ISSUE or REQUEST: Horizontal band saw in Metalshop is impaired
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Details of ISSUE or REQUEST (Please be as specific as possible):
Reporting this because I was in the room when Ray (unfortunately I forgot to get his last name) was using the saw and asked me to as he doesn’t use talk.
The drive pulley on the horizontal band saw broke after he was attempting to cut a piece of aluminium round stock for about 30 minutes. He did nothing improper the blade on the saw has been completely worn out and leads to excessive cut times, I beleive this lead the to pulley failure
I set the belt to a lower speed on the pulley but it should be replaced and the belt still desperately needs replacing.
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