Cutting through steel
 

Hi

I have some steel racks you can put shelfs onto- they are solid steel and I
need to CHEAPLY cut then a few inches.

I found a pic! http://www.office365.co.uk/im/pim/99067X.jpg - the white
things on the wall!


They are bout 1.5 cm across and 1.5cm thick (but not solid..if you look down
from the top they are like a U shape |__|

I have:
A cheap hacksaw
A sheap electric saw from Argos with a 'metal' cutting blade

I doubt either of these are tough enough - can you recommend anything cheap
from B+Q?

Cutting through steel
 

mo wrote:

They are bout 1.5 cm across and 1.5cm thick (but not solid..if you look
down from the top they are like a U shape |__|

I have:
A cheap hacksaw
A sheap electric saw from Argos with a 'metal' cutting blade

I doubt either of these are tough enough - can you recommend anything
cheap from B+Q?

A hacksaw will cut the uprights quite easily - they are only mild steel.
If in a hurry I use an angle grinder - that will chop then in a few
seconds each.

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Cheers,

John.

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Cutting through steel
 

In article ,
John Rumm writes:
mo wrote:

They are bout 1.5 cm across and 1.5cm thick (but not solid..if you look
down from the top they are like a U shape |__|

I have:
A cheap hacksaw
A sheap electric saw from Argos with a 'metal' cutting blade

I doubt either of these are tough enough - can you recommend anything
cheap from B+Q?

A hacksaw will cut the uprights quite easily - they are only mild steel.

Agreed. You might want to buy a small file to take the
sharpness off the newly cut edges.

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Andrew Gabriel
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On Oct 16, 8:17 am, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm writes:

mo wrote:

They are bout 1.5 cm across and 1.5cm thick (but not solid..if you look
down from the top they are like a U shape |__|

I have:
A cheap hacksaw
A sheap electric saw from Argos with a 'metal' cutting blade

I doubt either of these are tough enough - can you recommend anything
cheap from B+Q?

A hacksaw will cut the uprights quite easily - they are only mild steel.

Agreed. You might want to buy a small file to take the
sharpness off the newly cut edges.

and you mitgh want to paint the cut ends so that rust does not start
there and creep along under the paint and make it flake off.

Robert

Cutting through steel
 

mo wrote:

I doubt either of these are tough enough - can you recommend anything
cheap from B+Q?


Angle grinder.


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Grunff

Cutting through steel
 

On Oct 16, 4:38 am, "mo" wrote:
I have:
....
A sheap electric saw from Argos with a 'metal' cutting blade

Try this in the 'waste' part of the metal you don't want, use some oil
or WD40 to cool the blade and stop it going overheating and going
blunt.

The ideal way would be a small grinder with a slitting disc in a
grinder stand.

cheers,
Pete.

Cutting through steel
 

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:11:46 +0100, Grunff wrote:

mo wrote:

I doubt either of these are tough enough - can you recommend anything
cheap from B+Q?


Angle grinder.

Fein Multi-Master.

But not from B&Q.

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Frank Erskine

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Frank Erskine wrote:

Angle grinder.

Fein Multi-Master.

But not from B&Q.


Talking of tools, I just got one of these:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...37638&id=57353

Fantastic jigsaw.

Not relevant, I just wanted to share :-)


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Grunff

Cutting through steel
 

My cheap 1.99 hacksaw from B and Q did it - surprising! Cheers

Cutting through steel
 

"mo" wrote in message
...
My cheap 1.99 hacksaw from B and Q did it - surprising! Cheers

Hacksaws are good. You can certainly cut bolts far faster with a hacksaw
than you can with a Dremel's cutting disk. Angle grinders will do the job a
tad quicker but TBH I'd rather waste a second than have to put a load of PPE
on...

Cutting through steel
 

Grunff wrote:

Talking of tools, I just got one of these:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...37638&id=57353

Fantastic jigsaw.

Not relevant, I just wanted to share :-)

Please do - can I have it next week, for example?