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Posted by on April 4, 2008, 6:08 pm
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> > John Montrose wrote:
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> >> As well as the other responses, consider this: the sonic or laser will
> >> reflect off the blade itself. The carbide tips that do the cutting are
> >> slightly wider than this.
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> > I believe Bob is talking about a MEC style cold cutoff saw. They use HSS
> > blades normally 2mm thick.
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> > Wayne....
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> Yes, your right, it is a MEC saw. I measure from the right of the blade, so
> blade thickness not a problem, and it is HSS.
> Some very interesting replies here worthy of me doing some research.
> I like the look of the extending wire idea.
> My saw has to the right of the blade a 2 metre long material support table,
> with an upright length that the stop block slides along, so the other
> suggestion of a stick on type of glass scale that a DRO head could pick up
> on is also worth exploring. I have a German made 2 metre rule in use for
> setting the stop block. This with the magnifying glass is ok, but if you
> look slightly to one side of the stop block, its easy to go undersize when
> measuring steel lengths that final size with half a mill in the total. This
> then wastes that length, and has to be used on the next order that is
> shorter. Lengths up to one metre are set with my 1 metre vernier, and the
> magnifying glass !!!!
> Bob
Hello Bob if you have a two metre rule I have a couple of the old
Heidenhein optic readers in metric setup, don't know whether they
would read your rule but if fixed to the sliding stop to read along
the rule might be a cheap and easy result. Cheers Colin
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