gixxergary
Aluminum
- Joined
- May 4, 2011
- Location
- wisconsin
Had a revelation in the last couple of weeks. Much like the frog in the boiling water problem, I realized, I have a substantial bottle neck in my saw department. Not much of a department, more like a simple saw at the end of my shop. Over the last 3 years, we have begun to machine ONLY stainless and tool steels. Cant remember the last time we had a piece of aluminum in the shop. Business is great right now, and we are booked for the next 2 months, with more work pouring in. Even though we mostly do jobs in the 2 to 10 pc range, we are cutting 5 to 8 inch diameter D2, M4 S7, M2 and so on. Needless to say, our little saw is NOT up for the task. Wearing out blades left and right, taking 10 minutes plus to cut a 4 inch round slug of m2, and derailing blades is common practice unfortunately. Just went to check out a Cosen c-260nc. I liked it, and we stand to save around 10 hours a week with going to an automatic. Maybe more. Its going to be overkill for what we do, but its time to get ahead of the game, instead of trying to keep up.
Any thoughts on this machine vs the nearly identical Amada? Its 6 grand less expensive. I checked them both out, side by side cutting, and I couldn't see an advantage either way. The cosen had a hydraulic blade tensioner, variable speed on the panel, and a mitsubishi control for programming multiple sizes and quantities.
We could part with the extra money if it would be worth it, any opinions???
Gary
Any thoughts on this machine vs the nearly identical Amada? Its 6 grand less expensive. I checked them both out, side by side cutting, and I couldn't see an advantage either way. The cosen had a hydraulic blade tensioner, variable speed on the panel, and a mitsubishi control for programming multiple sizes and quantities.
We could part with the extra money if it would be worth it, any opinions???
Gary