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'splain to me about 'band saws'
this is an innovation i know nothing about...basically, since getting
back into SG, i've ignored the topic when looking at catalogs but ... all of a sudden it dawned on me that there are some folks out there who are using saws to cut glass????? really???? isn't this like cheating? where's the craftsman of old? is everyone 'hi-teching' it these days? can you give me a summary of how band saws are used in 100 words or less??? thanks ar... in the dark ages of SG, i guess. |
'splain to me about 'band saws'
can you give me a summary of how band saws are used in 100 words or less??? thanks Glass saws are slow, noisy, and messy - but they can cut glass. Unfortunately they are most often bought by beginners who think using a saw will allow them to avoid spending the time learning to cut glass by hand. These saws are frequently used to cut out shapes that are structurally unstable and break (often during construction). There are two basic types of glass saw - band saws and ring saws. Because they have a low center of gravity, band saws are especially useful as door stops. The circular ring on ring saws is well suited to tie a rope through to use it as a boat anchor. There are people that recommend buying a saw for cutting glass. Those people are almost always the ones wanting to sell glass saws. My suggestion concerning glass saws is: "If a shape can't be cut hand, it shouldn't be cut at all" "The best choice of saws is the one you decline to buy". Dennis Brady DeBrady Glass - http://www.debrady.com Victorian Art Glass - http://www.victorianartglass.biz Glass Campus - http://glasscampus.com |
'splain to me about 'band saws'
wrote in message oups.com... can you give me a summary of how band saws are used in 100 words or less??? thanks Glass saws are slow, noisy, and messy - but they can cut glass. Unfortunately they are most often bought by beginners who think using a saw will allow them to avoid spending the time learning to cut glass by hand. These saws are frequently used to cut out shapes that are structurally unstable and break (often during construction). There are two basic types of glass saw - band saws and ring saws. Because they have a low center of gravity, band saws are especially useful as door stops. The circular ring on ring saws is well suited to tie a rope through to use it as a boat anchor. There are people that recommend buying a saw for cutting glass. Those people are almost always the ones wanting to sell glass saws. My suggestion concerning glass saws is: "If a shape can't be cut hand, it shouldn't be cut at all" "The best choice of saws is the one you decline to buy". Dennis Brady DeBrady Glass - http://www.debrady.com Victorian Art Glass - http://www.victorianartglass.biz Glass Campus - http://glasscampus.com Please disregard this answer. It was more than 100 words. |
'splain to me about 'band saws'
okay...so now i've heard from the guys who don't like the idea of
cutting flat glass with a saw...is there ANYONE here that DOES use a saw, band or ring, i'm not fussy.. what are the plus sides to this issue? they sell the darned things...someone must be using them... any saw users out there??? ar. |
'splain to me about 'band saws'
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'splain to me about 'band saws'
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'splain to me about 'band saws'
well, so far, i haven't heard from one stained glass person who's
using a band or ring saw.... but until i do, the jury's still out... ar |
'splain to me about 'band saws'
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 23:02:53 -0400, Moonraker wrote:
Please disregard this answer. It was more than 100 words. The executive summary, though, is pretty short: Dennis doesn't sell saws, so he doesn't recommend them. For once, I agree with him, but it won't keep me up at night because I know that if he started selling them tomorrow morning, he'd be calling them an essential piece of any "artisan's" studio by lunchtime. |
'splain to me about 'band saws'
wrote in message ups.com... okay...so now i've heard from the guys who don't like the idea of cutting flat glass with a saw...is there ANYONE here that DOES use a saw, band or ring, i'm not fussy.. what are the plus sides to this issue? they sell the darned things...someone must be using them... any saw users out there??? ar. Ok...I'll fess up. I have a saw. Mostly it gathers dust. I use it to make very tight inside curves where hand cutting, grozing, and grinding wouldn't work as well. I probably use it once or twice a year and usually on glass that has a heavy texture (like baroque) that seems to have a mind of it's own. |
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