Thread: Baileigh TN-800 Tube Notcher

Do we have any PM members that are using the Baileigh TN-800 notcher

http://http://www.baileighindustrial.com/notchers/pipe-notcher-tn800.php?gclid=COmtmNCCl64CFcjc4Aod2BKvHQ

The hole saw notcher is getting very old

I played with one at a trade show and thought it was awesome. Best feature is that you are using a 1" roughing end mill and traversing it on an arc to cut larger tubing so you have a lot less cutting pressure than a full radius cutter, thus no chatter or grabbing. Way too much $ for me though, it must be aimed at NASCAR frame shops. For $7500 I could buy a half dozen old mills or lathes and use them for notching.

I agree that the $7500.00 is very pricey. It's a purpose built machine that does a quick job of notching.

Originally Posted by Mud

I played with one at a trade show and thought it was awesome. Best feature is that you are using a 1" roughing end mill and traversing it on an arc to cut larger tubing so you have a lot less cutting pressure than a full radius cutter, thus no chatter or grabbing. Way too much $ for me though, it must be aimed at NASCAR frame shops. For $7500 I could buy a half dozen old mills or lathes and use them for notching.

I replaced the tool post on an old 16" with a block/clamp for roll cage tubing. Easy to set the angle. Mill cutter in the chuck. run it in back gear. cuts like butter. Big south bends can be had for as little as 300.00......makes a cheap notcher.

Here are a few other options-
the Jancy stuff is usually built pretty well- New jancy NJYAL100U 4" abrasive belt pipe tube notcher
around five grand.

or-
these guys sell end mill style notchers, as well as hydraulic punch style.
Tube Notcher & Tubing Notcher Accessories for Metal Fabrication

Lot of Baileigh stuff is made in China, maybe all .. just so ya know.

Demo'd one a few times, it's great, but it just never justified it's cost for us, if you were doing 100's/1000's of notches the same angle in a production run, then I'd take one in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by metalmagpie

Lot of Baileigh stuff is made in China, maybe all .. just so ya know.

Yep and we bought a lemon one time here. You can buy that crap directly from china..

Notcher, China notcher, notcher Manufacturers, China notcher catalog

Speedie,

Here is a nice Dutch version of the Chinese knockoff.

Sadly, I can probably buy three from the guys in China for what one Dutch machine will cost... maybe I'm stretching that though?

Pipe notchers

The Almi machine has a die that cuts a vent for hot dip that is very appealing.

Originally Posted by metalmagpie

Lot of Baileigh stuff is made in China, maybe all .. just so ya know.

The TN-800 is made right here in Wisconsin

Buy some good belts for one of the bigger machines (jancy) , go to McMaster or where ever and get a 5hp motor, order some steel and fire up your mill and lathe. Build your own. Very easy to build, be sure to crown your rollers so the belt tracks. I used a old surface grinder table and built the rest. Went direct drive using some urathane coated wheels for the drive. Total cost under $800. We coped thousands of copes with it. Built it so I could do offsets and angles. We could do a square cope on 1-1/4" sch40 pipe in about 10 seconds. The material being removed looked like steel wool. Best investment in machines I made (other then a free radial arm drill). I looked at Jancy and Grit and just could not justify spending 6+K on something so simple. Just a thought .

Originally Posted by xcflyn

Buy some good belts for one of the bigger machines (jancy) , go to McMaster or where ever and get a 5hp motor, order some steel and fire up your mill and lathe. Build your own. Very easy to build, Total cost under $800. We coped thousands of copes with it. Built it so I could do offsets and angles. We could do a square cope on 1-1/4" sch40 pipe in about 10 seconds. I looked at Jancy and Grit and just could not justify spending 6+K on something so simple. Just a thought .

Heck,
the vise and slide look like a cross slide table from "dare I say" H.F. ?

An improvement would be the Enco $200 drill table.

Either way I agree, yup their overpriced.

For $7500 I could buy a half dozen old mills or lathes and use them for notching.

if you were doing 100's/1000's of notches the same angle in a production run...

If the notching was done while the pipe was straight, I think $7500 would put a 4th axis on a CNC plasma cutter.

Before a shop would spend that much on a notcher, I suspect a CNC plasma cutter would be in-house.