Pete Deal
Titanium
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2007
- Location
- Morgantown, WV
I think the next machine i get for the shop maybe ought to be an automatic saw. My volume isn't that great now but still this seems like an area where efficiency can be drastically improved. It's not an immanent purchase but thinking in the next year time frame.
I currently have a wellsaw manual saw. Not interested in a cold saw. Also, some might suggest that I just get precut stock. This is not a good option either for me. Looked at that already. What I'd like is something like an Amada HA250. I know Cosen has a good reputation too. And it will be a used purchase.
How do the Doall automatic saws compare to the Amada and Cosen saws? I see quite a few Doall saws around used relatively cheap.
It's been my experience that the cutoff saw is always the most neglected machine in the shop. So buying used much of what's out there reflects that. I'm not afraid of buying something that needs to be rehabilitated. I'm also not afraid of controls as long as there is some documentation.
There just isn't much out there comparing the design of various saws. Wes Robinson had a good video on youtube at one point going over the Kysor HA250 (I think the same as the Amada). This kind of sold me on the design. One feature of the HA250 that seemed really good was that it had a vise on each side of the blade so it held the cut part until after the cut was done. I really don't know much about any of the others.
I currently have a wellsaw manual saw. Not interested in a cold saw. Also, some might suggest that I just get precut stock. This is not a good option either for me. Looked at that already. What I'd like is something like an Amada HA250. I know Cosen has a good reputation too. And it will be a used purchase.
How do the Doall automatic saws compare to the Amada and Cosen saws? I see quite a few Doall saws around used relatively cheap.
It's been my experience that the cutoff saw is always the most neglected machine in the shop. So buying used much of what's out there reflects that. I'm not afraid of buying something that needs to be rehabilitated. I'm also not afraid of controls as long as there is some documentation.
There just isn't much out there comparing the design of various saws. Wes Robinson had a good video on youtube at one point going over the Kysor HA250 (I think the same as the Amada). This kind of sold me on the design. One feature of the HA250 that seemed really good was that it had a vise on each side of the blade so it held the cut part until after the cut was done. I really don't know much about any of the others.