Uncovering the Manchester 10

[God mode restorations]

Now if ya won't to be brave...I have this in the watch list.

 

[mtt.tr]

What are they like on smaller guages like exhausts.

 

[brightspark]

do these have any benefits over bandsaws?

yeah the blades last a long time and you can pick them up for 2 quid from autojumbles

 

[brightspark]

What are they like on smaller guages like exhausts.

no use they snag on the teeth as there not fine enough

 

[God mode restorations]

yeah the blades last a long time and you can pick them up for 2 quid from autojumbles

And when the blade has finally given up..
They make good gasket scraper

 

[mtt.tr]

no use they snag on the teeth as there not fine enough

That's what i expected

 

[brightspark]

and if you realy want value for money out of the blades they normally wear out in a particular spot if your cutting only about 25 mm bar . just stick a 2 inch square block in the vice and it moves the position of the cuts further along the blade

 

[brightspark]

That's what i expected

use a 1.0mm slitting disk in an angle grinder for cutting exhaust tube

 

[Spark plug]

Power hacksaws do seem to be having a renascence, not so long ago you couldn’t give them away.

Very nice lump of iron btw.

 

[mtt.tr]

use a 1.0mm slitting disk in an angle grinder for cutting exhaust tube

Bandsaw, tct chop off or slitting disc are my choices

 

[mtt.tr]

Power hacksaws do seem to be having a renascence, not so long ago you couldn’t give them away.

Very nice lump of iron btw.

That is what i always thought of them.

 

[Wallace]

What are they like on smaller guages like exhausts.

Most places I have used them they have been mainly for cutting heavy material for final machining as opposed to cutting to size although they are capable if in good working order and the feed is controllable. Have you considered a cold saw? Clean, accurate cuts with little deburring required ideal for welding.

 

[mtt.tr]

Most places I have used them they have been mainly for cutting heavy material for final machining as opposed to cutting to size although they are capable if in good working order and the feed is controllable. Have you considered a cold saw? Clean, accurate cuts with little deburring required ideal for welding.

Ive got a cold saw was after a replacement to the bandsaw i left at my dads when i moved into my workshop.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

That sounds quicker than a Clarke bandsaw

and if you realy want value for money out of the blades they normally wear out in a particular spot if your cutting only about 25 mm bar . just stick a 2 inch square block in the vice and it moves the position of the cuts further along the blade

I did similar with my jigsaw.
Have two shoe covers. One standard and one with a 18mm hdpe shoe bonded to it.
Gives me twice the blade life.
Generally working with 15 to 18mm stock so works well.

 

[Wallace]

Ive got a cold saw was after a replacement to the bandsaw i left at my dads when i moved into my workshop.

What sort, does it run slowly with coolant?

 

[mtt.tr]

What sort, does it run slowly with coolant?

Its just an evolution saw but happily cuts stainless exhaust. Bandsaw was a well set up old clarke

 

[Spark plug]

Evolution saw and cold saw is like comparing a band saw to a gas axe, two totally different beasts.

 

[Wallace]

Evolution saw and cold saw is like comparing a band saw to a gas axe, two totally different beasts.

Well I learnt something, I did not consider an Evolution Saw to be a cold cut saw but is by definition as the heat is passed to the chip leaving the blade and work cool. A large slow moving blade with flood coolant has always been a cold saw in my mind as the heat transfers to the coolant via the chip. Not having used an Evolution Saw, maybe @mtt.tr can comment on the heat side in the work and blade?

 

[mtt.tr]

Well I learnt something, I did not consider an Evolution Saw to be a cold cut saw but is by definition as the heat is passed to the chip leaving the blade and work cool. A large slow moving blade with flood coolant has always been a cold saw in my mind as the heat transfers to the coolant via the chip. Not having used an Evolution Saw, maybe @mtt.tr can comment on the heat side in the work and blade?

Ive cut 2" solid leaves the saw cold, not as nice as a flood cooled 100rpm saw. But handy and accurate if you are careful

 

[God mode restorations]

I like the old style cold saw.
My local engineering firm has a big SIP cold saw. I think its SIP. They are getting harder to get hold of now and hold their money. Especially 355mm ones