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Cutting through steel
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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? |
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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. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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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. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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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 |
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mo wrote:
I doubt either of these are tough enough - can you recommend anything cheap from B+Q? Angle grinder. -- Grunff |
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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. |
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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. -- 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 :-) -- Grunff |
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My cheap 1.99 hacksaw from B and Q did it - surprising! Cheers
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"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... |
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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? |
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