Productive and precise cutting with bandsaw

A bandsaw is one of the basic tools commonly found tool in most machine shops in the context of machining different materials like metal, wood, plastic and other materials making it very precise to shape them into desired contours or straight line, irregular or curved forms of various sizes with desired dimensions. Generally, the bandsaw types fall into categories as the horizontal bandsaws and the vertical bandsaw machines. Several industries are using bandsaws in application works include wood/metal, electronics industry, automobile, construction, etc. A metal cutting bandsaw machine includes a long sharp blade on one side and equipped with a metal band to cut material. The band operates on 2 wheels lying and rotates in the same direction to make accurate cuts. Different blade model are required cutting process to remove material parts. This tool can even cut large sheet metal made from copper, steel, brass, aluminum to carve out into smaller forms or metallic items. Being one of the fundamental yet powerful equipment, several companies make avail various high quality bandsaw machines especially the horizontal one for metal cutting operation. However, sometimes it can be confusing for people to select the right type bandsaw for precise cutting.

Furthermore, certain factors should be considered by buyers before purchasing a such machine depending on application requirements. Firstly as usual it is best to consider budget on having the right budget amount to buy a first rate bandsaw machine.

What is more, the specifications of a machine are made as per need of customers. This involves components as the quality of equipment, blade size, cutting capacity, depth of the cut, etc. Furthermore, it is worth paying attention before purchasing it from a local shop, so visit few dealers and look for models available, go through their catalog, know about their price, review suggestions and then decide.

Its blade with teeth (typically 6 to 32 TPI) cut through the workpiece fixed rigidly to the bed or table via downward movement of the metal blade into the stock. The blade attachments could use band files or adjustable saw guide or the miter guide to hold the work piece firmly for proper angle. Hence through the proper arrangements enhance versatility to perform functions. A finer blade is generally required for hard material sawing whereas for cutting soft materials, the coarse tooth blade (with 2 or 3 tpi) is recommended. Further, to achieve best precision cutting, it requires proper saw blade tension.

Directions for safety when operating the saw:

• Keep your hands away from the blade and other moving parts when cutting
• Place workpiece against the table to hold firm control
• Adjust the blade guide properly to avoid risk for injury
• Ensure the blade is correctly mounted before use
• Do not lean towards the vertical positioned bandsaw

Though bandsaw helps prevent the dangerous kickback yet it requires following safety rules. It saws compound and intricate curves and circles on a scroll pattern relative to specific square limits. It can assist resawing thick board in woodworking and suitable to create wood veneer sheet from fine wood and drawer fronts to match the door style. To maintain better work life balance, apply car wax finish to table and get rid of the dust from the table area. Remember to lubricate it with high grade adhesion chain saw bar oil mixed with little kerosene/diesel and lastly it is not advisable to use water based lubricants.