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Ash, i might be an odd shaped little man , but am more than happy to cut steel for folk For any folk thinking about starting a build, i,m always happy to help if you decide to go for the flat pack route cheers andy
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Well a bandsaw or Mitersaw is going to cost a fair bit on top of the steel..
I personaly would not use a angle grinder as a general cutting device. To brutish, to noisy, to crude. To messy. I do have a B&D scorpion reciprocating saw which has cut up a few cars.. It can be hard work, and the blades wear out fairly quickly considering their cost. TT |
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this is the one i've just got
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.js...&isSearch=true Ive been told it will do the business, so i will test and see. As for the lenght of the steel i'm getting 42m 25box, 18m 19box, 18m 19 tube. |
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has that actualy got a proper ferous blade?
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i dont know myself but the guy at B&Q said it would work. I did tell him what i was using it for and the details and he says it will be fine ...
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I bet it's just a wood blade.
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I would do some research before atempting to use that mitre saw. I have done a little research and can't find anything that sugests they are suitab;e for cutting metal.
Using the wood blade could result in some rather alarming, life endangering, trouser wrecking incidents.. TT |
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i,m no expert on machinery but i very much doubt that saw will cope with cutting almost 42mtrs of box steel, its not so much the blade ( tho that is critical to the type of material being cut, must use a blade designed to cut steel), its more to do with the torque reaction of the motor in the saw. i used a Fury3 compound mitre saw for a while but found it went thru blades too quickly, & so we at Saturn now have a professional cutting disc mitre saw, the kerf is a little more but the blades last alot longer, i also use a 1mm cutting disc in an angle grinder for the more acute angled cuts. without telling you how to suck eggs, i,d take the advice from a shop salesperson with a pinch of salt & trust forum members opinions who have cut the same steel you intend / need to, maybe save you money & hopefully an injury. i hope that doesn,t come across as rude, just hopefully helpful. ( i,ve now cut over 500mtrs of steel for chassis kits). cheers andy
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put it this way, if you chip a wood tooth spinning at 5000 RPM off the blade.....................
Metal needs to be cut slower with a fine toothed blade. I doubt even staff at somwhere like machine mart will know what's what.. If there's an advice line in the packing give it a ring. Evolution produce some tools that specify metal cutting.. http://www.evolutionpowertools.co.uk...ion_rage3.html TT |
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