As per title really. I'm just about to kit out the new garage with work benches, shelving etc. So am looking at buying something like this to
chop up all the wood (I have free access to suitable waste wood, hence the choice of material):
http://www.its.co.uk/pd/RAGE3B-Evolution-Rage3B-210mm-Multipurpose-Mitre-Saw-_EVORAGE3B.htm?gclid=CjwKEAjw3sKpBRDJ7rDqzsyuhDASJACZAikiWnbR-sBtryNEN1xg
5gb9goTqDpfjTo7Yud5eUbmOsBoCc5jw_wcB
I've seen people mention use of a 'chop saw' for cutting chassis rails, Wickes catalogue lists them differently but could a mitre saw
be used equally effectively (with a suitable blade of course!)?
what i did,the only problem i had was the hole size in the centre,smaller on the wood cutting disc and the metal disc was a bit bigger,i used part used discs and modified the top guard.
Same thing, chop and mitre. You can get blades with different sized holes, and also adapters.
Essentially the same principle, except a chop saw rotates up and down on a pivot, a mitre saw works on a pivot and slide, so can also move back and
forth to cut wider pieces of material.
Using a chop saw to cut mitres, you move the material for the angle, on a mitre saw the whole assembly rotates about the material.
[Edited on 17/4/15 by Mr C]
We have a rage mitre saw which we use for chopping pallets, you need the sliding bit to accommodate decent lengths of wood, a chop saw is fine for steel box etc but wood tends to be a lot thicker.
I've got a chop saw and when this blows up, I'm going to buy a mitre saw because it can cut larger /thicker pieces of wood using it's
slide motion.
Mitre saw is defo the way to go.
Where is the best place to get a blade and adaptor? I got a cheap metal chop saw a while ago, I could do with a wood saw for a while so replacing the abrasive blade with a saw would be a simple solution.
Screwfix do lots of blades.
Not all mitre saws slide. That would be a sliding mitre saw! Normal ones just swivel or lean.
Cheers chaps, LCB proves helpful as usual!!!
Bought this in the end http://www.screwfix.com/p/evolution-rage3-fp2552-255mm-compound-mitre-saw-230v/26612, was a lot quicker/easier than hand sawing
and now I have a 2.6 metre workbench in the garage. Hurrah!!
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Originally posted by MikeR
Where is the best place to get a blade and adaptor? I got a cheap metal chop saw a while ago, I could do with a wood saw for a while so replacing the abrasive blade with a saw would be a simple solution.