Dry cut chop saw

[Xfaxman]

Here is a recent thread on metal cutting chop saws: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/welding/353061-can-i-use-miter-saw.html

 

[BukitCase]

Morning wood - good to know, thanks... Steve

 

[Oldpath05]

I'm not herring many positive things about these so called outstanding dry cut metal chop saws, I was going to put it on my wish list, don't want it my, wish I never bought it list.

 

[Big Barn]

This is an interesting thread. All my "cutting to length" is done with my 6"x9" horizontal bandsaw or abrasive chop saw.

I would NEVER part with my 14" Makita abrasive. It's over 35 years old and hasn't missed a beat. QCD. **quick cheap & dirty***.

Having said that I'd love to at least TRY a dry cut saw one. day. Perhaps I don't know what I'm missing.....

Terry

 

[BukitCase]

HF was having a "closeout" sale about 6 years ago, and I bought a 14" carbide tipped "cold cut" blade for $40 - I knew it wasn't rated for the speed my Ryobi abrasive chop saw runs at, but decided to put on welding leathers, face shield, lean 'way off to the side of the "trajectory", and see what happened -

What happened, was about 20 cuts on .120 wall 2" square tube that looked laser cut - then, by about cut # 25, I could hardly put enough pressure on the handle to get it to cut.

Just gut feel, I blame about half of the short life on HF "quality", and the other half on running approximately 2.7 TIMES the speed those blades are rated for -

Even that "failed" experiment showed me these things have promise, but I'm like others have mentioned, getting the WRONG one isn't a very cheap mistake - plus, similar to Terry I have a larger Jet bandsaw (7x12) and two of the HF 4x6 saws, zip disks, abrasive chop saw, plasma, and O/A torches if things get thicker than 1", so I'm not in a rush to make a bad choice here.

Still looking... Steve

 

[Xfaxman]

This is an interesting thread. All my "cutting to length" is done with my 6"x9" horizontal bandsaw or abrasive chop saw.

I would NEVER part with my 14" Makita abrasive. It's over 35 years old and hasn't missed a beat. QCD. **quick cheap & dirty***.

Having said that I'd love to at least TRY a dry cut saw one. day. Perhaps I don't know what I'm missing.....

Terry

Yep, you don't know what you are missing .

I use mine for precision cuts, it is very high quality and well built.

 

[Jim Timber]

Yep, you don't know what you are missing .

I use mine for precision cuts, it is very high quality and well built.

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No, you've never used a true Cold Saw - the kind with coolant bath. YOU don't know what you're missing. Those run slower yet, and actually have blade life to offset the price of admission. HSS blades that you can resharpen time and again, and never blow out a carbide tip from too thin of steel. Those blades are a few hundred dollars, the saws are a couple grand. I think of it like growing up and being tainted. Remember when Mc Donalds burgers were the best and their slop of a milkshake was enough to make it a Kings feast? Then as you grew older and your exposure to finer foods grew, that happy meal became anything but... When you use a plasma it's better than a torch, but if you use a laser that plasma looks like a back-yard hack's worst day.

Dry saws have their place. They're not that high up on the totem pole in the grand scheme.

 

[rocketfish]

I can't comment on the dry cut saws (never used one). As far as the true cold cut saw with coolant goes... Top notch! I use one at work and they are awesome! We cut everything from very thin wall tube up to 2x2 solid stock and it just keeps going!

 

[Oldpath05]

I can't comment on the dry cut saws (never used one). As far as the true cold cut saw with coolant goes... Top notch! I use one at work and they are awesome! We cut everything from very thin wall tube up to 2x2 solid stock and it just keeps going!

Do you mean a band saw with coolant?

 

[mikefromnh]

Do you mean a band saw with coolant?

12" Slow Speed Cold Cut Saw with Stand | Grizzly Industrial

They run at 42 or 84 rpm and have a coolant pump.