naviathan Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I personally would not do it. If you have a harborfreight near you buy one of their cheap reciprocating saws $39 (sawzall knock off) and it can handle all you want to do. My best guess is the wood miter saw is going to be damanged because it is not really made to do that. Do not buy the harbor freight sawzall knock offs. I bought one and after minor use went and bought a Skill because it stripped the drive gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker120 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 we had one of those cheapo's from harbor with our demo derbey stuff and never had one issue, crazy huh? The new dewault is nice but the regular Milwaukee Super is still the standard IMHO. When we have to cut a line of tubing in the plant we also use saw-blocks. A saw-block wraps around your tube by a clamshell design with both sides of the block fixed shut with vicegrips ans 1/16" slot to just get a sawzall blade in, very handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 NO BLADE! damn! Evan BTW, that huge jet bandsaw popped up used locally on craigslist. I wish I had the 600 bucks and enough space for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCchris Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Damn! There is Austin's saw as a refurb on ebay for 279. Thats worth every penny! Auction says no blade. Wonder if new they come with a blade and for how much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Chris, nevermind. I wish I had read closer. Blades are expensive! Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XelderX Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Chris, I've got access to several different bandsaws if you want to bring your pipes up to High Point I can cut them for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCchris Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 Chris, nevermind. I wish I had read closer. Blades are expensive!Evan Still prob a good deal, Milwaukee stuff is high quality. Chris, I've got access to several different bandsaws if you want to bring your pipes up to High Point I can cut them for you. Thanks so much for the offer! I'm attempting to equip my own garage and I'm somewhat of a tool junkie too. I like the cold saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker120 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 ^^ The chop saw worked fine with the right blade and this was on 1/16" tube for food product lines same as exhaust but polished inside. Just clean up with rat tail and purge before welding, very simple and it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNkEyT88 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I use a chop saw with a fiber wheel. Although I've used bandsaws. Which are nice, but that one was a bit harder to set up for angles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Fiber wheels work fine, if you can drag the saw outside. I hated having that total mess!! The blade for that milwaukee is about $150 according to Austin above. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theghosttanker Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I use an old woodworking compound miter saw for cutting tubing, with a 12" fiber wheel. Yes the plastic parts took a bit of a beating but it still worked OK, except that it is a good idea to pull a big sock over the cooling vents in the motor. The metal particles flying around get sucked into those ports both by airflow and by the magnetic forces generated by the motor, and they cause a lot of damage to the brushes and commutators once they get in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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