JasonPAtkins
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- Joined
- Sep 30, 2010
- Location
- Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
12" cold saw blade in a 14" machine - good to go with 1" reduced workpiece capacity?
Just want to make sure I'm thinking this through correctly. I am tooling a 350mm cold saw, but have no experience with cold saws. Stu F. sent me a nice new 280T 350mm blade and supplies to make a sharpening jig (thanks again!). I wanted a high tooth count because a lot of my work is thinner tube - but I'd also like to have the ability to chew some heavier material on the saw. I grabbed a 12" (same 32mm hub) ~160T blade for $10 at an auction. (This is an aside, but that big lathe/boring shop was using the blade as a *slitting* saw on an arbor!!!) It gives me the coarser teeth I need, even though it's a smaller diameter. The saw should run just fine with that blade, just an inch less reach, right?
Just want to make sure I'm thinking this through correctly. I am tooling a 350mm cold saw, but have no experience with cold saws. Stu F. sent me a nice new 280T 350mm blade and supplies to make a sharpening jig (thanks again!). I wanted a high tooth count because a lot of my work is thinner tube - but I'd also like to have the ability to chew some heavier material on the saw. I grabbed a 12" (same 32mm hub) ~160T blade for $10 at an auction. (This is an aside, but that big lathe/boring shop was using the blade as a *slitting* saw on an arbor!!!) It gives me the coarser teeth I need, even though it's a smaller diameter. The saw should run just fine with that blade, just an inch less reach, right?
