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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: neuse on November 20, 2014, 07:44:11 am

Title: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: neuse on November 20, 2014, 07:44:11 am: What is the difference between wood and meat bandsaws?

I would like to buy a small bandsaw for deer.
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: Pappy on November 20, 2014, 08:29:04 am: The meat saw is a solid steel/aluminum or cast wheel, no rubber where the blade runs. Not good to cut meat on a wood saw, take that from me ,who tried it, very bad results. ;) :) :)
Pappy
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: dueb on November 20, 2014, 12:45:35 pm: If you don't mind pappy, I'd like to know what that does to the meat?
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: Pat B on November 20, 2014, 12:50:56 pm: It will grease up your saw. You'll have to completely disassemble it to get it clean.
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on November 20, 2014, 12:58:51 pm: Quote from: Pappy on November 20, 2014, 08:29:04 am
The meat saw is a solid steel/aluminum or cast wheel, no rubber where the blade runs. Not good to cut meat on a wood saw, take that from me ,who tried it, very bad results. ;) :) :)
Pappy

I can echo that.......you'll be lucky if the blade even stays on, the fat slides it right off the wheels. All I did was try cutting a set of antlers off a skull. Daddy has a meat saw if I need one, but we bone out all our deer and never use the saw for them.
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: Pappy on November 20, 2014, 04:39:59 pm: Yep what Pat and Pearl said. . Pappy
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: dueb on November 20, 2014, 10:00:42 pm: Thanks, I thought that it would affect the meat somehow.
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: Dharma on November 20, 2014, 10:15:43 pm: You also run the risk of severe food poisoning using a wood saw for meat. You can never get them really clean. And not the food poisoning that goes away in 24 hours, but the type that lands you in the hospital.
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: dueb on November 20, 2014, 10:54:36 pm: I don't plan on sawing meat any time soon, but it's good to know these things. ;)
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: caveman2533 on November 21, 2014, 02:07:31 pm: I believe meat saws are all stainless for easy washdown.
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: lebhuntfish on November 21, 2014, 02:19:34 pm: Quote from: caveman2533 on November 21, 2014, 02:07:31 pm
I believe meat saws are all stainless for easy washdown.

This is true, the motor' s on mine are even waterproof. It has actor for the grinder and one for the bandsaw. I just take mine out in the driveway and wash it inside and out then hose it off and wipe it dry. I never use the band saw part on deer. Only on the hogs we kill. Patrick
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: neuse on November 22, 2014, 07:42:30 am: Last year I tried to saw some sausage log rolls I made.

Oh my, huge mess. Dog loved it, suasage pieces every where.
Never again.
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: DC on November 22, 2014, 10:39:31 am: How about the other way? Is there any problem using a meat saw for wood? Just in case I run across a retiring butcher ;D
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: lebhuntfish on November 22, 2014, 02:03:37 pm: Thanks meat saw won't work cutting wood. Trust me I tried it. Not powerful enough.

Neuse, try freezing your sausage rolls before cutting them. Patrick
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: mullet on November 22, 2014, 07:29:34 pm: I've seen a meat saw used for cutting metal for knife blanks and trade points.
Title: Re: Bandsaw for Meat
Post by: lebhuntfish on November 22, 2014, 09:04:46 pm: Mullet, that would probably work pretty good since it's slower. Patrick