My buddy is fabing up a bumper for his rig at my place. He needs to do some serious cuts on some 2x6x.250 stock. We tried a sawzall and it was pretty slow going and the blades (not cheap) were taking a beating. We can get the kind of clean cut we are looking for with a torch. Don't have a band saw. Anybody have a good idea?

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ps. go rent a chopsaw

Originally posted by flmanyj
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ps. go rent a chopsaw

Gotta chop saw...gotta good chop saw as a matter of fact. Doesn't work to make a 14" diagonal cut. Thanks though

if you cutting some angles be careful, with a chop saw, youll have to modify the saw to handle the angles...... loosing your ability to clamp the material.......... o would torch it as clean as you can and grind the rest....

Originally posted by Priest


Gotta chop saw...gotta good chop saw as a matter of fact. Doesn't work to make a 14" diagonal cut. Thanks though

hahhahaa guess you know what i mean... :D also you probably know this but, try to cut each side (one contact point) with the sawzall this helps alot

Originally posted by badassjeepguy


hahhahaa guess you know what i mean... :D also you probably know this but, try to cut each side (one contact point) with the sawzall this helps alot

Yeah, that exactly what he was doing. Using little stubby blades and only cutting one side at a time. It was still pretty dang slow and blades weren't hold up to well.

I'd go borrow my buddy's horizontal band saw but you don't know him so that's no help.:flipoff2:

Go rent a PLasma cutter. That is the only thing that would work with what you got to work on.

Dimitri

Harbor Freight Band Saw (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=37151)

torch and grinder

Rent a Plasma Cutter

Circular saw with the fiberglass metal cutting blades. Haven't found anything yet I can't cut with it. And for smaller jobs, the angle grinder with 4 1/2" blades, same but smaller.

Go to a local shop and have them cut it the right way. Prolly costs less than the $ you already spent on blades :)

Squash

Grinder with cut off wheels

or

Circular saw with cut off wheels

Ron

clarify... you do, or you don't have access to a torch???

I used to torch cut everything........... just use a straight-edge
for a guide...... then grind.... no worries.....

--sherpa

Originally posted by SHERPA RIG
clarify... you do, or you don't have access to a torch???

I used to torch cut everything........... just use a straight-edge
for a guide...... then grind.... no worries.....

--sherpa

I do have a torch I was just trying to avoid that much grinding.

Thanks...:D

I know you said no band saw, but those HF units are so cheap and they are very nice to have. Just drop the boom, have a drink, smoke, work on something else, whatever, and it cuts itself off when done. I love mine, only $159 IIRC.

Just wanted to say thanks for all the suggestions guys. Tried using a piece of angle as a heat sink/straight edge tonight with lots of pre heat and it works very well. Thanks again.

I just made a bumper out of 2x4x.25 & used a grinder with 4.5" cutoff wheels to cut the angles(55*). Used less than 2 wheels at 1.98ea. Took like 5 mins a side. Torch & a piece of angle iron as a straight edge works good to.

yep grinder with a cutting wheel for angles that the chop saw cant get.

It's kinda late but I have had good luck with a circular saw with the metal cutting blades. They are only like $3 each. I use a piece of L for a guide and cut away!! I even cut a 12X16 1/2 down to 12x10 and it took about 1/2 a blade.

i will put my own personal seal of approval on that harbor freight saw!! it has paid for itself thousands of times over!! even after the motor burnt up after about a year. it got replaced with a bigger HF motor and some different sized pullies and now it cuts like a demon!! if i had a plasma though.......:D :D :flipoff2:

Torch and grinder and chop saw work great!