Steel for the chassis

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by dogwood

If I was starting again I would defo use the "HandyAndy"
Saves an awfull lot of agro.


David

Thanks David,

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

[twinturbo]

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

[Dusty]

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.

[twinturbo]

has that actualy got a proper ferous blade?

TT

[Dusty]

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 ...

[twinturbo]

I bet it's just a wood blade.

TT

[twinturbo]

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

[graeme.webb1@ntlworld.com]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

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

To the best of my knowledge you can get metal blades for them. However they seem to have less power than the average cut off m/c that I have used. Could be good for the compond angles.

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Dusty

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 ...

Dusty ( Hi by the way & welcome to the forum)...

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

[twinturbo]

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