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Now that's nice, what sort of throat does the vertical saw have? And is that a blade welder? I have a similar machine (but Asian built) with variable speed and a blade welder with 16"of throat.
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Rick
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(08-25-2012, 02:32 AM)Rickabilly Wrote: Now that's nice, what sort of throat does the vertical saw have? And is that a blade welder? I have a similar machine (but Asian built) with variable speed and a blade welder with 16"of throat.
Best regards
Rick
Its a Grob 4v-18. it has a 18" throat and 12" of height, it has a blade welder but seems to work best on carbon steel blades. I mostly use bimetal ones. It can use blades from 1/8 to 1" in width. It has a 4 speed trans and a variable speed adjustment for anything between. It has air over hydraulic table feed also.
(08-23-2012, 08:45 PM)NevadaBlue Wrote: Here's my big saw. In this pic it is tied down, I was in the middle of moving stuff in the shop. It is an 'Elite Mfg' saw. I haven't been able to find ANYTHING about it online, but it works. It is running a 1" band now, should be 3/4". I think it is 8x13 or something...
I use a HF red saw for my vertical saw, I put a little table made of 1/4" plate on it and use it a lot. Works great, I sit on the end of the stand. Perfect... this pic is just after it arrived. I clamped a plate on the existing vertical table and put a stack of shop towels on the end of the stand for my butt. ![Big Grin Big Grin](http://www.metalworkingfun.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Your Elite saw looks like my old Carolina, I've been using mine for over 15 yrs. No problems. They can be set up vertical also.