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At school we didn't have any fancy toys. We had a Haas Mini Mill, and sadly, the side doors do not open on it, so we couldn't fit long stock in it. The solution? Hacksaws. I recommend not going that route.
In all seriousness, find a local shop that does have a bandsaw. There's a few shops around here that'll happily cut stock to length, and they'll do it for pretty cheap. Depending on the size of the material, but for say 1x4 it's around a couple bucks a cut.
For everyones info (at work) we cut pretty much all of our stock on chop saws. All of it's Aluminum, mostly large profiles for large buildings. We do occasionally cut 6061 solid flat bar, in sizes up to 1x6 and it seems to work great.