Category: Saws

Picking the Right Bandsaw “I’m going to buy a horizontal bandsaw for my shop,” the new metalworker told his fabricator friend one evening at dinner. “What kind of a bandsaw?” the friend asked. “A metal-cutting saw, of course,” said the novice. “Yes, but there are many kinds. The first questions you need to ask are […]

Give it to Me Straight When the band saw was invented, craftsmen were excited to have a tool that could deftly cut through wood—and later metal—so readily. Any time a workpiece needed to be severed at a specific point, the shop’s bandsaw could be powered up to make the cut. Provided it was a straight […]

Double the Miter, Double the Fun With the onset of miter functionality, the metal cutting bandsaw increased its usefulness in metalworking shops the world over. No longer just a tool for cutting stock to size, the miter bandsaw allowed fabricators to cut an angle into the end of workpiece, allowing it to be welded to […]