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Why aren't carbide chop saws used?
| Peter Sansom | 31/03/2022 12:16:00 |
| 125 forum posts 4 photos | 2 years ago I purchased a Fein -Slugger 355mm carbide saw. great fro cutting rhs, have cut up to 125mm. I have not tried it on round bar. It requires a different blade for aluminium. It is fast and accurate. They run at 1300rpm. Evolution list a chop saw at a similar speed. |
| Andy Stopford | 31/03/2022 20:01:47 |
| 241 forum posts 35 photos | I don't know the thickest stock an Evolution saw will cut, but they work amazingly well with very thin sections. I once had to adapt a curtain pole to fit a bay window. It was made of very thin-walled steel tube. I didn't fancy trying to cut the mitres on-site with a hacksaw so I decided to give my then new Evolution saw a try, despite the coarse tooth pitch. There was a fair bit of surplus length in the tube so I was able to do a couple of test cuts first. I gingerly lowered the blade and it made a perfect burr-free cut - the only thing to watch for was lifting the blade back up while it was still turning - this would result in it catching and putting a little dent in the cut edge. I should emphasise that the blade was pretty much brand new at the time. |
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