The Lowly Horizontal Bandsaw

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3 ай бұрын

Let's talk about the horizontal bandsaw.
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@blkacid 3 ай бұрын

For the viewers... Look up industrial auctions in your area. You can often get really nice machines for super cheap. Some will be 3-phase, and that is easily remedied via VFD or just swapping the motor out. Keep it on casters if you are limited in space, it will allow you to easily move out of your way.

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

Great 💡👍

@ewsblacksmithing 3 ай бұрын

I love my harbor freight one. I was using it to cut hammer blanks and I think it took less than 8min to do solid 2in round. That was with the cheap blade that it came with. This is good info for sure and 100%agree

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

It really does duplicate your efforts in the shop for not a lot of money 💰 thanks for watching

@peltiereric6497 3 ай бұрын

Each tool has its place in the proverbial toolbox, an Abrasive Chop Saw is a tool that I many years ago and I don’t particularly enjoy using it but it’s got it’s place especially for hardened material like cutting up coil springs from trains and big stacks of truck leaf springs. Bandsaws like in this video are great for mild steel and annealed tool steel if you have many repeatable cuts and Horizontal Bandsaws are fabulous for detail work trimming material. Expand your tools and your skills so you are not limited to just hot cuts and the death wheel on a grinder

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

Exactly 💯

@robertlonis9350 3 ай бұрын

I love my horizontal band saw . I’ve made a sturdy table out of 1/4”plate to use it in the vertical position as well. Definitely a shop must. Ps.- Thomas the bucket is full !

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

Yeah Thomas get on that lol

@brysonalden5414 3 ай бұрын

Denis Tyrell talked me into buying one of these last year, and it has become an indispensable tool in my shop. Thanks for the video.

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

Glad to help

@ValhallaViking 3 ай бұрын

Force multiplier love it great info. Was just looking at harbor freight they are up to 350 nowadays. Ima have to keep a eye out for yard sales

@fredfchopin 3 ай бұрын

The bandsaw I use has a longer bed, so if I'm making a bunch of cuts that need to be the same length I'll usually only measure the first cut and then clamp a 1-2-3 block or something as a stop at whatever length. That way when it's done cutting, I just unclamp the metal and slide it down until it hits the bock, then re-clamp and cut. Measure once and then cut as many times as I want. Way faster and more accurate than trying to actually measure and line up with the blade.

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

That's something I wish this saw had for sure

@BulatsSchmiede 3 ай бұрын

Hi Roy! Such a band saw is definitely not wrong! If you have little space in your forge (like me) there are also cold circular saws! I do forging alongside my job! Since Corona has put a damper on me, so to speak! But I'm always open to constructive criticism. Greeting Bulats forge from germany 😊

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

Greetings from harrisville Michigan USA 🙂 thanks for watching

@thomasgoodemoot 3 ай бұрын

A very useful tool and I agree it's a very underrated machine that a lot of people over look

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

Yes sir and we use it weekly

@billwoehl3051 3 ай бұрын

Kinda sounds scripted, Roy make ya say that?

@thomasgoodemoot 3 ай бұрын

@@billwoehl3051 na I say what I want I agree some of the most time saving machines do get over looked

@coffeesstudios2122 3 ай бұрын

Love my old Kalamazoo I got from champ.

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr coffee for taking the time to watch brother

@SunriseSideIronworks 3 ай бұрын

Great video Roy

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@SunriseSideIronworks 3 ай бұрын

@@ChristCenteredIronworks been looking at one from harbor freight. Can see why they would literally pay for themselves while accomplishing other tasks.

@erikyoungquist903 3 ай бұрын

Roy, I’ve thought about a little bandsaw but I already have a chop saw…What does the bandsaw bring that the chopsaw doesn’t? I’m all about improving efficiency, I’m a small shop where you were 10 years ago…I can’t afford to duplicate capabilities.

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

It brings you the ability to go do other things while it cuts for you unlike the chop saw... It's still just a way of cutting materials but this one you don't have to babysit

@erikyoungquist903 3 ай бұрын

@@ChristCenteredIronworks Gotcha….I see the value there. Follow up, did you like Harbor Freight one or would you wait for a deal on a better one?

@bustednuckles2 3 ай бұрын

@@erikyoungquist903 GET A BANDSAW!. You will absolutely be glad you did. Just as a hobbyist I can't tell you how much I love my little Harbor Freight band saw. I had to flip the piece once but I even cut a hunk of Rail Road Track with mine. I wouldn't even want to think about how long that would have taken any other way and it left a beautiful, flat surface.

@billwoehl3051 3 ай бұрын

@@erikyoungquist903 even without my gravity feed, my bandsaw can go vertical and still be useful for things that don't quite fit right in a chop saw. And I also use a skil saw with a cutoff wheel for stuff that neither of the other 2 can cut.

@billwoehl3051 3 ай бұрын

Sure, would be great I'd my gravity feed would work right.

@ChristCenteredIronworks 3 ай бұрын

That's definitely important should get that fixed for sure

@billwoehl3051 3 ай бұрын

@@ChristCenteredIronworks cheep atlas from jc penny or similar back in the day, it's cylinder leaks like a sieve, not sure where to find a tutorial on fixing it.