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Default Slicing a big (12.5" diameter) "rod" of metal

On Oct 4, 8:54*am, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:
Other than buying a huge $8-10K horizontal or guillotine bandsaw, can
you guys think of any way of slicing a 12.5" diameter cylinder of
metal stock into 2-4" thick disks? I don't really care if it takes all
day to do it. This would get used once in a blue moon. Weight of the
piece is probably more than 700lb.


Diamond wire saw?
http://www.cuttingtechnologies.com/s...re_sawing.html
Karl