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mattpilmoor - 4/12/04 at 10:22 AM

Hi All,

Can anyone who's used a wood cutting mitre saw modified to take an abrasive metal cutter reccomend a decent cutter and blade combination?

Is there a decent cheapish chop saw available that will cut compound angles?

Also where can i find a mitre attachment frame for an angle grinder?

I need to go out and buy some stuff today and need to be able to cut tubes quickly cause i'm doing them at work!!!

Cheers

Matt

chrisf - 4/12/04 at 01:07 PM

Hi Matt:

I had a miter saw for trim carpentry that I used. Just a simple, 10" saw. The abrasive wheel I used was bought at my home improvement store. Neither are anything sprecial and both worked well.

--Chris

kb58 - 4/12/04 at 05:09 PM

Once you cross over from making simple cuts to compound cuts, a band saw is much, much better.

stevebubs - 4/12/04 at 05:18 PM

Is there cheap a bandsaw anyone can recommend?

kb58 - 5/12/04 at 05:34 AM

I got the one from Harbor Freight, on sale at $140. Regular price is $170 or so. It's the horizontal/vertical saw, 4"x6" capacity. It has it's limits, but it helped build my car.

JoelP - 5/12/04 at 08:55 AM

i got a band saw from machine mart. its a nice quiet tool, but tricky to keep the blade vertical - it seems to wander. believe it or not, i might do them all by hand next time.

mattpilmoor - 5/12/04 at 05:23 PM

OK I've just bought a compound mitre saw from B&Q for 26 quid and a metal cutting disk for about 4 quid. It's only 750W but does the job perfectly! I had to modify the disk hub slightly to take the cutting disk. Turned it down from 24mm to 22. Just the job - Plenty of sparks!
Matt

derf - 6/12/04 at 02:03 PM

I had a hard time with my compund miter saw. straight 90 cuts would come out fine, but when I added an angle the wheel would flex slightly giving me unpedicatble results. The way I solved it was to use 2 blades side by side, which wasn't too safe as I did have a few unexpectatly explode on my, luckily I was wearing thick gloves each time. The 2 blades did however solve the disk flex problem.

Aloupol - 7/12/04 at 01:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mattpilmoor
OK I've just bought a compound mitre saw from B&Q for 26 quid and a metal cutting disk for about 4 quid. It's only 750W but does the job perfectly! I had to modify the disk hub slightly to take the cutting disk. Turned it down from 24mm to 22. Just the job - Plenty of sparks!
Matt


Please could you show a picture? I don't visualize what you talk about.
I will soon make the choice between square and round tube, each one has got advantages, I will chose the most easy solution, I'm not for the last 2 kg.