[kentavv]

If you are using a miter saw do you have a way to clamp the stock down? I use a sliding compound miter saw for cutting aluminum and it works great but I would feel a lot better having a postive clamping mechanism.

[elogicca]

I had a chop saw, makes a lot of dust and those bladesd go really quick, changed to a bandsaw best buy ever except if you break your last blade, good luck on finding a blade on a saturday :P

[SCHootie]

Go to the Hobart Weld Talk forum and do a search. They had a link to by one of the carbide metal cutting blades for around $40. I think it is Bullet Industries that is selling the blade.

[ruthdiana]

Well , I can share my hubby's experience here. His first saw was a Dewalt chop saw . It functioned admirably enough but the accuracy of the cut and sparks was not so cool to him ever. He had a cutting blade expode one time and he chose to change it with a Makita LC1230 saw .


He could never backpedal to a abrasive saw again . The cold saws are more costly yet he have observed it to be significantly more accurate, clean and secured...

[dwaynejk]

Hi folks,

Im thinking that Im going to buy an abrasive chop saw, but....

Before I purchase can someone please outline for me the advantages/disadvantages of an abrasive chop saw vs a dry cut metal chop saw?

All I can see so far is that the abrasive chop saws are cheaper and the discs are much cheaper, about $5. Whereas the more expensive metal chop saw has blades costing about $100.

Even if the metal blades last longer I cant see that they would last over 20 times longer to balance out the consumable cost.

Two pics are below so you know what Im talking about.

Im also confused about the metal blade. Using a metal blade to cut metal dry doesn't seem like a good idea. I know they are carbide, but are the blades diamond tipped?

Thanks for any advice.

Abrasive chop saws are cost-effective and highly versatile in that they can be used for work on metal, aluminium, stainless steel and castings. You'll get plenty of mileage from decent manufacturers like Klingspor chop wheels.

https://www.alphaweld.com.au/categor...hop-saw-wheels

[kxprecisiontools]

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