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Band saw speeds
- Thread starter Chuck McB
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darkk
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Do metal cutting band saws normally run at slower speed than one set up for wood?
Yes, way way slower....
454ragtop
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Need about a 10 to 1 reduction.
toolchaser
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You can cut Al with a wood bandsaw. Steel requires about 100' per min. blade speed
BWS
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Yes,about 10-1.....metal speeds are gonna be 3-400 FPM,give or take,and it is critical to quality of cut and blade life.Blade cooling is done with liquid coolants for the most part.
Wood speeds would be 10X that...@ 3-4000 FPM.On the wood side,its not "quite" as critical as metal speeds....UNTIL,you get to resawing and/or exotic woods.But for general wood sawing....the speeds are a little more tolerant.
Chip evac starts to be an issue on wood though.Short of full-on...bigazz "mills",liquid coolants for blades are generally more hassle than they're worth.But a LOT can be done with air.It not only cools the blade but can be a make or break it(literally) when resawing.....Well its also used on highly abrasive exotic woods.We have some here that are about like runnin a pce of Aluminum through through your wood BS.Heck,a species as benign as Purpleheart will peel a sharp blades edge as fast as you want?And yes,we sharpen/set our own.Introduce some serious air,directly into cut and its almost tolerable.
Wood speeds would be 10X that...@ 3-4000 FPM.On the wood side,its not "quite" as critical as metal speeds....UNTIL,you get to resawing and/or exotic woods.But for general wood sawing....the speeds are a little more tolerant.
Chip evac starts to be an issue on wood though.Short of full-on...bigazz "mills",liquid coolants for blades are generally more hassle than they're worth.But a LOT can be done with air.It not only cools the blade but can be a make or break it(literally) when resawing.....Well its also used on highly abrasive exotic woods.We have some here that are about like runnin a pce of Aluminum through through your wood BS.Heck,a species as benign as Purpleheart will peel a sharp blades edge as fast as you want?And yes,we sharpen/set our own.Introduce some serious air,directly into cut and its almost tolerable.
gus1962
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It should be really slow feed rate. Check this site : http://sawblade.com/band-saw-blade-speed-and-feed-chart.cfm . This can help you .