Byrne's saw for cutting thin brass???

[CPDDET]

Is anyone using their Byrne's saw for cutting thin brass stock?

If so, which blade are you using and what is the maximum thickness you're cutting?

Dave

[Jaager]

In theory,  I would use a slitting blade.  Thin sheets of non ferrous metal will probably react poorly to the stress of cutting if it is pushed thru the blade by itself.

I would use thin sheets of model aircraft plywood and double sided tape to make a sandwich. The metal fixed between two sheets of ply.  Cut using one of the more coarse toothed slitting blades, but still a lot of teeth.  

I have no actual experimental data to confirm that this would work.  But, I expect that curling and other adverse problems would be avoided.

A top hold down stick and butt end pusher should resist kickback.

[bruce d]

2 hours ago, Jaager said:

use thin sheets of model aircraft plywood and double sided tape to make a sandwich. The metal fixed between two sheets of ply.  Cut using one of the more coarse toothed slitting blades, but still a lot of teeth.  

Exactly right for thin brass. It doesn't have to be top quality plywood, just solid with no 'voids'. Also works with acrylic sheet.

I have cut .004" (4 thou) brass this way with good results on a saw nowhere as good as a Byrnes. 

It is surprising but the same setup will allow you to make good cuts with a router provided the ply-brass-wood sandwich is rock solid and you have good router bit. You may harm the teeth of the cutter but just use another depth setting next time to bring a different section of the cutting edge into contact with the workpiece.

 

The tricky part, whichever tool has been used, is removing the plywood without distorting the brass. Tip: soak the whole kit and kaboodle in methylated spirits to soften the double sided tape bond. Once finished, throw the plywood away.

[Roger Pellett]

I have also slit brass tubing as small as 1/16in dia. to form a cap rail atop a metal bulwark on my Byrnes saw.  This requires a simple jig- a hole on a block of wood clamped to the tabl.e top.

 

Roger

[RichardG]

Apparently the saw will cut "larger" stock as well. Greg Herbert used the saw to help make this tiller.

 

 

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