Curiosity Series

Cutting a 1500s Cannon What do you use to cut a 500 year-old cannon in half? The best blades money can buy. Today we're cutting the breechblock of a cannon from the 1500s. This task has been handed to us by the INA, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and John Vilas from Vilas Motor Works. Table of Contents Vilas Motor...

The National Sales Manager for  www.sawblade.com shows how to cut a Bowling Ball in half in under 45 seconds, just to see whats inside. We are using the high production Velox Band Saw machine with the Rugged Tooth Q 1002 Band Saw Blade from www.sawblade.com, the leading internet distributor of bandsaw blades and related products. This is the first of our...

In this video we are cutting an Land Rover engine block in half with the Q 601 band saw blade from sawblade.com In a world where professional saw operators are looking for one blade to cut as much as they can without changing out blades from their machines, the Q 601 Bi-Metal Band Saw Blade is as close as you...

The latest in the curiosity series, a massive 15 inch cast piston from a pump station located in Freeport, Texas was the most recent "victim", in our "curiosity" series of sawing items in half - just because we can! This piston was rejected for use due to quality issues, as it was .06000 out of tolerance. So, we wondered what...

In this curiosity video we cut a machine tool gearbox in half with a Q701 Ground tooth band saw blade from saw blade.com. Have you ever seen the inside of a transmission or gear box? Well, here's your chance while you watch Q™ 701 Ground Tooth Band Saw Blade make short work of a gear box! In an ongoing effort to...

In this video, Celeste uses the Trajan 1916 paired with the M42 Band Saw Blade to cut a Ski Helmet in half.

We’re not sure if it’s a great solution for a Subaru to back seat drivers, a creative way to increase gas mileage, or the ultimate in car customization. What we are sure of, is that it’s a lot of fun to watch. The next in our ongoing Curiosity Series of videos takes us to Houston Metal Cutting where we’ll...