The new 420cc Predator

[supermanotorious]

thanks so much for the tips, I'm super excited to start getting nice precise cuts and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the brother-in-law, father, and friends, constantly "need" to bring stuff over to be cut

I'm open to any other suggestions and admittedly I only found 1 video of the saw on YT which was simply an unboxing video

I'm on the fence whether or not to build a higher base, I see pros and cons either way

As for the charcoal box question, look again at the floor model in my last post, the cap does not vent so they have the "elbow" with the vent hose that goes straight to the air box- makes sense from a production perspective, its the same air box whether they want to add the charcoal filter or not

 

[machinist@large]

In a perfect world, you would be all set. Since we both know what world we're stuck with, I'll try to do what I can to help. Remember, with a bi-metalic blade cutting mild steel, 120 to 150 FPM max. Approach to the start of cut feed rate should be 5 to 10 seconds for the last 1/8". DO NOT PLUNGE INTO THE WORKPIECE!!!!! Plan on frying several blades....

And people wonder why they can't just watch a video on how to do it right.....

 

[Badot]

Hmm... would it be reasonable to oil the blade with an oil that smokes at a temperature about where the blade would start getting damaged? Should be a nice visual indication of too much feed rate.

 

[machinist@large]

Hmm... would it be reasonable to oil the blade with an oil that smokes at a temperature about where the blade would start getting damaged? Should be a nice visual indication of too much feed rate.

Not necessarily. While it might warn you of total failure of the blade, it won't give you a clue of what is going on. This is one of those things that just seems to unteachable in a YouTube video. What really cloud's things is that I've taught a couple of people the basics of how to run an industrial band saw in a couple of days, the rest of the successful trainee's I've had took several weeks to get up to speed. The rest? I really hope that they found a job they were capable of doing.......