On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 20:17:52 -0800, "PrecisionmachinisT"
wrote:


"Ignoramus20484" wrote in message
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On 2011-12-04, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:16:07 -0600, Ignoramus20484
wrote:

OK, I have a dumb question. When is a vertical bandsaw like that
Powermatic, better than a horizontal?

When cutting detailed work pieces. A horizontal is strictly for cutting
to length. Making long pieces..or bundles of long pieces..into shorter
pieces.

A vertical is used for cutting out parts in plate and ones and twos of
shortening.

You didnt know this????????

Blink blink...blink?


I honestly did not know. Now that I do know, I am sure that I only
need a horizontal. Might even sell my chop saw.


I keep an abrasive wheel in the chop saw for hardened steel much better than
ruining a bandsaw blade.


Yes indeed. They work great on hardened steel. Now..will your chop saw
cut a piece of 8" diameter work? Will it cut out a jigsaw puzzle? Will
it cut wood? Will it cut complex curves and features..and will it cut
out holes in plate as small as 3/4" in diameter?

My vertical bandsaw will do all the above.

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch