subject: [modeleng] bandsaws
>
> Hi,
> When someone is asking " I have a lathe what should I buy next ? " the
> best
> answer I my opinion is a band saw. Once you have one you can't without and
> if you don't have one you surely miss something.
> As with all machine tools the tool is one thing but then comes the tooling
> !! Band saws can be bought some good some bad and some *** well in all
> cases
> expensive and the more you spoil or break the more .
> I stopped buying ready made ones years ago and buy instead a case which
> contains around 30m of the stuff. The means of joining them is easy flo
> silver solder. Al that is needed is a simple jig to hold the blade whilst
> brazing.
> If you prepare a couple at a time you will always have a spare at hand and
> a
> broken one can be repaired the same way.
> I started of with a case with 24 teeth but collected a range during the
> years.
> As for where to buy, have a word with the people who sharpen tools or
> machine tooling suppliers.
> Regards
> Wilfried Vermeiren
> http://users.skynet.be/modelbouw.wilfried
>
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