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Old 04-26-2012, 12:08 PM
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I also have that same saw although mine was made by Grizzly. That same design is made under many names. But, that saw is designed to cut metal - you won't find one saw that cuts both metal and wood for any kind of price you would be willing to pay. Metal cutting saws will cut wood but the sawdust gums them up pretty badly due to the oily film the blade needs for cutting metal. Also, you won't find proper wood cutting blades that fit a metal saw so you won't be able to do the precise kind of cutting you'd do with a wood saw such as slicing thin sheets of wood off of a block or cutting curves. Finally, it will cut small pieces of wood but thick stuff will be very impractical.

A metal cutting bandsaw is one of the most useful tools you can have in a knife shop and most all of us own one of these saws as you see in the link above. If we have the money, most of us eventually also buy a wood bandsaw but until then cutting the wood by hand is far easier than cutting metal by hand.

Bottom line: there are several important differences in metal saws and wood saws, it's not just about the blade. There is no single saw that will do a good job on both for any price you would want to pay so find a way to get both types of saw .....


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