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
I just used a 4" diamond (concrete) blade in my 4 in grinder to cut some
heavy stainless 7 in flex tube chimney liner. Like knife thru butter.
Have used skill saw concrete blades to cut concrete with Skill 77 but
havent tried on metal. Cant remember off hand size of arbor hole in saw
blades. Would cut aluminum easy. Wonder if they would cut steel like
they do stainless.Its 6 below outside and I'm sitting by my new
woodstove i just installed loving life:-)
Van Vann
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