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   On 11/2/2024 12:55 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vg5olf$3t2d5$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > On 10/31/2024 8:01 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vg0t6n$2rop8$1@dont-email.me...   
   >> ...   
   >> I thought I "needed" a vertical metal cutting saw in the shop so I   
   >> bought it.  I admit I have cut metal with it.  With the right blade it   
   >> is okay for aluminum, and marginally capable of mild steel cutting.  I   
   >> have managed to make some cuts in alloy with it, but the torque at lower   
   >> surface speeds is so low you work harden it pretty quickly with the   
   >> light cuts you are forced to make and not stall the saw.   
   >> ...   
   >   
   >   
   > I used to run a lot of communication cable in schools, net, phone,   
   > video, tv, telemetry, etc.  Often we would have the master keys working   
   > at night or on the weekend.  Except for a few dedicated teachers we   
   > would have the place to ourselves.  I recall in one maintenance shop   
   > they had a gigantic old Rockwell (just said Rockwell I looked) vertical   
   > band saw.  I couldn't help but turn it on and make a couple cuts.  Oh,   
   > that was a serious machine.  Nothing stopped it.  I told the head IT guy   
   > if he ever saw it at auction let me know.  It sounded like it might have   
   > had a bearing going, but for a machine like that I wouldn't care about   
   > fixing it.   
      
      
   I usually get a happy "holiday" text from him for Christmas,   
   Thanksgiving, and Father's Day.   
      
   I bet they won't ever scrap that saw.   
      
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