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Larry Jaques
 
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Default Cutting 1/2" and 1 - 1/4" steel bar, dry cut saw or abrasive Cut-Off Machine

On 11 Nov 2005 15:47:06 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm, "John
Martin" quickly quoth:


Larry Jaques wrote:

Portable, for ONE HUNDRED AND TEN CUTS? AYOOYFM, Don? For so many
cuts, a stand-type saw would be the only way I'd want to go. Unless
the OP is looking to end up looking like the Governator before he got
into politics.


For just 110 cuts, unless he has some further use planned for it, I'd
say it would be hard to justify a power tool of any sort. A good
high-tension hacksaw frame and a couple of bi-metal blades would be my
choice.

Sure, there are easier ways to do it. But buying an expensive tool for
that one job doesn't make any sense to me.


"Bah humbug" to you, too! Are you not like us, tool collectors
extraordinaire? Besides, shouldn't -every- metal shop have a
metal-cutting bandsaw? And since when have "planned uses" ever
limited the usefulness of a new tool? Have you ever used a tool
for something other than the original project? (Highly unlikely.)

Loosen up, John. It's New Tool Time!


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