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Blade speed data are well-documented and may be found from a wide variety of sources. The Do-All has a mechanism on its side panel that is well worth examining. It shows how your great-grandparents did these things. Today devices like this are as rare as they are perplexing. | |||
Revision as of 20:33, 16 March 2024
Link to: Machine Shop Main Page
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| Do-All Vertical Band Saw | |
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| General Info | |
| Make | Do-All |
| Model | 2013-10 |
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| Specs | |
| Manual | Instruction Manual for a Similar Model |
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| Location | Machine Shop |
| Rubric | N/A |
| Training | |
| Testing | Tool testing |
| Restrictions | red |
See the Vertical Band Saws category for notes on using saws of this kind.
Safety
Link to: Safety notes on the Metal-Cutting Vertical Band Saws category page
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| The Do-All is extravagantly decorated with reminders like this. |
Operation
This machine is largely self-documenting.
Speed Selection
The machine is usually set to cut mild steel, for other materials it may be necessary to change the blade speed.
- The first step is to find what speed is needed.
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| Blade sizes and speed settings are found with this tool bequeathed to us by our ancestors. |
Blade speed data are well-documented and may be found from a wide variety of sources. The Do-All has a mechanism on its side panel that is well worth examining. It shows how your great-grandparents did these things. Today devices like this are as rare as they are perplexing.
- Next the user checks the blade speed with the machine running. An indicator is on the side of the machine and reads in feet per minute.
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| Feet per minute. Note only the SLOW speed range is available. |
