> I have cut a few pieces of aluminium that size with my handheld > cordless circular saw. With the wood-cutting blade, and dry :-)
If you use an aly blade it is much cleaner and the hand held is ok. I have tried several oils but Ilocut 154 by Castrol is still 200% better than anything else. If I get a clog in a milling cutter, I drop a bit of Ilocut on it restart the spindle and the move slowly forward. Almost 100% of the time the oil frees the coldweld blockage. > I do that too, but its hell on 12" saw blades. Slow the blade down. I'm using a 12" and ended cutting 200 cuts on average 40x100 mm long and the blade still is as sharp as ever. Bosch MuliMaterial 12" around $75. >I've thought about buying one of the similar looking multi cut saws such >as the DW872 that cuts metal at a slower RPM.? I too looked at these but I hardly ever cut steel. I do a lot of SS and then I use my bandsaw. I have a medium size hydraulic one with a coolant feed and it cuts SS and Cast Iron like butter. It was just that it took too long with aly and I then had the pile of swarf to contend with. The biggest problem is waiting the 2-3 minutes between cuts. Not long enough to do any other job in the mean time. SS being a bit slower allows me to run the mill in the background. I ended up using the Mitre/Slide saw and only used the slide operation. Pressing down on the handle firmly made it track very smoothly. PS I created around 8 ft3 of swarf. The Milwakee is a sturdy machine and I can recommend it. One comment I has was to filter the motor air intakes to stop the swarf getting inside. Need to do this the next time I cut. The cuts I made were very clean. I was using a triple tooth blade as is known here. ATBR ?? Happy cutting. Wallace. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
