OT [SEL] Cold Cut Chop Saw

[Curt]

Francis,
I bought the DeWalt version. Actually I'm lucky to have a brother-in-law 
who is the controller for the Fayetteville, NC DeWalt plant and he can 
get some great deals on anything DeWalt. I've had it several years and 
have yet to ruin a blade. I cut up a bunch of square tubing to make the 
door frames for the barn a few years ago. It seems to cut solid bars and 
rounds just as well. I think the trick to any of these is to firmly 
clamp the part in the correct location on the saw's table. The back rest 
has a couple of positions. If you are cutting small parts the BR is 
moved forward and with large parts the BR is moved back. The idea is 
that what ever size part the blade is pushing the part down against the 
table rather than pulling up on it.
The fence is also angle adjustable. Real handy for fab work, cart 
handles, etc.

I had one glitch with the saw. I plugged the saw into a 20 amp breaker 
circuit and when starting it popped the breaker every time. The inrush 
current is tremendous. I finally gave up and just created a pigtail plug 
off the 50 amp welding service. That solved the problem.

And ALWAYS, ALWAYS wear safety glasses. Those chips come off blue hot 
and stick to skin, eyeballs, whatever. Even so this is much better than 
breathing carcinogenic carborundum dust of traditional abrasive chop saws.
Curt
 

FRM8198 at aol.com wrote:

>Hi List,
>Has anyone had experience using a metal cold cut  chop saw?  If so, are they 
>worth the price verses an abrasive chop saw?  
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>Francis  Maciel
>Santa Maria, CA
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