Idea Converting a vertical wood band saw to metal cutting
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I have one of the factory built Rockwell's that cut wood & metal. It's a great saw. I had planned on converting a Taiwanese built wood saw, but jumped on the Rockwell before I started on the conversion. Sold it for what I had in it.

The kit looks much better than most could build and probably cheaper than all the parts, etc one would need such as a gear box to slow down the blade. At the Surplus Center a 60:1 gear box is $98.45 plus shipping. My SWAG is that shipping would raise it to at least $125.00, equal to the kit. All said and done I think conversion would cost $175 or more.

Ditto on the quality blades. One can buy decent wood blades at a big box store, but metal ones need to be sourced from an on line store.
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RE: Converting a vertical wood band saw to metal cutting - by Dr Stan - 02-05-2017, 04:38 PM



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