Cuttting Aluminum

[WBear2GCR]

...just to replay the earlier thread, actually just my comments, on the table saw and kickback... sort of by design, sort of by accident, I use a slightly lower power motor and fewer belts (one vs. 3) on the pulleys of my Powermatic... as a result when the thing hogs it slows a bit so you have back off the push pressure. It is far easier to stall, and ur not going to cut a 4x8 block like butter as a result. But the force that thing can sling at is rather reduced compared to a stock table saw - although still presents danger it somewhat less and has saved my ass, no my hands and body a few times already. If I really needed full power I'd have to go for a bigger HP motor and all the belts...

It got done like this because I had to rebuild the thing as a hulk from a burned down shop - nothing but the steel left, no paint, no rubber, no pot metal, nuthin'. Put in new bearings and a motor... some warp on the table, but what the heck. Been cutting like this now for 20 years, still looks like a rust bucket too.

                  _-_-bear

[4cx250]

Hello All!

     I agree on the "kick back" with using a table saw!

     I use a plasma cutter now, BUT just be carefull, I think that those bubles that form when you cut, are from hydrogen gas, from the aluminum. Yes they do "pop," but I still think that it is safer than a table saw!

Tnx,