WHY ISN’T MY ABRASIVE WHEEL NOT CUTTING

WHY ISN’T MY ABRASIVE WHEEL NOT CUTTING

Why isn’t my abrasive cutoff wheel not cutting my metal OR cutting it efficiently?  In this article, we go over a few reasons why your cutoff wheel isn’t cutting your steel and how to fix them.

First, we want to start with what steel you are cutting, material sizes, etc.  Several engineered abrasive cutoff wheels have different grits and wheel grades, so you will help play around with that.  

IMPORTANT: The rule of thumb when choosing a cutoff wheel is the harder the material, the softer the blade.  The softer the material is, the harder the abrasive blade must be.

IMPORTANT BLADE NOTE: A DRY ABRASIVE BLADE RUNS FASTER THAN A WET ABRASIVE BLADE.  AND DIFFERENCE IS A DRY BLADES TEND WILL BE REINFORCED WITH A FIBERGLASS MESH. 

Second, please pay close attention to part placement.  When placing your part into the Kalamazoo abrasive saw, make sure that your part is front of center.  The center is the actual saw spindle.  When it’s at the saw spindle (center) or behind the center, your blade tends to grab the material, bounce it, and draw it up instead of securely pushing it back against the saw table and fence and cutting the metal.

Third: The saw spindle RPM.  Getting the cutoff wheel close to the saw spindle speed (RPM but not over will help with abrasive cutoff wheel performance.

Fourth: There isn’t enough motor horsepower to cut your metal

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