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    good day today....for me :)

    got the rest of the switch boards cleaned. and will go out tomorrow. 68.5 lb. got a message that the one I sent Monday arrived today. got my saw put together, and tried it on some finger cards. THIS IS DEFINITELY THE WAY TO CUT FINGER cards.



    i set the saw in a tub which catches any dropped pieces. all in all a good day.
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    what kind of saw old dude?
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    I believe he mentioned previously that it's a band saw.

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    What kind of tub? ; )

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    craftsman band saw using a wood blade seems to work best for boards. metal blade works best for transformer copper. not sure what the original use for the tub, but it looks kind of like a throw away cement mixing tub 8 inches deep about 36 by 24.

    Itried to do the transformer without changing the blade but the tooth array throws the wire all over the place. the metal blade at about 2400 rpm works great, it drops the wire right into the tub.
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    I have thought about using a tile saw for fingers with water for cooling. I don't think it would get that hot, but the water would contain all of the tiny particles of board that were eaten off by the saw. Save that up and send to a refiner. What do you think?

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    tried a table saw couldn't keep the fingers from flying all over the place no matter what blade I used.

    I have also tried a cut off saw, sawsall and finally settled on my 41/2 grinder . the band saw is the way yo go if you can, much less dust just my .02

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    seems like a fine tooth would cut best on either, maybe different rpm's. Have you got a finger guard or anything for that? Do you reckon maybe butcher gloves would be any good? Just a thought

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    Quote Originally Posted by rawresale View Post
    I have thought about using a tile saw for fingers with water for cooling. I don't think it would get that hot, but the water would contain all of the tiny particles of board that were eaten off by the saw. Save that up and send to a refiner. What do you think?
    I think the tile saw would be a great idea. The water would also help keep dust/particles off the board from becoming airborne. I may have to pull my tile saw out and test it this weekend. I have several fine blades that should do the job.

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    Olddude I'm glad your back to work, sounds like your feeling better just don't over do it. I still think a scroll saw would do a good job of cutting fingers off boards but haven't heard of anyone using one. They are small and can stored easly.

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