QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since May 2008
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Post by QuailRiver on Feb 2, 2014 13:26:48 GMT -5
rockpowell I have had a 14" Lortone saw for over three years now and LOVE it.! Got it new the one that has the auto blade dresser built in, the secret to keep it cutting fast is to dress that blade some times in between slabs, just a little bit to keep those diamonds sharp. I cut a lot of Picasso which is very dirty, turn the oil grey with clay, Pipe line canyon jasper, very dirty now the oil is red. As for the Lortone Co. Jim retired last summer, he was the man! After that I saw that they had many Job openings, with new people, that could be their problem!!! Ya think !! Dressing the blade does not wear it out, still have the original blade in use and could last another year or more, it's a mk 303. I also use a power bar on it. ( they say not to use ) But it has saved my saw 4 times now, any power flux shuts it down, turn both off when I open it, before I have tripped the switch accidentally while changing rocks and now up to 6 oil baths, why 6 I'm a slow learner LOL Oil don"t taste that good any way and not in my diet. The feed rate on the Panther may be okay for most materials as with the Picasso Stone you are cutting. But I have found the feed rate to be too fast for really hard agates like Kentucky Agates regardless of how frequently the blade is dressed. I too finally got fed-up (pun intended) with my Panther not cutting the hardest agates and switched the 7 rpm power feed motor to a 4 rpm motor and it now gives better service. Larry C.
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