ReefKeeper Band Saw from Inland: The DFS-100 gets suited up for extreme coral cutting
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The ReefKeeper Bandsaw DFS-100 from Inland is a workhorse coral cutting machine. The robust Inland Bandsaw has seen many miles of cutting limestone and coral skeletons in every corner of the country and now the machine is getting outfitted for maritime use. Whereas the previous model was designed primarily for cutting glass, the new DFS-100 ReefKeeper Band Saw features nearly all thermoplastic housing and it ships with a diamond coated saw blade. The blade guide is an all plastic, replaceable BladeSert that can be replaced for maximum performance so you can cut up every single last corallite of that Acan lord colony you just bought. Like before, the ReefKeeper Band Saw carries an active water cooling system that funnels water onto the cut to keep things clean, clear and visible. The Inland ReefKeeper Band Saw retails for $269 on the Inland Craft website and replacement diamond coated Band Saw blades are $69. The ReefKeepers Band Saw should become available in the next few days.
Neat little bandsaw, a few locals have one and its invaluable in chopping up LPS corals with a minimal amount of collateral damage. Also if you search around you can easily find it for under two bills, with 2 blades.
The plastic housing while often a sign of a cheap tool actually is quite useful in this sense since corrosion will not be an issue.
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Awesome! I want one!
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I hope the beefed up the motor as the last one was under powered and heated up fairly quickly.
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
You mean you can’t use a standard circular saw?!?!? WTF, why didn’t anyone tell me!
November 24th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I’m glad to hear that they re-vamped these things… I use it at work almost daily, a tool that any reef farmer MUST own!
November 25th, 2009 at 4:15 am
How large is this saw?
February 4th, 2010 at 3:18 pm