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That is one way, but not the way I'd do it. Keeping the original motor
and pulleys, I'd use a jack shaft with two suitable sized pulleys and
two belts to get the speed reduced by a factor of ten. Then I'd get a
metal cutting blade, some coolant and cut. The modifications should
cost you less than $100 so you could have a brand new Wood/Metal
bandsaw for $100 more than the price of a wood cutting bandsaw.

"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
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| Not familiar with that saw, looks like a generic import to me. Did
you look at
| the Wilton w/m bandsaws? It's cheaper than yours at $999 free
shipping:
| http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...M6HCQ?v=glance
|
| GWE
|
| lens wrote:
|
| I'm looking for a small vertical metal bandsaw. The 4x6" cheapies
won't
| work for thick sheets (say 1/4" aluminum 12" x 12") and I already
have
| a saw to cut bar stock. The cheapest thing I can find is this:
|
|
http://www.palmgren.com/palmgren/p-s...gbandsaws.html
|
| It's $1200 on Amazon (shipping included). It's a lot less than the
| cheapest Grizzly vertical metal saw (G8144 $2025 w. shipping) and
I
| don't plan on using it for wood. It seems like somebody should be
| selling a 14" saw for metal that would be maybe a $100 more than
the
| wood saws, but I can't find anything like that. I want to cut up
to
| maybe 3/4" aluminum plates and maybe some steel. I have 2
questions:
| Are there cheaper option for what I want?
| Is this saw up to the task? (since wood/metal combo saws often are
not
| well regarded)
|