I've been looking for both used the top one I'm considering g the bottom was just an example. So you think top (vertical one ) is better .Top one is a lot more rigid.
You will get a more accurate cut, can feed heavier and the blade will last longer.
Bottom one is a lot more portable.
If buying new the bottom one will be a lot cheaper. If you have 3phase the top type might actually be cheaper if buying used.
I know the feeling I missed out on one last week I was half an hour too late.This type of saw has always eluded me and still on my hit list for a purchase one day..accurate cuts with no drama is the best way to describe one
There are normally 3hp and 95% are 3 phase...240V do come up but don't hang around too long before being snapped upDoes anyone have any idea what size motor the vertical chop saw would have ?
I have got a phase converter for 3 phase. I was just wondering. ThanksThere are normally 3hp and 95% are 3 phase...240V do come up but don't hang around too long before being snapped up
yea there is always that solutionI have got a phase converter for 3 phase. I was just wondering. Thanks
The bottom sse is just a picture I grabbed of internet to convey my question a bit easier. That one is brand new on ebay for 3 grand and a bit out of my price rangeThe bottom looks very much like a Bewo, which is far from portable.
Very sturdy machine, and I have no doubt that it is as accurate as the top one, and blade life will be similar.
You ideally need 2 different pitch blades, a fine tooth one for stainless/thinwalled tubing and a courser one for massive strips.
Also, if buying one find out what the blade speed is, Bewo do a HT and a LT model for example, the first one uses higher RPM's and isn't very well suited for stainless steel, the LT (laag toeren - low rpm) model is, but it's highest rpm is a bit on the slow side for Aluminium cutting (it does it perfectly, just not as quick as the HT model)
Do you think the big pull down saw would work ok with flat bar up to about 12mm probably not more than 3 inch width, and would it cut 25mm round?Portable might have been the wrong word.
I have one the same sort of style as the bottom one.
Mine is older and probably heavier than the one in the photo.
Its bolted to a heavy 40mm box section stand.
I can drag it across the workshop by myself.
2 of us can lift it into the van for site use and it will run from a generator or 13a extension lead when we get there.
I suppose it depends what you want to use one for?
I mostly use mine for angles on 40-60mm steel box.
Anything under 20mm I usually cut with a cordless angle grinder.
Any solid bar and most stainless goes in the donkey saw.
95% of the aluminium gets cut on a evolution rage.
The bottom sse is just a picture I grabbed of internet to convey my question a bit easier. That one is brand new on ebay for 3 grand and a bit out of my price range
Do you think the big pull down saw would work ok with flat bar up to about 12mm probably not more than 3 inch width, and would it cut 25mm round?
I've got big box to do aswell, I've had a hacksaw before and it was too slow when doing box and stuff. I've used a cold saw before and it was much better. What's the thickest round bar you time you could cut with it thanksI think either type will cope with a lot more than that.
If that's all you are doing, save some money, get some exercise and buy a hacksaw.