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I have also broken blades cutting oak, cherry, and pecan limbs into chunks for cooking in my BBQ.

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Do they ever soften up ? like boiling deer antlers ?

Cute .

I burn them on the coals for the smoke.

Yeah, I have...and every time I was doing something my inner shop teacher warned me about.

I decided to rip a big hunk of eucalyptus, it closed on the blade, stalled the machine and that electric smell was already present by the time I killed the power. Eventually I freed the blade. It wasn't broken, but had this Esher-esque warp that made the whole SS dance across the floor.

Another time I was looking for a quick easy way to strip the windings from an old electric motor. The bandsaw ain't it.

mindpilot wrote:Yeah, I have...and every time I was doing something my inner shop teacher warned me about.

I decided to rip a big hunk of eucalyptus, it closed on the blade, stalled the machine and that electric smell was already present by the time I killed the power. Eventually I freed the blade. It wasn't broken, but had this Esher-esque warp that made the whole SS dance across the floor.

Another time I was looking for a quick easy way to strip the windings from an old electric motor. The bandsaw ain't it.

Reminds me of someone I knew that cut himself bad enough for a hospital stay. He attempted to cut a softball in half holding it with his hands. I don't know why.

mindpilot wrote:Yeah, I have...and every time I was doing something my inner shop teacher warned me about.

I decided to rip a big hunk of eucalyptus, it closed on the blade, stalled the machine and that electric smell was already present by the time I killed the power. Eventually I freed the blade. It wasn't broken, but had this Esher-esque warp that made the whole SS dance across the floor.

Another time I was looking for a quick easy way to strip the windings from an old electric motor. The bandsaw ain't it.

Well, the band saw is it IF you do it right. The same with wood or anything else, you have to do it right. When I was working for the Air Force as a civilian overhauling aircraft generators the generator tear down shop used a band saw to cut and then remove the winding's from certain rotors. However the rotor was clamped to a sled that ran in the miter track. It worked perfectly every time.

How well does the dust collection work on the Shopsmith strip sander?

rlkeeney wrote:How well does the dust collection work on the Shopsmith strip sander?

I think it works pretty well. Then I guess it depends on your dust collector.

Quick word of caution: If in doubt DON'T.
Bill V