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Summary: Different types of band saws will make various kinds of cuts, such as vertical or horizontal cuts. Find out how band saws can cut different types of material in this free video from a professional contractor.
Danny Ramirez has worked as a professional contractor in the Tampa, Fla area for over five years.read more
"Hi, my name's Danny. And I'm from Tampa, Florida on behalf of Expert Village. I'm going to talk about how to use and maintain a band saw. OK. I'm going to talk about the uses of a, of a band saw. This type of band saw, this is a vertical band saw. But there's also a horizontal band saws too, which you can use. And you can use those to cut pipe. You can throw the pipe on there and it'll cut straight down. And the good thing is it'll cut super square cuts. And at very clean cuts with that. This type, you can cut like flat sheets of metal. Cut sheet metal. You can almost, if the blade's small enough, you can actually sort of curve. You can cut plywood. You can, anything wood, metal. You can run it right through. You can cut it at any angle you want. The table, it actually tilts and you can, you can cut a lot of stuff with it. Just depends how big it is. And if you have a vertical or horizontal or you can have both. So the uses on this is a, is a very big, big selection. You can do a lot with a, with a band saw."