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JOEPRO
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Thanks yes thats where I seen it.
The lidl plus app is decent enough. It can offer discounts on tools also. Aka give you a one day voucher for 20% off and such. I shop in Lidl semi regular for bakery stuff, salami etc and a look around the tool section!
Unless it's just NI stores? Not sure.
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"3 teeth in the cut at all times" is the rule of thumb.
So yes, a variable pitch of 2-3 is usefull for thick sections.
About 1 1/2" to 2" I think would be just about right for that blade.
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I meant pick 2-3 different blades with appropriate TPI's
However for thick metal (esp non-ferrous), a blade that coarse (probably more like a 3-5 TPI Vari-Tooth on a 4×6) can be appropriate, but would have a different cutting geometry to a blade for wood.
As Erie Fred says the rule of thumb is 3 teeth in the cut for optimum TPI, although in practice that breaks down at larger sizes, and you would instead feed the blade slower to avoid excessive chip build up in the gullet... Which is why big donkey saws can be better for some use cases as they're better suited to both coarse TPI and slower cutting.
I think my coarsest blade is 4 TPI, which I use for cutting 100-125mm round bar, it's non-ideal but I don't have room for a big enough saw and cutting billets for machining with a torch is a right pain.
Beginning a cut with such a coarse blade on a swing-down type horizontal bandsaw can be tricky with rectilinear section material as the teeth will catch on the square edge before the kerf is formed, so you have to hand feed until it's established the cut...
Consequently they're better suited to the two-column vertical feed type horizontal design more commonly used for production saws where the blade engages the entire top of the workpiece as one.
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Many thanks, I don't have the app so that might explain it. Must look into it but I tend to Ludditism as far as my mobile is concerned.
I certainly doesn't appear on their 'normal' website.Edit: Just tried to install the Lidl Plus App and got the message "Your device isn't compatible with this app." Hidden discrimination I fear. I ain't changing my phone just to avail myself of this, so......
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I’ve purchased one today… just to tell you so… So hopefully that’s a fingers up Churchill stylie to The DIY police around here… Is it me or is it always the lame and lazy residents who seeing what you achieve by working hard and knowing they can’t or won’t do anything near makes them complain to the authorities… ? “ Too much noise is affecting my watching daytime TV.. “
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I was looking long and hard for a vertical bandsaw. I was actually pretty unimpressed by the models available in U.K. that could cut both wood and metal. I ended up with one that could cut multiple types of material from Axminster it was actually the only one I could find that could do this. Verdict is still out on this saw although I personally think it’s under powered and overpriced. I bought a metal cutting blade last week but haven’t tried it yet.
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I use this stuff have for years , 5-10% in water drains from the saw into a parts washer tank and pumped up to the blade guides works a treat
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I bought an Aldi one when on offer last year. It turned up ; proved to have an already cracked bracket for the pivot arm, so I took it back for a refund. I thought the whole arm assembly to be so flimsy that it wasn't worth swapping for another.
Not seen a Parkside one.
I ended up buying a 1984 Sealey branded ubiquitous 6x4 one used locally. A clean & check-over, some new blade guide bearings & a new Ruffsaws blade fitted, and it's a good un. I don't have much work for it, but it's nice & quiet, doesn't chuck sparks & mess around, and is just nice to have around.
Making a Table to use it in the vertical position is on the to-do list - probably in the winter when I'm bored & looking to tinker.
Not seen a Parkside one.
I ended up buying a 1984 Sealey branded ubiquitous 6x4 one used locally. A clean & check-over, some new blade guide bearings & a new Ruffsaws blade fitted, and it's a good un. I don't have much work for it, but it's nice & quiet, doesn't chuck sparks & mess around, and is just nice to have around.
Making a Table to use it in the vertical position is on the to-do list - probably in the winter when I'm bored & looking to tinker.
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I've had the Aldi Workzone variant for a fair while, it is good but quite noisy if that is an issue, got a Femi with a bigger capacity, better vice and upright table which is loads better.
I've never used handheld off the base, can't see the call for that when there are so many better suited tools than holding lump like that in the air.
Re the gaztube - has to be one of these 2 characters
Simple water with soluable oil. Or whatever is close.
Exactly like my Berard. The only thing I did was clean and change the gearbox oil.
Oh and drilled a 100mm hole in the side to get at the nut from the pivotting bolt.
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I use something similar to that from Dewalt for cutting up billet ali, now and again, though it used to get used a lot on so e biggish chunks
