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I am building a home hobby machine shop and I've got two lovely PM machines (a lathe and mill). I need to add a saw of some kind. At this point all I have is a sawsall and that's not going to work long term. I'm looking for advice.
Here are my needs:
1) something to cut stock with, round and square up to about 3" in diameter. I'm considering a cheap Harbor Freight horizontal/vertical band saw.
2) something to be able to cut shapes with like a traditional stand up band saw. And by shapes I mean, say I have a 4"/4" piece of aluminum and I need to shave off an inch, or maybe I need to cut a rough circular shape out of it, etc.
3) something where I can cut the inside of a shape. Perhaps a scroll saw of some kind?
I'd prefer to just buy one saw or at most two and I kind of am running out of space. What do you all think would work best for me?
Here are my needs:
1) something to cut stock with, round and square up to about 3" in diameter. I'm considering a cheap Harbor Freight horizontal/vertical band saw.
2) something to be able to cut shapes with like a traditional stand up band saw. And by shapes I mean, say I have a 4"/4" piece of aluminum and I need to shave off an inch, or maybe I need to cut a rough circular shape out of it, etc.
3) something where I can cut the inside of a shape. Perhaps a scroll saw of some kind?
I'd prefer to just buy one saw or at most two and I kind of am running out of space. What do you all think would work best for me?