Once I got a lathe I had a need to cut solid bar stock and all I had at the time was a 14" abrasive chopsaw. It's a good old saw, I've owned it since the 80's, but it was looking like cutting bar stock was gonna kill it for sure and we couldn't have that! Being more financially viable at the time I popped $7-800 on a Taiwan made 7x12 horizontal bandsaw.
The only regret, and I'm not sure it's a viable one, is I bought one with a cooling system. Initially I used a water based coolant that was designed specifically for a saw, but that stuff dries up and forms a crust of chips that are just about like rocks. It also ate the paint! So I switched to whatever spare oil I had available and now it's an oily mess instead of a crusty one.
I don't even try to clean it ...
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