metal cutting

**crosscuttlery** · 06-25-2012, 09:16 PM

hey guys im looking to start seriously making knives but im looking for a saw capable of preciseley cutting steel and titanium... would a band saw or scroll saw work if i super lubed the metal? jw if not, then wat would be my best option for cutting the metal?

**Tinysd** · 06-25-2012, 09:41 PM

Get a metal cutting band saw. They are not cheap.

I use a Harbor Freight vertical/horizontal band saw to get it close and grind it the rest of the way. You can also use a angle grinder with a cut off wheel. I have used a jig saw, but it takes some time.

**Linos** · 06-25-2012, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by Tinysd

Get a metal cutting band saw. They are not cheap.

I use a Harbor Freight vertical/horizontal band saw to get it close and grind it the rest of the way. You can also use a angle grinder with a cut off wheel. I have used a jig saw, but it takes some time.

I second that...you can find them on sale often at 40% also angle grinders work really good

**crosscuttlery** · 06-25-2012, 10:10 PM

ok thanks guys, i didnt know there were 2 different types of band saws. lol ill just make a few damascus bars and put them up for sale if the metal cutting band saw gets to be too expensive i guess.

**S.Shepherd** · 06-25-2012, 11:34 PM

you make damascus................yet you're not sure how to cut steel

**crosscuttlery** · 06-26-2012, 12:48 AM

well iv helped my cousin do a few folds before, iv just never tried to cut out blanks especially nothing that small or detailed, nd iv seen ppl using band saws iv just never really thought about it I guess so I wanted to make sure before I blew money I didnt have.
god I sound like an idiot atm lol

**S.Shepherd** · 06-26-2012, 09:03 AM

and how old are you , out of curiosity ?

**Linos** · 06-26-2012, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by S.Shepherd

and how old are you , out of curiosity ?

i`ll take a pot shot....not enough?
after all he is one of those whatsacallit bali something?

**S.Shepherd** · 06-26-2012, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Linos

i`ll take a pot shot....not enough?
after all he is one of those whatsacallit bali something?

that's what I'm thinking. I'm also thinking adult supervision required.

**crosscuttlery** · 06-26-2012, 11:49 AM

Im 19 lol

**S.Shepherd** · 06-26-2012, 12:08 PM

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**S.Shepherd** · 06-26-2012, 12:09 PM

I suggest you read everything you can-google is your friend. There's more than enough info on the net to answer any question you have if you google correctly.
I also suggest you spend more time with the person who's making the damascus. Hands on expierence trumps internet expierence.

**S.Shepherd** · 06-26-2012, 12:10 PM

let me guess.........you want to make balis'

**crosscuttlery** · 06-26-2012, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by S.Shepherd

let me guess.........you want to make balis'

Lol well of course I eventually want to make balis but I like fixed blades more.

**Parker** · 06-26-2012, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by crosscuttlery

Lol well of course I eventually want to make balis but I like fixed blades more.

Dingo wants to make balis. One day he may make a knife, as anything is possible. Not likely of course, and he is apparently ginning up for framelocks, having mastered the butchery of alterations-work, crappy fixed blades which are not sharp, and balisongs which are made of expensive tinkertoys. Don't follow that path!

Simple is good, less is more. Only what needs to be on the knife, nothing more.

But Shep is correct, pay attention to what you're getting from the Damascus guy.

Making mistakes does not make you an idiot - it is the failure to learn from mistakes which accomplishes that task.