Looking for a why or why not.

I thought it would work but there must be a reason that they make the abrasive saw besides swapping out blades.

Is there a reason I am missing ? The guy at the hardware store says it will work fine but what does he know.. He lost credibility when he said it flux and mig is all the same..

 

Sure you can. On the same token I use a wood blade in my chop saw all the time...

 

any one agree or disagree?

 

you can use, just i wouldnt use a wood blade.

 

hahah

get a metal blade and off you go, thats what i used before i got a chop saw

 

at work we use a 10" chop saw with a wood blade to cut aluminum. just dont smash it down. for steel, i dont know. do they both spin at the same RPMs? how powerful are they? i would guess that the ones meant for metal have a more powerful motor but i could be wrong

 

I use one with no problems. I like the saws angle mechanism much better than that of a chop saw... I did remove all of the plastic bits in the line of fire from sparks though.

 

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Well according to my old man, who is no means an expert, owns a crap load of woodworking tools and reserches things before he buys says theres a difference in rpms. But if people are doing it and you'r down w/the ghettoness, go for it.

 

HD has a chop saw for $80.. Its miketta (sp??) so I am going to get that today... why not ??

 

I finally got a chopsaw (cheap GMC, works fror me) but only because it was $70 and 14". I used to use my Delta 10" mitre saw with a metal cut off blade. Just look at the max rpms on the cut off "blade" and the rpms on your mitre saw. Make sure they're good and you're set.

 

I bought the cheap chop saw..I'll sell it when im finished using it !

 

I used for along time a miter saw with an abrasive wheel on it. Then I changed to one of those metal cutting blades that looks like a masonery blade "tile, etc..." blade is all metal w/ what appears to be diamond dust embedded into the outside section and has afew lateral cuts down from outside towards inside hub for cooling I assume. This blade yeilds a quicker, more accurate cut. This saw worked great for me! Now I have an actual cut off saw. The differences are that the true chop saw has the vise built in. The miter saw does not have as much torque and rpm so you can bog it down easily. The big advantage to the miter saw over the chop saw is if you want to cut on an angle you can adjust the angle of the saw's cut vs. having to change the angle that the stock has to be clamped into the vise. Is easier to go from straight to angle cuts. I made a back stop system that allowed me to use welding clamps to hold the stock. I used a pice of rectangle tubing aproximately 8" wide x 2.5" tall (id) x 20" long. And then welded a pice of straight stock onto the back of the square stock that made a 90deg on the back of the square pice for me to push the stock that I was cutting up against it and gave me a flange to clamp against. I could put one side of my welding clamps into the square stock and the other on top of the stock to be cut. So you could clamp to the back and to the bottom and keep it from moving! You then have to go ahead and cut your holes into the square stock and back stop so the blade will pass through when you are cutting your material. Good luck!!!

 

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Me too, but I left all the plastic in