On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:50:27 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:
I basically want to have something that I can use in the garden or
workshop (so reasonably portable) for cutting up lengths of metal.

An angle grinder in a stand with the correct disc does a decent job of
this. Much cheaper than a saw. I got a stand in Lidl some time ago for
very little quids. But it only takes a 4" grinder. I'd like one for the 9"
one.

Along those very lines I bought one of these earlier:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/m8rtds

A big angle grinder in a stand. ;-)

I'll have to say it actually feels pretty solid / substantial. What
it's like to use I'll let you know soon. ;-)


It's also going to be fairly infrequently (just when a project comes
up) when I am using it I can take my time with a d-i-y level tool.

You can get circular saws said to cut steel - seen them advertised in car
mags. But how special that blade is and whether it can be fitted to other
saws I dunno.

I think it's quite special and therefore quite expensive (compared
with alternatives etc).

The ones you see in steel stockist's run quite slowly and I have seen
used with soluble oil (when it was cutting something substantial).

T i m