GREAT video and excellent information. I'm a novice. I make vibraphone frames (percussion instrument) out of aluminum profiles. I just purchased Morse Aluminum Blade but I've been using the standard steel cutting blade that did fine for quite a while. I'm having difficulty cutting my profiles at a true 90 degree angle. How do you set up your angles on the vice to get them as accurate as you can? I have everything shown in this video.
There are a couple ways you can try to true up the vise jaw angle. Probably the easiest is to take a right-angle square or layout square and set one end against the vise jaw (on the inside between both jaws) and make sure the other side (perpendicular side) lays flat against the blade. If the teeth on the blade won’t allow the square to lay flush with the blade make sure the square and the blade are parallel. You also have to be careful not to move the vise jaws when tightening to the base once you set your angle. Although this saw is considered fairly accurate cutting, it still comes down to what tolerances you are aiming for. Even a CNC saw set-up will have a plus/minus tolerance. Please let us know if you area still having an issue and we will see what other advice we can lend. Best way to reach us is to contact a local branch nearest you: www.puritygas.com/locations/ Thank you!!!
It should do fine as long as the steel is in the annealed state and is not hardened. The Metal Devil blades are not recommended for steel hardness above Rockwell C 25.
GREAT video and excellent information. I'm a novice. I make vibraphone frames (percussion instrument) out of aluminum profiles. I just purchased Morse Aluminum Blade but I've been using the standard steel cutting blade that did fine for quite a while. I'm having difficulty cutting my profiles at a true 90 degree angle. How do you set up your angles on the vice to get them as accurate as you can? I have everything shown in this video.
There are a couple ways you can try to true up the vise jaw angle. Probably the easiest is to take a right-angle square or layout square and set one end against the vise jaw (on the inside between both jaws) and make sure the other side (perpendicular side) lays flat against the blade. If the teeth on the blade won’t allow the square to lay flush with the blade make sure the square and the blade are parallel. You also have to be careful not to move the vise jaws when tightening to the base once you set your angle. Although this saw is considered fairly accurate cutting, it still comes down to what tolerances you are aiming for. Even a CNC saw set-up will have a plus/minus tolerance. Please let us know if you area still having an issue and we will see what other advice we can lend. Best way to reach us is to contact a local branch nearest you:
www.puritygas.com/locations/
Thank you!!!
Good morning hows it do cutting Spring steel , carbon steel as a knife makers Steels
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Tim seaton
It should do fine as long as the steel is in the annealed state and is not hardened. The Metal Devil blades are not recommended for steel hardness above Rockwell C 25.