I had some steel rectangular tubing I wanted to form into a part to
 hold dial indicators on my lathe. The band saw was too slow and some
 cuts were not possible on a band saw. I discovered the solution.

 I put a warn down to (10 inches)  14 inch friction saw blade and put
 in in the table saw. Worked like a charm and  it was almost as
 fast as a hot knife through butter:-)

 It is wonderful and great for cutting sheet steel up to about 1/8th
 or maybe 3/16th inch thick. Much cleaner and much faster and much
 cheaper than a cutting torch.

 Paul Lamar

 I use a metal cutting blade in my table saw, I have one set up just
 for metal. I can't remember the manufacturer name, the blades are
 about $50 for a 10 in but they are made for his purpose and work
 great. I have cut up to 1.25 6061T6 and .250 4130 with them. Just
 watch your feed rate and use cutting lube.

 No scoring needed.

 David Mikesell


I use a carbide blade for cutting aluminum on the table saw.
That works great.

Never tried it on steel. That scares me :-)


 Paul Lamar

Lenox and Evolution blades made for cutting steel and aluminum are the blades made for a table saw. They work great and if you feed it straight and use cutting lube (the one I used looks like a wax stick, works great) you get a really good finished edge.

Yep, it was a bit scary but it will work fine. The noise it what gets to me. Even with ear plugs I find I clinch my jaw while feeding the material. Not sure whether it is just the noise or the noise and the high frequency vibration together.

David Mikesell

I thought you may have built an auto feed :-)

Paul Lamar

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