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Bob Engelhardt Bob Engelhardt is offline
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Default THE fastest material removal....

Wes wrote:
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Drilling and bandsaw comes in second ...


No way a bandsaw is as fast as an abrasive chop saw, for similarly
priced units. How big a bandsaw would you need to cut 3/8 x 2" in 10
secs? Much bigger than a 4 x 6, for sure! And that's with a kerf
that's 1/2 that of the chop saw (i.e., 1/2 the volume removed).

Bob