Metal cutting carbide tipped chop saw

[DLC]

I have a few jobs to do and need a good metal miter cuts to make tight 90’s, I have an abrasive chop saw but the cuts always wonder/sloppy.

anybody use a carbide tipped chop saw for metal?

I have an eye on the Slugger made by Fein sold at the west air welding supply, local to me, I need to double check the price

also looking at a dewalt 14 inch chop saw but I’m leaning towards the slugger

what say you guys anyone have any experience with either saw? Do you have a saw that kicks ass and that’s in stock a lot of them are back ordered....


thank you for any imput!

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

Good saw, good blade and great table that don’t move , measure 2 times cut 1 time

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

Abrasive blades flex go buy a good carbide blade

 

[Backlash]

For $600 to make a few cuts, I'd be cheap about it and just burn through a case of flap disks for the grinder.

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

For $600 to make a few cuts, I'd be cheap about it and just burn through a case of flap disks for the grinder.

Fuck ya if it’s for yourself, I’ll take pride in welding to horse shits together but if your making a dime ? Go for the gold

 

[DLC]

I’ve got it in my budget to buy the saw added it to the job material cost.

plus I’m a tool junkie!

 

[Racey]

I have a 14" one and rarely use it. They work great in thick materials, on thin materials a good abrasive saw works just as well without the cost of chipping teeth. When you chip a tooth the blade is done because almost immediately the next tooth will chip, then you have to take the blade to the sharpener and it's inconvenient and expensive.

99% of the time I use my good 14“ abrasive saw, dress the blade, and it works phenomenal, cuts true, and the blades last a really long time. The 14" carbide wanders, it's not a perfect cut like you'd imagine. The abrasive saw with a dressed and balanced blade works great up to about 2" 1/4 wall and 4inch 1/8 wall.

What material size and type are you cutting?

 

[Jed-O]

There is a specific saw to use with a carbide blade. A standard cut off saw spins way too fast and creates heat on the blade (this is what it is designed to do, hence the abrasive blade). A carbide blade requires an entire different saw.

 

[Sherpa]

I have a dewalt abrasive saw I hate because of the noise and mess it makes..

I bought that same 14” Fein saw.. it cuts great...

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Carbide works great on nonferrous metals.. other than that I'd use a good abrasive blade and a good saw. Slow and steady and keep it cool.. feed it some water or a metal cooling liquid.

JMO

 

[caldezrat]

Cold saw

 

[monkeyswrench]

@Racey I think has the best questions, what type and size? For thinner type stuff, I like to use a bandsaw or even a hacksaw. Deburr the edges and all is well. Not fast, but pretty damn accurate.

....and still buy the saw you want

 

[v6toy4x]

I have the dewalt, abrasive and carbide, to be honest it scared the shit out of me the first time I used it, something about sinking a carbide tipped blade into steel!

Its loud but works good keep the blade greased and it will cut some stuff!

I prefer my bandsaw though, very quiet, accurate and semi auto, clamp the piece drop the blade and do something else for a bit and come back.

 

[Carlson-jet]

Not much information.
Are you trying to cut 8 inch stainless schedule 40 pipe or 1/4 square Alum. tubing?
The right tool for the right job matters.
I built a plasma cutter that can cut any pipe up to 36" in diameter damn near perfect.
I also own a hack-saw.
Which one is the right tool ?

 

[boatpi]

I have the Dewalt in our shop we cut nothing but aluminum it works pretty well all I can tell you is when you order blades the thinner the blade the better so it’s slices through it not chopped through it. The Dewalt blade seems to be the best one so far it’s very thin.

 

[BHC Vic]

I have the dewalt, abrasive and carbide, to be honest it scared the shit out of me the first time I used it, something about sinking a carbide tipped blade into steel!

Its loud but works good keep the blade greased and it will cut some stuff!

I prefer my bandsaw though, very quiet, accurate and semi auto, clamp the piece drop the blade and do something else for a bit and come back.
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Bad mamma jamma right here. Just changed my cutting fluid

 

[v6toy4x]

Bad mamma jamma right here. Just changed my cutting fluid View attachment 987790 View attachment 987791

Nice, more pics of the other eye candy!!!
Your profession or hobby?

 

[BHC Vic]

Nice, more pics of the other eye candy!!!
Your profession or hobby?

Im a welding inspector, and I instruct at the carpenters training center. This is my shop in Buena Park. I’ll get some more pictures, they buy me some pretty cool stuff.

 

[DLC]

I have 6 trash enclosure doors to build, 2x2 x1/4 frame material with like a M decking skin .
I can cut the M decking I just was thinking that the carbide tooth chop saw would cut nice and true 45,s to make tight and square corners.

trash doors

 

[Racey]

I have the Dewalt in our shop we cut nothing but aluminum it works pretty well all I can tell you is when you order blades the thinner the blade the better so it’s slices through it not chopped through it. The Dewalt blade seems to be the best one so far it’s very thin.

They work excellent on aluminum, in fact i just use a regular old Makita 14" wood miter saw with a higher tooth count carbide blade, aluminum likes the higher blade speed (3000ish compared to the 1500 of the steel cold saw)

 

[Racey]

I have 6 trash enclosure doors to build, 2x2 x1/4 frame material with like a M decking skin .
I can cut the M decking I just was thinking that the carbide tooth chop saw would cut nice and true 45,s to make tight and square corners.

trash doors
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Yep for that 1/4" wall the carbide chop saw will work good, that is reaching the upper limits for friction saw just in terms of speed of cut. Just use a nice steady feed, don't over feed the blade, and don't under feed it either, you can usually 'feel' when it is in the sweet spot, the best way to know is to look at the chips, they should be smooth and consistent in size/thickness

 

[Rayson1971]

We were installing a bunch of 4" emt at Dodger stadium for wifi and we used that chops saw and same blade and worked great. We had a lot of cuts too.

 

[BHC Vic]

Sorry for the thread Jack but I wanted to show off My new babbies. These are badass little machines

Some other toys

 

[DLC]

I also want to build a built in tool box look in the hava garage
on another web site I look through this guy name Steve did a built in tool box

you basically frame a box around your tool box and order up some adjustable feet that slip into a 2x2 steel tube, add a few tabs to secure to the back wall and you have just built a brick shit house for tools!

im planning in using a 2.5“ x 24“ x 20‘ ft long glue lam beam for the countertop with a couple knee holes for when it’s time to reload some ammo

i have 3 - general HF tool boxs I got yellow so I can see inside the drawers, it’s a nice and bright color.

 

[DLC]

that would be bad ass to have access to equipment like that, just think of all the cool stuff you can build!

Sorry for the thread Jack but I wanted to show off My new babbies. These are badass little machines View attachment 987816
Some other toys
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[v6toy4x]

Im a welding inspector, and I instruct at the carpenters training center. This is my shop in Buena Park. I’ll get some more pictures, they buy me some pretty cool stuff.

OMG,
I am a 35 year carpenter out of 713 northern CA, got my first taste of welding in my apprenticeship program, with Mr Hines. They were getting new POW CON machines at that time and I was able to buy one of the old miller stick machines for $100. I still have it!

Mine is hobby only so I am not as "equipped" as you for sure, new toys are always fun.

 

[Big B Hova]

Porta band and 4.5" flap disc!

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

I also want to build a built in tool box look in the hava garage
on another web site I look through this guy name Steve did a built in tool box

you basically frame a box around your tool box and order up some adjustable feet that slip into a 2x2 steel tube, add a few tabs to secure to the back wall and you have just built a brick shit house for tools!

im planning in using a 2.5“ x 24“ x 20‘ ft long glue lam beam for the countertop with a couple knee holes for when it’s time to reload some ammo

i have 3 - general HF tool boxs I got yellow so I can see inside the drawers, it’s a nice and bright color.


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My insane OCD engineer buddy did this a few years ago. Just did some adjustable feet on the bottoms of the carts.

 

[Dana757]

I also want to build a built in tool box look in the hava garage
on another web site I look through this guy name Steve did a built in tool box

you basically frame a box around your tool box and order up some adjustable feet that slip into a 2x2 steel tube, add a few tabs to secure to the back wall and you have just built a brick shit house for tools!

im planning in using a 2.5“ x 24“ x 20‘ ft long glue lam beam for the countertop with a couple knee holes for when it’s time to reload some ammo

i have 3 - general HF tool boxs I got yellow so I can see inside the drawers, it’s a nice and bright color.


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Steve is famous for that! lol I would buy a band saw.

 

[Dana757]

A band saw like this poorly cared for one will do the trick.

 

[DLC]

A band saw like this poorly cared for one will do the trick.
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I have the harbor freight version of that it’s like a purple color frame, it was given to me FREE the guy that gave it to me said it was a pile of CrapO! He basically needed it hauled off.

 

[Dana757]

I have the harbor freight version of that it’s like a purple color frame, it was given to me FREE the guy that gave it to me said it was a pile of CrapO! He basically needed it hauled off.

Harbor Freight does not sell a saw like this. They have one that is smaller in size that is crap just like all the others in that frame size. I use this one daily and did a side project from box tube. It did a nice job on all the miter cuts.

 

[NDH2O]

https://store.mathesongas.com/evolution-14-steel-cutting-chop-saw-with-blade-14bladest-evosaw380/

We have had this one at the shop for about 8 years now, it's hard to get a perfect cut but it's still way better than a friction blade.

 

[Nordie]

They work excellent on aluminum, in fact i just use a regular old Makita 14" wood miter saw with a higher tooth count carbide blade, aluminum likes the higher blade speed (3000ish compared to the 1500 of the steel cold saw)

I was just about to say this, I use my makita miter saw to cut aluminum, just make sure to wear safety glasses.

 

[DLC]

https://store.mathesongas.com/evolution-14-steel-cutting-chop-saw-with-blade-14bladest-evosaw380/

We have had this one at the shop for about 8 years now, it's hard to get a perfect cut but it's still way better than a friction blade.

I was looking at that one but nobody has it on the shelf to buy.... good reviews for the price.

thank you for the review

 

[DLC]

the gravity band saw HF sells is just crap! I haven’t even turned it on or plugged it in


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Harbor Freight does not sell a saw like this. They have one that is smaller in size that is crap just like all the others in that frame size. I use this one daily and did a side project from box tube. It did a nice job on all the miter cuts.
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