"BusaC" wrote in message
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Hi
I am looking to buy a Band saw or scroll saw to use cutting aluminium
and mild steel, sheet and tube.

Silverline do a 350 W band saw with a 14 tpi blade for £85 but I cant
find any information about cutting metal. I don’t want to spend money
on something that will have blunt blades in 5 minute’s.

I want to replace hack sawing, drill and filling curves in steel sheet
that is to thick to cut with tin snips.

Any advice welcome

Chris

I used a bandsaw a lot when I was a toolmaker. The key is to use enough
pressure to make the blade actually CUT and not merely RUB. Curves are a bit
limited by the blade depth