New Therapeutic Saw...wow

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Pretty neat. I wonder how durable the saw is? I wonder what it sounds like?!?! Must sound different. I wonder how much power it has?
 

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too bad it works on compressed air, becouse they yet havent got quasiturbines to work on anything other than steam/air... so.. a long way till we get "vibration free" chainsaws...
 
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Too bad for us, but if it works as advertized, it would be good for stationary cutting purposes. I'm thinking of sawmills and log processors - places where large air compressors would be practical.


Interesting concept - well worth watching.
 
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I think the funky looking black ones are air powered, but I think the blue on is gas. It says "low emissions" and has a pull start.
 
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hamradio said:
Pretty neat. I wonder how durable the saw is? I wonder what it sounds like?!?! Must sound different. I wonder how much power it has?

It better run a lot better than when this vapor ware was first promoted a few years ago. I saw a film clip of one cutting a small stick then. Could have cut it faster by pulling the saw back and forth.

Harry K
 
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i do believe the air compressor powered saw was created for underwater log cutting, i seem to recall reading on a company that specialized in underwater cutting and timber salvage.
 
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I'll bet the cfm that it would take to do anywork is not feasible for most people.

For example I can do air sanding with air and my 24 amp at 240 volt compressor runs pretty much half the time. Or I can to the same job (althought not as smooth or long lasting) with an electric which pulls at most 3 amps (110v)

So air is neat, but very inefficient in terms of energy.
 
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Most people use them for jackhammers, sandblasting, etc. Use it for blowing all the water out of sprinkler systems in fall, so it doesn't freeze and break stuff. 4 cyl. John Deere diesel in it.
 
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