A little while back I asked on another thread http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=293274
if anyone had tried these. Apparently the answer was no or was overlooked.
So I decided to take the plunge and order some to try myself.
I never get the opportunity to contribute much to these forums as my thoughts and answers seem to be the same and too late or overlooked.
I know it has been mentioned that people have been cutting shafts in multiple ways over the years, such as routers, laminated trimmers, vfd spindles, dc spindles, on lathes, designated shaft cutting machines, table saw contraptions, with router bits, end mills, slotting cutters, jewelers saw blades, table saw blades, and who knows what else?
A few years back I found a old Bloodworth machine in OK City for a friend of mine for a good price. Since his family lives out there and could deliver, it made it a even better deal. After a new blade was installed, I was very impressed with the finished surface and was actually kind of envious.
Since then I have been playing around experimenting. When I came across these saw blades at basically 2", the same diameter and width as the slotting cutters I have been using but with more teeth.
All I had to do is make my own mandrel, not a big deal.
I was so anxious to try it out I didn't even check runout before running a test. Needless to say, after switching to this setup (Porter Cable 7301,Proxxon 20 Teeth Tungsten Tipped Saw Blade for KS 115 with homemade mandrel and converting to DC with a treadmill power supply board instead of router speed control(thanks Eric Crisp) running on a Hightower Cuesmith with a custom made leadscrew and taperbar attatchements) I am extremely impressed so far. Only time will tell how it holds up over time.
if anyone had tried these. Apparently the answer was no or was overlooked.
So I decided to take the plunge and order some to try myself.
I never get the opportunity to contribute much to these forums as my thoughts and answers seem to be the same and too late or overlooked.
I know it has been mentioned that people have been cutting shafts in multiple ways over the years, such as routers, laminated trimmers, vfd spindles, dc spindles, on lathes, designated shaft cutting machines, table saw contraptions, with router bits, end mills, slotting cutters, jewelers saw blades, table saw blades, and who knows what else?
A few years back I found a old Bloodworth machine in OK City for a friend of mine for a good price. Since his family lives out there and could deliver, it made it a even better deal. After a new blade was installed, I was very impressed with the finished surface and was actually kind of envious.
Since then I have been playing around experimenting. When I came across these saw blades at basically 2", the same diameter and width as the slotting cutters I have been using but with more teeth.
All I had to do is make my own mandrel, not a big deal.
I was so anxious to try it out I didn't even check runout before running a test. Needless to say, after switching to this setup (Porter Cable 7301,Proxxon 20 Teeth Tungsten Tipped Saw Blade for KS 115 with homemade mandrel and converting to DC with a treadmill power supply board instead of router speed control(thanks Eric Crisp) running on a Hightower Cuesmith with a custom made leadscrew and taperbar attatchements) I am extremely impressed so far. Only time will tell how it holds up over time.
