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Pallets of 4140

I had a friend do some cutting of the 6.75" round for me. Brand new "13x20" saw. We only ran it about half speed and I don't think we used near the available down force. It took about 7-8 minutes per slice, I think 5 mins would have been possible but I'm just guessing. It is a very nice saw and I was so impressed that I just ordered myself a saw... but mine is just under $19000 cheaper! I probably should have never laid eyes on that real saw cuz I will likely always be disappointed in mine.

Don
 

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DPittman said:
I had a friend do some cutting of the 6.75" round for me. Brand new "13x20" saw. We only ran it about half speed and I don't think we used near the available down force. It took about 7-8 minutes per slice, I think 5 mins would have been possible but I'm just guessing. It is a very nice saw and I was so impressed that I just ordered myself a saw... but mine is just under $19000 cheaper! I probably should have never laid eyes on that real saw cuz I will likely always be disappointed in mine.

Don
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What did you order Don? And don't worry about the 20k saw it's the 25k extra garage you would need just to house it. :>
 
Well I did my cuts on my new saw, with the shitty blade that came with it and pushed it until it blew up. Best I could get was 15min per 6.75 inch round. Today I got new blades from Thomas skinner.. 100 bucks for 2 different blades, one of them is 2/3 varipitch, one is 8/12 I belive. They're both lennox bi metal 132 inch x 1inch, I'm not going to push them quite as far but I will let you know once I get a chance with the aggressive one.
 
Janger said:
What did you order Don? And don't worry about the 20k saw it's the 25k extra garage you would need just to house it. :>
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Yes I would be happy to just own the space to store such a saw, let alone ever buying the saw itself.

I ordered a "Kaka" ... a whata?!? Yes, a "Kaka industrial". It appears to be the same Taiwanese 7x12 saw that everyone else sells in different colours and brand names. It was the best price I could find delivered to me (Amazon, $1182 I believe). I know in Calgary I could have gotten similar pricing, but Cowtown is 5-6 hr return trip for me.
I hope I'm not disappointed or surprised with my purchase.



Don
 
DPittman said:
I don't think we used near the available down force. It took about 7-8 minutes per slice
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kylemp said:
I did my cut with the 2/3 blade in 6.75 in, roughly the same time.. 14.5 min
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@John Conroy says his 7x12 saw from kms cuts the 6.75 in 34 min
My old hobby saw is a similar size to Kyle's but his is more like a small industrial saw and my saw is more like a big hobby saw. His Ellis 1800 has a 1" wide blade and my blade is only 3/4 it manages to cut the 6.75 4140 in 27 min. I did use flood coolant and ran the blade at high speed. The pitch of the blade is 8-12 VP
 
 
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