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   On 8/27/2024 3:02 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:val753$33ff9$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > I moved the original fence to a solid location for 8", and then made a   
   > new fence for the regular position with a tooless screw/handle for angle   
   > cuts.  Most of the time I do not use the original fence in its new   
   > locations.  Maybe never since I got the 7x12 bandsaw for larger stock.   
   >   
   > Bob La Londe   
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   > That sounds like a better approach. I kept the original fence and   
   > changed only the fasteners, so it's still clumsy to adjust.   
   >   
   > I'd buy a 7x12 if I had the space for it. I got the 4x6 for $125 and   
   > it's a Delta with upgraded small parts compared to others I'd tried.   
   > With mods and careful adjustment it has been accurate and large enough   
   > for my metal projects and cuts a 6x6 timber neatly enough to leave the   
   > end exposed. My hoisting gear helps it handle long and heavy stock.   
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   It occurred to me that I do almost exclusively straight cuts with the   
   7x12.  I may remove the swivel fence and install a fixed fence on it. It   
   can drift a little from closing forces as I crank a big heavy piece of   
   metal into alignment with the jaws.  No, its not always easy to just lay   
   it down straight in the first place.  The last time I made any   
   deliberate angled cuts was for brace pieces on a welding table my son   
   and I built a few years ago.  If I do need to make more 45 degree angled   
   brace pieces (I will I hope) for work benches I can cut those small   
   pieces on the 4x6-8.  It would also be nice to have a small out feed   
   table with a work stop.  Something better than the rod and stop it came   
   with and I long since misplaced.  Maybe a swing a way out feed table so   
   I don't bark my shins on it when not in use.   
      
   Pasks Makes on YouTube did a bunch of "fixes" to his 4x6 in a video with   
   some great tips a while back.  Another useful one for me might be to   
   make a table that clamps into the vise for using the saw in a vertical   
   position, and just get rid of my vertical bandsaw that doesn't have   
   enough torque at steel cutting SFM anyway.   
      
   I use the horizontals as verticals regularly, but I only use the   
   vertical for wood, plastic, and sometimes aluminum.  Never for steel.   
   Well, I have, but its pretty disappointing.   
      
      
      
      
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