36" Drop Saw at Class

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36" Drop Saw at Class May 25, 2017 20:26:30 GMT -5 via Tapatalk quartz, roy, and 8 more like this

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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 20:26:30 GMT -5

Many members will like to see this.

Rockoonz quartz jamesp AzRockGeek woodman catmandewe roy DirtCleaner Tommy toiv0

It is a drop saw. Operates off hydraulics from a Cessna and the bleeder valve allows the blade to slowly drop. When cut is over, pump it back up!

This is the site glass to see bleeder valve drip rate. For this setup we try for about 2 drips per second for the big agate below.

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Deleted Deleted Member Member since January 1970 Posts: 0	36" Drop Saw at Class May 25, 2017 20:29:15 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 20:29:15 GMT -5 Big Perkinsville agate I got from Tim I sliced on this saw.
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36" Drop Saw at Class May 25, 2017 20:48:06 GMT -5 bsky4463 likes this

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Post by Rockoonz on May 25, 2017 20:48:06 GMT -5

That is too freaking cool, basically gravity with a hydraulic damper like a Great Western, but with a vertical drop.
Uses up a lot less floor space too. If you can get a shot of the arm and cylinder inside the saw I would be grateful.

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woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	36" Drop Saw at Class May 25, 2017 20:54:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 25, 2017 20:54:16 GMT -5 Looks like a real monster. How much travel side to side does the carriage have?

Tommy Administrator Member since January 2013 Posts: 12,991	36" Drop Saw at Class May 25, 2017 20:57:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommy on May 25, 2017 20:57:40 GMT -5 Thanks for the tag - that's freakin amazing. I've got a rock or two I'd like to cut on that sucker.
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36" Drop Saw at Class May 25, 2017 21:06:42 GMT -5 coloradocliff likes this

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Post by AzRockGeek on May 25, 2017 21:06:42 GMT -5

That's a Bad A$$ saw!!! I think Larry may of had that back in my Goddard days, looks familiar.

A few months ago I picked up a Slik 14" drop saw that has a hydraulic dampener, cool addition to a drop saw.

How long did it take to cut that agate?

Tim

That is some nice Gneiss Schist!

morerockspleaz has rocks in the head Member since October 2009 Posts: 531	36" Drop Saw at Class May 25, 2017 21:08:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by morerockspleaz on May 25, 2017 21:08:03 GMT -5 Wow now that is quite the saw. Love the details on it. Serious cutting there.

quartz Cave Dweller breakin' rocks in the hot sun Member since February 2010 Posts: 3,359	36" Drop Saw at Class May 25, 2017 22:29:03 GMT -5 bsky4463 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by quartz on May 25, 2017 22:29:03 GMT -5 Thanks for the look, I've seen a 36" HP, and that drop saw is a spacesaver by comparison, but still plenty big.
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coloradocliff driving up their electric bill Member since May 2017 Posts: 2,778	36" Drop Saw at Class May 25, 2017 22:36:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by coloradocliff on May 25, 2017 22:36:03 GMT -5 Hella cool saw. How's the blade cooling? effective? Bring boulders to it for custom cutting? Cliff

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,612	36" Drop Saw at Class May 26, 2017 1:51:20 GMT -5 bsky4463 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on May 26, 2017 1:51:20 GMT -5 Hydraulics is sweet. Looks like a perfect application. Begs for pressure feedback loop, hydraulics are so smooth and controllable.

catmandewe gets rocks for Christmas Contact me for a discount on DP Products. Member since April 2007 Posts: 5,462	36" Drop Saw at Class May 26, 2017 9:30:32 GMT -5 bsky4463 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by catmandewe on May 26, 2017 9:30:32 GMT -5 Lots of similarities to the new DP drop saws, wonder if they saw this before they built theirs? Tony
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bsky4463 fully equipped rock polisher Member since September 2013 Posts: 1,696	36" Drop Saw at Class May 26, 2017 10:48:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bsky4463 on May 26, 2017 10:48:25 GMT -5 May 26, 2017 9:30:32 GMT -5 catmandewe said: Lots of similarities to the new DP drop saws, wonder if they saw this before they built theirs? Tony Agreed....for those interested HP video... Nice post Scott. Cheers
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36" Drop Saw at Class May 26, 2017 12:24:10 GMT -5

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May 26, 2017 10:48:25 GMT -5 bsky4463 said:

May 26, 2017 9:30:32 GMT -5 catmandewe said:

Lots of similarities to the new DP drop saws, wonder if they saw this before they built theirs?

Tony

Agreed....for those interested HP video...
Nice post Scott.
Cheers

Wrong saw, DP not HP
Page 49 Diamond Pacific catalog and 100 times the quality of the chinese crap from HP.
www.diamondpacific.com/Resources/complete%202017%20cataloga.pdf

“You preachers of equality, the tyrannomania of impotence clamors thus out of you for equality: your most secret ambitions to be tyrants thus shroud themselves in words of virtue. Aggrieved conceit, repressed envy—perhaps the conceit and envy of your fathers—erupt from you as a flame and as the frenzy of revenge.”
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36" Drop Saw at Class May 26, 2017 15:27:52 GMT -5 via mobile

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May 26, 2017 10:48:25 GMT -5 bsky4463 said:

May 26, 2017 9:30:32 GMT -5 catmandewe said:

Lots of similarities to the new DP drop saws, wonder if they saw this before they built theirs?

Tony

Agreed....for those interested HP video...
Nice post Scott.
Cheers

Don at DP is friends with Larry who leads our class. He may very well have seen it.

It is home built in the 1960's. So AzRockGeek probably used it back in his Goddard days. The builder made two of them. The hydraulic pump was from a B24 not a Cessna. It was the emergency landing gear assembly.

Rockoonz yes I'll get you those pix.

coloradocliff it is an oil saw.

woodman I'll measure it next Tuesday.

Tim 40 minutes or so for a 9" depth.

Thanks to all for your interest!

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36" Drop Saw at Class May 26, 2017 21:41:43 GMT -5 via mobile

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May 26, 2017 12:24:10 GMT -5 Rockoonz said:

May 26, 2017 10:48:25 GMT -5 bsky4463 said:

Agreed....for those interested HP video...
Nice post Scott.
Cheers

Wrong saw, DP not HP
Page 49 Diamond Pacific catalog and 100 times the quality of the chinese crap from HP.
www.diamondpacific.com/Resources/complete%202017%20cataloga.pdf

I couldnt agree with you more that the HP is Chinese crap and DP is high quality. I am VERY familiar with the difference between the two companies. Apparently how I worded my response was poor. But I thank you for your effort to enlighten me, correct me or whatever your intent...regardless cool saw in your post Scott. Cheers

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Deleted Deleted Member Member since January 1970 Posts: 0	36" Drop Saw at Class May 30, 2017 21:31:59 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 21:31:59 GMT -5 Hard to image the internal side of the mechanism. The blade is in the way! Rockoonz

Rockoonz misunderstood rock expert Member since August 2009 Posts: 11,484	36" Drop Saw at Class May 30, 2017 23:40:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rockoonz on May 30, 2017 23:40:05 GMT -5 Thanks Scott That could cut a rock
	“You preachers of equality, the tyrannomania of impotence clamors thus out of you for equality: your most secret ambitions to be tyrants thus shroud themselves in words of virtue. Aggrieved conceit, repressed envy—perhaps the conceit and envy of your fathers—erupt from you as a flame and as the frenzy of revenge.” —Friedrich Nietzsche

Deleted Deleted Member Member since January 1970 Posts: 0	36" Drop Saw at Class May 31, 2017 17:34:13 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 17:34:13 GMT -5 Has been for over 40 years! Homebuilt.