Water Jet cut SS plates, any size. $

Started by unknown · 22 June 2008 · 9 posts · last reply 23 June 2008

1. CarbedNotch

   #1 · 22 Jun 2008

   There is a guy on ebay who sells water cut plates of any size.
   You can seek him    :
   historcorp

2. yaro

   #2 · 22 Jun 2008

   Which guy on ebay? Seller ID and item number?

3. bigjgarr

   #3 · date not recorded

   Here is the auction number and item he is referencing #180256620660

4. haroldcr

   #4 · date not recorded

   
    We have been bandsawing 304 for the past 15 years. Bi-metal blades, and SLOW blade speed, and WAX the blade as you cut, and you can saw .065 all day long with a bandsaw.

5. CarbedNotch

   #5 · date not recorded

   Quote from: haroldcr on June 22, 2008, 22:37:02 pm

   
    We have been bandsawing 304 for the past 15 years. Bi-metal blades, and SLOW blade speed, and WAX the blade as you cut, and you can saw .065 all day long with a bandsaw.
   

   
   Good info. How many teeth belt you using?

6. CarbedNotch

   #6 · date not recorded

   Quote from: Dr Not on June 22, 2008, 19:36:24 pm

   Here is the auction number and item he is referencing #180256620660
   

   
   If you contact him, he will make custom size however you want.
   He said he could even cut an image in the steel with 0 distortion.
   It is expensive though, he charges by the: 1"x1"

7. haroldcr

   #7 · 23 Jun 2008

   
     18.  NO skip tooth or anything different. Just small teeth. HAVE to run the blade speed SLOW.  We buy the coils from Do-all and weld them ourselves.

8. CarbedNotch

   #8 · 23 Jun 2008

   Quote from: haroldcr on June 23, 2008, 01:35:27 am

   
     18.  NO skip tooth or anything different. Just small teeth. HAVE to run the blade speed SLOW.  We buy the coils from Do-all and weld them ourselves.
   

   
   I bet the band saw works perfect for cuting tubes also. I've been using a chop saw and or a pipe cutter. The pipe cutter does great on the inner tube but on the outter tube its no good because of the way it pushes the blade into the metal to cut it...
   I'm going to fit my small band saw with a new 18tooth blade.

9. haroldcr

   #9 · 23 Jun 2008

   
    In case you don't know, the tube WILL catch the teeth and rotate, usually kinking the blade. Tubing is VERY difficult to cut with a saw blade. For cutting tubes, we clamp in a vise and use a hacksaw.  Putting them in the sawframe, so you PULL to cut, works better than pushing.
   
    We buy blades from MSC. They are yellow-Red Streaks. Lenox blades work well also. Buy parrafin wax. and rub it on both sides of the blade, AND be sure to get it into the teeth. It will help keep the chips from "Sticking" to the teeth. That's where the trouble starts.
   
     18 tooth BI-METAL bandblades, not carbon steel.