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Looking at a setup like this because i cant afford a nice cold saw at the moment. Do these things work well? Does the blade deflect like an abrasive cut off saw?

 

AKA a "chop saw". If you don't have a band saw they are the next best thing. They can cut through anything.

Only con is that the disk gets used up pretty fast, and gets smaller as it does, so after cutting up a lot of piping you may notice that you can't cut all the way through a piece even though there is still about 2/3 of the disk left. I generally keep about 5 extra cutoff disks lying around.

 

That dry cut saw there uses a metal blade not a abrasive blade. Very similar to a chop saw except this type is more accurate because the blade does not deflect when you apply pressure to cut. Also these leave little to no burr behind and you can expect this blade to last like as long if not longer then like 20 abrasive blades.

 

anyone out there have one or ever use one and can give some feedback? im seriously thinking about buying one. Or should i just spend the money on a horizontal bandsaw in the price range of $750-$1000?

 

good for light gauge metal not anything heavy they are louder than a chopsaw since its metal on metal

 

If you dont mind spending th extra money you could use a carbide tipped blade instead of the composite ones.

http://www.northerntool.com/we...rmics

 

I'm wondering if you can use that with a regular chop saw.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by _BEN_ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you dont mind spending th extra money you could use a carbide tipped blade instead of the composite ones.

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You can't use on a regular chop saw because the chop saw spins to fast. The dry cut saws are a slower RPM.

 

I have the Dewalt and like it a lot more than the regular chop saw. If you use the search you can find a thread about these from a year or two back. The little chips of metal are hotter than **** though! Cuts 1/4" x 3" stainless bar like butter so I'm not sure what Howitt is referring too.

 

I've used the handheld version that looks like a skil saw, i think it was a milwaukee or a dewalt, it worked really well for cutting metal grating (stuff you see people in gas plants walking on..)

 

spray water on the cut, will make blade last longer. like a ghetto cold saw

 

You cannot cut large solid bar stock with these saws, correct? I need something to replace this crappy $200 band saw that I have that cuts like crap. I'm constantly having to true up the ends of the stock in the lathe. I cut 1" to 4" OD aluminum round stock quite a bit, but I haven't seen anything that said these saws can cut through material that size unless it's tubing or pipe. Is this true?

I'd love to get that Milwaukee saw, as it would take up a lot less room, but I can't if it won't do solid bar stock.

I'm thinking about a friggin Grizzly band saw, since theirs have gotten good reviews for the money, and it's supposed to be fairly accurate.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/G9742

 

The place I work at uses a Milwaukee 15amp chop saw to steel and alum, metal blade each. The aluminum uses some special $500 blade, shitload of small carbide teeth. The blade is the main factor in deflection, smaller, sharper teeth give you a better cut.

Otherwise the abrasive discs are great for quick & simple stuff. They are also fairly cheap. Great tool since its speed makes the occational 'fine tuning' with a grinder or file acceptable.

I'd ahve to say the only real diff between that any a $150 chop saw is the extra shields and the blade. Carbide = $$.

 

anybody here making collectors with cop saws? ?