- Thread starter Drains
- Start date
pedrobedro
Man at Matalan
- Messages
- 13,104
- Location
- CX near Chesterfield
I'd go with the rear jaw theory, that machine is too strong for it's own good.
Tiggy_dorset
It looks just like a bought one!
- Messages
- 1,970
- Location
- Weymouth, Dorset, UK
hmm, Firstly, are those jaws tall enough to grip the widest diameter of the billet securely? secondly, was the billet too tall to allow full travel of the blade?
brightspark
Member
- Messages
- 41,567
- Location
- yarm stockton on tees
the short slab was only clamped half in the vice to cut about an inch of the end . it came loose and the saw frame hit it and broke 
there is a word for it ar ,,.,.eholes theres one born every minute in other words the cob of metal was 2 short to cut in length and secure
there is a word for it ar ,,.,.eholes theres one born every minute in other words the cob of metal was 2 short to cut in length and secure
- Messages
- 14,811
- Location
- UK
Somethings hit something hard. Someones gonna get shouted at and be a bit light in the pay packet this week.
Drains
Yeah, nah.
- Messages
- 7,721
- Location
- Sefton, South Island, NZ
Well. The curious thing is it was the oldest and most experienced machinist doing this. I wandered out of my booth just before lunch as I could hear the saw going clunk clunk clunk as the outboard upright of the saw holder hit the outer edge of that round billet, the issue being that the billet was bigger than the saw could take. I know better than to tell people their jobs, although I may have raised an eyebrow or two.
The cut was almost finished when the strain of clattering the outboard upright snapped the inboard.
Foreman phoned manufacturers to see if there was a spare saw frame available. The bloke on the other end of the phone said he gets phone calls every week asking for spare parts which he can't supply, as they binned them all when the current manufacturers took over from the previous folk. Doh!
The cut was almost finished when the strain of clattering the outboard upright snapped the inboard.
Foreman phoned manufacturers to see if there was a spare saw frame available. The bloke on the other end of the phone said he gets phone calls every week asking for spare parts which he can't supply, as they binned them all when the current manufacturers took over from the previous folk. Doh!
- Messages
- 14,811
- Location
- UK
Should weld ok?...cast steel?
Drains
Yeah, nah.
- Messages
- 7,721
- Location
- Sefton, South Island, NZ
It's probably the point of most strain on the machine. Arm from the motor on one side, saw end on the other, compression on the top.
I could give it a go I suppose...
Thing is, if I fix it, they won't need to buy a horizontal bandsaw to replace it - which is, I'm sure you'll agree, a better solution all round!
Endacy
Member
- Messages
- 278
I took one look at that and thought 'I know the vice jaws can't move sideways on those, oh wait look the billet is far too big!'
I wanted a spare frame for one of these (well actually one that's around 30 years older). Same story - I bought a new saw!! I did weld the old one, saw never got reasembled as the replacement was newer. Might sell it now, probably needs properly welding though. I broke the lug off the bit that is completely missing on yours, it's where the reciprocating arm attaches.
I wanted a spare frame for one of these (well actually one that's around 30 years older). Same story - I bought a new saw!! I did weld the old one, saw never got reasembled as the replacement was newer. Might sell it now, probably needs properly welding though. I broke the lug off the bit that is completely missing on yours, it's where the reciprocating arm attaches.
- Messages
- 14,811
- Location
- UK
I thought most places these days had horizontal bandsaws. Donkey/mechanical hacksaws must be few and far between in industrial fab shops? Sooooo sloooowwwww.
brightspark
Member
- Messages
- 41,567
- Location
- yarm stockton on tees
rgb stainless steel stockists still use large ones that can cut up 2 a foot in diameter as well as a bandsaw 
Tiggy_dorset
It looks just like a bought one!
- Messages
- 1,970
- Location
- Weymouth, Dorset, UK
I like this game. Can some of you perform some more cock-ups, so we can all continue to have fun with this?
mike os
just a little insane.....
- Messages
- 9,777
- Location
- North Wales
i like this game. Can some of you perform some more cock-ups, so we can all continue to have fun with this?
pmsl
Drains
Yeah, nah.
- Messages
- 7,721
- Location
- Sefton, South Island, NZ
Next cock up - saw the boss this morn, pointed out some nice hoizontal bandsaws on the bay of E. On friday, the shop foreman did same re some machine dealers site.
Boss says - "I don't like horizontal bandsaws, if the blades go blunt they cut funny. Mechanical hacksaws are more reliable and the blades are a third of the price". Needless to say the broken hacksaw was a sod to get to cut straight, but he never had to use the thing.
He's bought something, apparently, but the R and D manager, who told me this, gave me a funny, sort of cringing look, and said "it's nothing to do with me" in that, "i've given up" kind of way.
Oh dear. Opprtunity to get good kit lost, again. At least I can look forward to seeing his face drop when I tell him how crap his proud new purchase is, like I always seem to. He hates me.
Boss says - "I don't like horizontal bandsaws, if the blades go blunt they cut funny. Mechanical hacksaws are more reliable and the blades are a third of the price". Needless to say the broken hacksaw was a sod to get to cut straight, but he never had to use the thing.
He's bought something, apparently, but the R and D manager, who told me this, gave me a funny, sort of cringing look, and said "it's nothing to do with me" in that, "i've given up" kind of way.
Oh dear. Opprtunity to get good kit lost, again. At least I can look forward to seeing his face drop when I tell him how crap his proud new purchase is, like I always seem to. He hates me.
