SPYDERLK
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I've been a steel worker for 42 years, 25 of those on my own. My first choice would be the Chop Saw. Second choice if my Chop Saw was down would be the hand grinder with cutting blade. Cutting edges are tool / hardened steel. All other ways will fail. Now everyone tell me I'm wrong................Frank
So obviously a bandsaw blade would have cut it fine.Just wanted to report that I got the cutting edge cut down this afternoon. I used an .045" cutoff disk in my 4.5" grinder, and it worked great. I had managed to get a nice straight groove across before the Sawzall blade pooped out, and I just kept making passes back and forth as it went down. As the blade got way down in the cut, it started to get grabby and hard to hold steady. I had the handle screwed onto the right side, I guess because I'm left-handed. I switched the handle to the left side and that made it easy to control, all the way through, untill the end flopped off. Then I switched to a regular grinding wheel and took the sharp edges off. Didn't take long at all. I set it on a couple of sawhorses outside the garage, and with a stiff breeze I didn't need a mask. Used goggles, though. Those sparks are rough on the eyeglasses. I compared the used disk to an unused one, and it had only lost 1/8" of it's diameter. It was a number 27 disk. Still don't know what the difference is between type 1 and type 27. They're both metal cutting blades.
Thanks again to everybody that responded with suggestions, you guys are great!
larry