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

   He is talking about a cut off style blade which does not have teeth...

   Yep. You can see it in one of the pictures.

   Paul Lamar

More commonly called an abrasive wheel ! Messy on a table saw, metal stuck in your wood projects !

Steve Carlisle

A lot cheaper than a water jet :-)

Paul Lamar


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