Metal Bandsaw
| Metal Bandsaw | |
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| Class | Workstation |
| Type | Workstation |
| Recipes | 7 |
| Crafts | Metalworking |
| Location | Found in buildings |
The Metal Bandsaw is a heavy workshop saw for cutting metal stock into smaller pieces. It serves Metalworking and the wider metal crafts that need bars, sheets and chunks in smaller sizes.
Forged and cast metal often comes out larger than a recipe needs. The bandsaw splits an Iron Bar, a Steel Sheet or an Iron Block into handier parts. It also cuts up salvage such as tires and sawblades. The saw stands in buildings as found furniture and can be moved like other furniture.
It sits between the furnace and the forge in a metal workshop. The furnace and forge turn scrap and ore into bars, blocks and sheets. The bandsaw then cuts those into the sizes that blades, armour and small tools ask for. The same cuts can be made by hand, with a welding torch or at the forge. For blocks and sheets, the bandsaw is much quicker than sawing by hand.
How to Use Metal Bandsaw
Each cut is a recipe at the saw. The metal piece goes in, and two or four smaller pieces come out. The saw itself does the cutting, so the stock is the only input.
That spares the hand tools. Sawing an Iron Block or a Steel Sheet by hand needs a metal saw, which wears down over time. At the bandsaw the same cut takes a fraction of the time. Cutting bars by other means takes a Welding Torch and a welding mask, or a forge with charcoal, tongs and a chisel. At the bandsaw the bar alone is enough.
The saw can be picked up and carried to a base. Placing it beside the furnace and forge keeps all metal work in one room.
Crafting Recipes
Bar stock is the main work. Cut Iron Bar splits a bar into two Iron Bar Half. Cut Iron Bar Half splits a half again into two Iron Bar Quarter. These smaller bars suit recipes that call for less iron.
An Iron Bar Half goes into blades at the forge, such as the Long Simple Metal Blade and the Large Knife Blade. It also goes into tools like the Fleshing Tool, the Metalworking Punch and hoe and scythe heads. An Iron Bar Quarter makes a Small Knife, a Simple Metal Blade, an Iron Band - Small or a pair of forged forks. Outside the forge, a quarter bar becomes a Shiv or an Improvised Screwdriver.
Cut Iron Block into Chunks breaks an Iron Block into Iron Chunk. Chunks are the loose iron that other metal recipes take. Forge 10 Nails turns chunks into Nails, and other forge recipes turn them back into bars of any size.
Cut Metal Sheet turns one Steel Sheet into four Steel Sheet - Small. Small sheets are the base of forged armour. Neck guards, forearm, shoulder, thigh and shin armour all use them. A small sheet also backs a Mirror in Glassmaking.
Salvage cuts round out the list. Cut Up Circular Sawblade With Bandsaw gives two Circular Sawblade Half. A half blade becomes a Sawblade Hatchet or tops a Metal Baseball Bat with Sawblade. Cut Up Iron Band With Bandsaw gives four Iron Band - Small. Small bands go into spiked clubs, spiked bats and the Wooden Bucket.
Cut Up Tire With Bandsaw turns a whole tire into Tire Piece and a little Scrap Metal. Tire pieces make Tire Sandals and a full set of tire armour. Cutting a tire by hand needs Strength level 4 and a metal saw or bolt cutters. At the bandsaw any survivor can do it.
Every recipe made at the Metal Bandsaw is listed with what it uses up, the tools it hands back and the skill it asks for. A "Yes" under Learned means the recipe has to be learned before it shows up. Each tab holds one crafting menu category.
| Name | Image | Recipe | Crafting Materials | Tools | Skill | Learned | Spawn ID |
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| 2x Iron Bar Half | 
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Cut Iron Bar | 1x Iron Bar | - | None | No | /additem Base.IronBarHalf
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| 2x Iron Bar Quarter | 
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Cut Iron Bar Half | 1x Iron Bar Half | - | None | No | /additem Base.IronBarQuarter
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| 4x Iron Chunk | 
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Cut Iron Block into Chunks | 1x Iron Block | - | None | No | /additem Base.IronChunk
|
| 4x Steel Sheet - Small | 
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Cut Metal Sheet | 1x Steel Sheet | - | None | No | /additem Base.SmallSheetMetal
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| Name | Image | Recipe | Crafting Materials | Tools | Skill | Learned | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2x Circular Sawblade Half | 
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Cut Up Circular Sawblade With Bandsaw | 1x Circular Sawblade | - | None | No | /additem Base.CircularSawblade_Half
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| 4x Iron Band - Small | 
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Cut Up Iron Band With Bandsaw | 1x Iron Band | - | None | No | /additem Base.IronBandSmall
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| 4x Tire Piece | 
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Cut Up Tire With Bandsaw | 1x Tire - Old | - | None | No | /additem Base.TirePiece
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Notes
- Halving and quartering bars stretches one cast bar across several small recipes.
- A whole tire becomes Tire Piece plus Scrap Metal in one cut.
- The saw is furniture and can be moved to a workshop.
- Every cut at the bandsaw is open to any survivor from the start.
- The bandsaw saves wear on a hand metal saw.
- Small steel sheets cut here are the main material for forged armour.
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