"Wild_Bill" wrote
"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message

"Wild_Bill" wrote

Lastly, avoid cutting OBF old bed frame.. the hard spots will wipe
away the tips of the blade teeth immediately.

WB

What do you suggest for 1-3/4" rock drill rod? I spent over an hour
making one ragged cut with an abrasive chop saw.
jsw

Never seen the stuff, as far as I'm aware, but any abrasive that
doesn't cut thru metal effectively, is apparently the wrong
abrasive.
WB

The drill rod was run over and pretzeled by an excavator at a blasting
site. The man they gave it to for scrap it let me cut off a straight
end in exchange for some cast iron I didn't need. I think the reddish,
non-branching sparks mean manganese steel.

The Enco chop saw was on the end of 100' of extension cord out behind
his place and not at its best. Maybe it's the $3 wheels I buy, or not
leaning hard enough on it, but it doesn't cut mild steel over an inch
wide very well either.

Now that it's home, the rod cuts easily enough with a hacksaw and a
file and isn't packed full of sand, so I'll risk a bandsaw blade on
it.

jsw