Please check out and watch my second video about this band saw also kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6W4doCPf6ajr9U which is about my first band saw blade snap and a modification of the vise jaws.
@edfort57043 ай бұрын
Nice review. I agree this is such a better solution than most or all others for cutting steel of various sorts.
@AdaptingCamera3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment. Yes, now after almost two weeks of use, it is definitely my favourite saw, not only for metal, but also for wood. It is so convenient to use it that I prefer this one and not the circular saw, which I also have a few different type, from the largest you can see in this video to the tiniest one, which is a very small Proxxon table saw.
@skunkjobbАй бұрын
I bought the old model from Biltema less than a year ago. The new one looks better and costs less. Anyway, I regret not buying a metal band saw many years ago, they are very nice to have. By the way, Biltema is not a Norwegian company, it's Swedish, founded in Linköping.
@AdaptingCameraАй бұрын
I agree with you regarding the metal band saw in general. I also regret that I didn't buy something similar many years ago. OK, sorry. I always thought it was a Norwegian company, I don't know why.
@johneriksson99902 ай бұрын
Hi. I have noticed some issues with this saw. The jaws of the vice could have ben wider so that the right side had it's end just some mm from the sawblade, or moove the vice againt the saw blade. All to make it possible to cut short pieces of wood, steel or what ever You are cutting. The saw blade is rotoating towards the moving jaw of the vice instead of running towards the fixed vice jaw. Is it possible to reverse the electric motor and insert the blade with teeth pointing aganst the fixed jaw. Anothe suggestion is to fill up the base of th saw with concrete or epoxi resin mixed with steel balls or something else that increase stability to the base. The manual claims that the saw does not moore than 3 of 10 minutes. To prevent overheating. Is that a problem or not. From John Eriksson in Bollnäs Hälsingland.
@AdaptingCamera2 ай бұрын
Hi John and thanks for your comment. The problem you are mentioning regarding the jaws being too far from the blade is something I mentioned in my video as well, but I suppose you got tired of the video before that part. Anyway, that's on my list of "to do", because it is annoying that I have to come up with a special solution each time to ba able to cut short pieces. It's in fact a problem I am facing at this moment, I just took a coffee break. Anyway, I will solve that more permanently within a few days, plans are in my head already done. To you question about rotating the blade the other way, the answer is no, that's neither possible nor would be useful, since it would mean that the blade must be turned inwards, making the machine useless. I was thinking about reversing the vise, but I don't think that's practical. Anyway, while I suspected this to be a problem also, after a few weeks of pretty intensive use, I don't find it a problem. Remember that if the blade must be forced then you probably using the machine the wrong way, have a blund blade, or the wrong type of blade. Regarding the 10 minutes, yes, I read the manual. I think that's just a "I will cover my ass" type of advise, but in any case, 10 minutes of cutting is a very long time, if you need that long than perhaps you need an industrial machine. All the cuts I am making are done after a minute or two, but definitely never 10 minutes. I don't know which material thickness would need that, maybe a 100 x 100 mm chunk of steel. So I am not worried about that. Also, all of the other "problems" you mentioned are the same in all similar band saws, even the industrial ones. Regarding the mass of the base, I think that's enough. Adding more mass would not improve the cuts according to me, I have no problems with vibrations. So my verdict so far is that I can recommend this machine for anyone who is not using it professionally. My experience is too short to say anything about how long the machine will last, but I get back here if it brakes down. The first thing I expect to fail is the blade, if that happens I'll buy a Bahco blade. Expensive, but good quality. I also think that it is important NOT to use any coolant, the blade should stay dry. That's also in the manual, but many people don't read it or don't care about that note. I think that's more important than the time restriction. Hälsningar från Lund, Skåne.
@johneriksson99902 ай бұрын
Hi again. Thank You for your answer on my initial comments. No I did not get tired I was vith you all to the end of the video. I am infact thinking of buying the saw my self for my workshop. I am thinking that the vice is located far away from the sawblade in order to make it possible to cut in angles. What do You think of replacing the vice with a proper vice for a drillpress mashine or for a milling mashine. Is it possible to make the vise reversed and moved closer to the sawblade and make it rotate to cut in angles. With a reversed vice the sawblade will push the material aginst the fixed jaw and make a moore solid fastening of the material that is to be cut. What type of motor is it. Is it reversible at all. It would be very nice to see Your modificacations in a video. From John Eriksson in Bollnäs Hälsingland.
@AdaptingCamera2 ай бұрын
By the way, just last week I made the modification of the jaws, using some scrap metal I had at home, and that is documented here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6W4doCPf6ajr9Usi=V7g5UjQCcu-jfPaM