[Shop-talk] dry cut metal saw

[John T. Blair]

At 08:46 AM 1/10/2008 -0800, Randall wrote:
>> One of the things we had to do was cut 
>> the new columns to length.  They consisted of a aluminumn 
>> hollow square tube, surrounded with wood, then covered in vinyl.  
>
>It takes a steady hand, but I have cut things like that using an ordinary
>Skil saw and carbide-tipped fine tooth plywood blade.  Didn't seem to harm
>the blade at all (tho it was cheap enough that I wouldn't have minded
>discarding it after the job).

Randall,

I'd have never thought to use a skill saw.  Again, I'd have thought it
turned too fast.  Thanks for the tip.  Guess I should have consulted the
list before I tackled the last project. :)

John

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