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I am in the market for a new abrassive chop saw fror my shop to assist in cutting metal. The dewalt one looks nice but I am looking for the top of the line abrassive saw. Money is not and option for this purchase but my shop cannot accomidate a cold saw...so it must be an abrassive saw purchase. What are your thoughts about your abrassive saw. What brand is it? Is it percise? I am looking for durabilty mostly but percision is also a big factor.
 
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donnykooy said:
I am in the market for a new abrassive chop saw fror my shop to assist in cutting metal. The dewalt one looks nice but I am looking for the top of the line abrassive saw. Money is not and option for this purchase but my shop cannot accomidate a cold saw...so it must be an abrassive saw purchase. What are your thoughts about your abrassive saw. What brand is it? Is it percise? I am looking for durabilty mostly but percision is also a big factor.
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Everything you say in that post is begging for a Cold Cut saw...Abrasive & Precision...LOL, IMO Abrasive is cheap, quick & dirty. Yeah I have a good saw (I got a dewalt) but its still nowhere near a non-abrasive saw. I actually barely use it ever since i got my SWAG Offroad Portaband stand.
 
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If its about the saw an old Skill I had was great but this isnt a precision tool, not meant to be, most of the time doesnt need to be. All the good ones are good, most of the bases are not, I try not to miter with them. I like abrasive for repair work. We cut a ton of junk.
 

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My current shop set up has a recessed platform for my abassive saw and has 8 feet of support on the left and 6 feet on the right. This allows me to cut long steel stock but if I purchased a cold saw I would have to shorten one of my steel benches and it also would be to deep. I do have a band saw but its not practical to cut long stock on it. My current abrassive saw is 8 years old and the motor is about shot but has been accurate up to 1/16 of an inch if I set up a stop block along my custom fence. Im looking at the new dewalt DW872 that uses a carbide tipped blade. Anyone have one of these?
 
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I've been considering a metal chop saw, and after seeing reviews for dry cut saws, I started to look at them over abrasive saws. I've never owned either type, but I have used an abrasive saw before. Anyways, I'm strongly considering Northern Tool's cut off saw. It get's good reviews and since all the brand names are made in China, I can't see that as a reason to not get it. I compared it to the Milwaukee and the biggest differences I see are the rpms with NT @ 1300 vs Milwaukee's at 1500. I actually looked at the display models today at NT and the threading on the Milwaukee is a finer thread than the NT, but both vises look to be equaly functional to me. Taken with the price difference and the great reviews the NT has, it seems like a contender to me.

Northern Tool Dry Cut Chop Saw: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200326857_200326857

NT vs Milwaukee Dry Cut Chop Saw: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...7&numR=25&catentryId=200326857&cr=4.4&numR=35

Anyways, it's another option to consider.
 
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I have three chop saws. An older Milwaukee, a newer Milwaukee and the $179 DeWalt that's real close to the one shown below what you're looking at in the attached link.

My preference is the DeWalt. Primarily because the vise is easy to set and reset. Mine is still USA made. As you are aware, the abrasive disc is super important for accuracy. Cheap or too thin a disc will flex decreasing the precision level.

Oh yeah, why three chop saws? One for aluminum. Then when doing metal fab work. One set straight, and the other set for angles. Saves time.

Just noticed, the saw in the link is a multi-purpose saw. Can be run cold-cut.
 
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What you're saying still doesn't make sense to me. A metal cutting saw with a toothed blade is going to have the same footprint as a typical abrasive chop saw. This is a Milwaukee 6190-20. If you get one (and they're not all that expensive), you will not want to use an abrasive saw again.

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sberry said:
I got a question,,, how do they do cutting junk" Conduit? Rebar.
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That setup of yours looks like it would keep the abrasive mess down pretty effectively. Do you have to clean up grit much around the front and sides of the barrel or does it keep it contained for the most part?
 
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My original Milwaukee is 25 years old and makes precise cuts. It's the old style vise, not a quick open. Just keep turnin. I would buy another if I could find one. Made in Taiwan. I set this at 90 and leave it
I got a Ridgid and a newer dewalt that are fine.
 
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I don't own an abrasive chop saw. I bought first a 712 band saw because it cuts clean and quite. Milwaukee and dewalt have always been on a top list for chop saws.



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AL` said:
That setup of yours looks like it would keep the abrasive mess down pretty effectively. Do you have to clean up grit much around the front and sides of the barrel or does it keep it contained for the most part?
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It works fairly well. I cut 2 pieces the other day that dumped some grit on the floor I had to clean up but it was unusual, its 99%. It used to be a real problem, single cut made a huge mess. I could improve things a pinch but its comparatively so good that wouldn't be worth it at the rate I use it.

Probably 90% of my cuts are single chop. I also leave it at 90 and design around it, if I got to nip a corner with a plasma. I really find it rare to need a 45. My use is maintenance, a minute or 2 a day, If I was applying this in a busy commercial setting would power vent it downdraft, pipe it right out the building.

Something I am going to do eventually is make a movable shield, wanted a lexan or similar maybe 18x24 or so. Would knock the sound and dust down a pinch and provide built in eye protection.
 
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