Fragging with a wet tile saw (and diamond bandsaw).

i have crabs · #1 08-12-2009, 09:32 PM

at macna last year one company had a small bandsaw and were chopping stuff right at the show for people.

whatcaneyedo · #2 08-12-2009, 10:39 PM

This article talked about a hobby size diamond bandsaw for cutting coral too. I looked it up and it looked like it was going to cost at least $400 after adding exchange, tax and accessories... I'd love to get one but thats a little outside of my budget right now. If anyone has seen one thats a little less expensive I'd love to know.

http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/...1/pages/10.htm
http://www.inlandcraft.com/singlepro...&partnum=91040

whatcaneyedo · #3 10-01-2009, 10:01 PM

I havent had a chance to use it yet but I broke down and bought an Inland DB 100 Wet/Dry Diamond Bandsaw. I found it on ebay for a decent price, it came to $280 CAD after shipping which was great except it arrived with one of the legs broken. I'm currently waiting for a replacement part to be sent. As soon as I get to try it out I'll post some pictures and share my experiance with using it.

muck · #4 10-01-2009, 10:32 PM

Looks cool....can you adjust the table height?

whatcaneyedo · #5 10-02-2009, 12:04 AM

The table height doesnt adjust but the blade guide/water-lubricator can move up and down to give as much as 3.5" of cutting height.

whatcaneyedo · #6 10-05-2009, 07:49 AM

I just tried out the bandsaw for the first time this evening by cutting a duncan and an open brain. Eventually I'll try it on my acans and some other 'brains'.

What I liked:
1. Cutting is nice and smooth and calm, not like with a rotary tool or wet tile saw where theres lots of noise and coral goo flying everywhere (like the dude with the lawnmower and the room full of zombies in Dead Alive... What? No one has ever seen that movie? You suck

).
2. My fingers feel safe.
3. Cleanup is easy because the unit is mostly plastic its safe to splash it with lots of fresh water to get the gunk out.

What I didnt like:
1. I dont really like the water lubricator system of the saw. When I assembled it I couldnt get the provided hose to fit so I had to use some of my own flexible airline hose.
2. The mechanism that restricts water flow to the blade kind of came loose and I had to glue it back in...
3. Cutting is slower than with a wet tile saw, it took me quite a long time to get through the hard lower skeleton of the open brain.

Mr.nintendo · #7 10-05-2009, 07:56 AM

I know it's off topic, but Juzam Djinn was a bad ass card back in the day