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Alligator Saw or Sabre Saws
Does anyone have any experience of Dewalt DW390 275mm Alligator Saw or
BOSCH PROFESSIONAL 1600W TANDEM SAW GFZ 16-35AC. I have an electric chain saw which does most of what I need to do for preparing wood for turning but I thought that theses other saws might be safer and easier to use for knocking corners off of bowl blanks etc. I do not have a very big band saw or much room in the workshop (shed really workshop is a bit grand) so I thought one of these saws might come in handy,however I dont want to buy one and then find they dont work very well. Remember after it has hit the wall behind you its on its way back again.Chas. |
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"Bowlauncher" wrote: Does anyone have any experience of Dewalt DW390 275mm Alligator Saw or BOSCH PROFESSIONAL 1600W TANDEM SAW GFZ 16-35AC. I have an electric chain saw which does most of what I need to do for preparing wood for turning but I thought that theses other saws might be safer and easier to use for knocking corners off of bowl blanks etc. I do not have a very big band saw or much room in the workshop (shed really workshop is a bit grand) so I thought one of these saws might come in handy,however I dont want to buy one and then find they dont work very well. Remember after it has hit the wall behind you its on its way back again.Chas. Hmmmm. Are you in the UK? I did a quick google search on both saws you mentioned and the URLs I looked at all seemed to be in the UK - perhaps these saws aren't available in the US, so you you may have to wait for a UKer to respond. If you have an electric chain saw, then I don't see a lot of advantage to this type of saw. It certainly looks intriguing for those of us who don't want to go outside and fire up the gas chain saw though. -- Owen Lowe Northwest Woodturners Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild ___ Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness. |
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Alligator Saw or Sabre Saws
I have such a saw and I have used it with a 12" blade for cutting limbs, it
would not be the first saw I'd use to blank a bowl. Those long blades are flexible and difficult to control. A 12" electric chain saw would cut faster and straighter. Dan "Bowlauncher" wrote in message ups.com... Does anyone have any experience of Dewalt DW390 275mm Alligator Saw or BOSCH PROFESSIONAL 1600W TANDEM SAW GFZ 16-35AC. I have an electric chain saw which does most of what I need to do for preparing wood for turning but I thought that theses other saws might be safer and easier to use for knocking corners off of bowl blanks etc. I do not have a very big band saw or much room in the workshop (shed really workshop is a bit grand) so I thought one of these saws might come in handy,however I dont want to buy one and then find they dont work very well. Remember after it has hit the wall behind you its on its way back again.Chas. |
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Owen Lowe wrote:
In article . com, "Bowlauncher" wrote: Does anyone have any experience of Dewalt DW390 275mm Alligator Saw or BOSCH PROFESSIONAL 1600W TANDEM SAW GFZ 16-35AC. I have an electric chain saw which does most of what I need to do for preparing wood for turning but I thought that theses other saws might be safer and easier to use for knocking corners off of bowl blanks etc. I do not have a very big band saw or much room in the workshop (shed really workshop is a bit grand) so I thought one of these saws might come in handy,however I dont want to buy one and then find they dont work very well. Remember after it has hit the wall behind you its on its way back again.Chas. Hmmmm. Are you in the UK? I did a quick google search on both saws you mentioned and the URLs I looked at all seemed to be in the UK - perhaps these saws aren't available in the US, so you you may have to wait for a UKer to respond. If you have an electric chain saw, then I don't see a lot of advantage to this type of saw. It certainly looks intriguing for those of us who don't want to go outside and fire up the gas chain saw though. -- Owen Lowe Northwest Woodturners Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild ___ Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness. Hi Owen. Yes I am in the UK just thought that this type of saw would be nicer to use in the workshop than a chain saw and they do have dust extraction connections which would make indoor use more pleasant. Chas. |
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Dan Bollinger wrote:
I have such a saw and I have used it with a 12" blade for cutting limbs, it would not be the first saw I'd use to blank a bowl. Those long blades are flexible and difficult to control. A 12" electric chain saw would cut faster and straighter. Dan "Bowlauncher" wrote in message ups.com... Does anyone have any experience of Dewalt DW390 275mm Alligator Saw or BOSCH PROFESSIONAL 1600W TANDEM SAW GFZ 16-35AC. I have an electric chain saw which does most of what I need to do for preparing wood for turning but I thought that theses other saws might be safer and easier to use for knocking corners off of bowl blanks etc. I do not have a very big band saw or much room in the workshop (shed really workshop is a bit grand) so I thought one of these saws might come in handy,however I dont want to buy one and then find they dont work very well. Remember after it has hit the wall behind you its on its way back again.Chas. Hi Dan The saws I was looking at have a guide bar like a chain saw is yours this type or is it just a blade like a jig saw. Chas. |
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