It took me about a half an hour to put the saw together. One of the instruction illustrations was backwards... imagine that! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I made one 90 degree cut through the 4" tubing just to test it out. I had it on the low speed and that wasn't doing much. So I switched it to the middle speed and it took about 20 minutes. About 8 minutes on the top, 4 minutes to go through the sides, and another 8 for the bottom. That seems a bit too long. Anyone have any opinions on that time?
However, sitting in a chair next to a saw watching it work is MUCH better than bending over a piece of tubing with a sawzall in my hands! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Could be that the saw came with a fine tooth blade and I could probably switch it out for a more coarse one and go a bit faster. I checked the pressure of the tension spring and there isn't much weight on the arm. I could lift it with one finger. Even if I back the tension all the way off, it seems a bit light. I took the temptation to push down on the end of the arm just a bit. It didn't take much to knock the blade off the wheels. Seemed like only about 6-8 pounds of pressure was too much. So, I just let it do the work with the weight of the arm.
Question for anyone that can tell me... should I be using cutting fluid with the band saw? We had hand held bandsaws at work and we never used fluid with those. They seemed to work just fine.
And yes, I took pictures and will document the whole thing. Just don't have time to upload them tonight. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif