One of the other shops down the hall from me asked me this evening if I could cut copper on a table saw. We routinely cut aluminum on ours for them and I've never had to do much with copper and didn't know.
The piece in question is a .75"x4"x24" long piece of 145 alloy that needs ripped in half length wise. Cutting a piece of similar sized aluminum isn't an issue, and copper is a non ferrous metal as well but I don't know if one can even do it. It is a 10" 3hp industrial cabinet saw, Saw Stop, yes it gets disabled.
Is this possible with copper? For some reason I'm thinking it isn't and since its a 500$ piece of stock, I'd rather not learn the hard way. I searched for an answer, but never found anything.
Thanks for any help!
The piece in question is a .75"x4"x24" long piece of 145 alloy that needs ripped in half length wise. Cutting a piece of similar sized aluminum isn't an issue, and copper is a non ferrous metal as well but I don't know if one can even do it. It is a 10" 3hp industrial cabinet saw, Saw Stop, yes it gets disabled.
Is this possible with copper? For some reason I'm thinking it isn't and since its a 500$ piece of stock, I'd rather not learn the hard way. I searched for an answer, but never found anything.
Thanks for any help!