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ray_wood

12-08-2006 08:36:58




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Been wanting to make a forge for a while. Have a few old trucks I was going to scrap out. Now I'm thinking cut the frames up and use the leaf springs for my first project and the frame rails as the coal bed (think 2' long coal box).

Flame cutting is to slow and I can't cut clean/straight. Sawz all been there done that. Have a bunch of old circular saws I'm thinking about trying one of the Ferrous cutting blades not the abrasive disc ones(will use them as well). Anyone have any recommendations. Truck #1 is on the car trailer ready to go to the scrap dealer (no one wants old fords in CT).

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IBorange in TX

12-08-2006 18:10:37




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to ray_wood, 12-08-2006 08:36:58  
I must have missed something. Cutting a pickup frame to make a blksmith forge...You could buy large angle iron for what a metal saw/blade would cost. Use 4"x 4"x1/8 angle iron for forge bed. Forget the truck frame. In face, the brake drum or wheel will make a small and good forge. You will also need the heater blower off of the truck. Cut the coil springs off and use them and the leaf springs for projects. The coil springs are high tensile steel. Forget that truck frame and cut/weld the angle iron. I agree w/Old. BTDT.
Good Luck..... .

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NEsota

12-08-2006 17:44:59




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to ray_wood, 12-08-2006 08:36:58  
My salvage yard guy cut some light metal for me with his saw, made for use with the type blade being discussed here. The saw looks like a heavy duty skill wood saw but blade is very well shielded. Think that he paid $250 or so for his but he says they are on sale a couple times a year at the local fleet-farm type store for about $100. He said that saw easily cuts 1/4 x 2x2 angle iron. Wear goggles.

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Don L C

12-08-2006 17:55:18




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to NEsota, 12-08-2006 17:44:59  
I was in a hurry to replace my $200 14" metal chop saw so bought one at Harber Fraight for $60 that was 3 years ago, still going



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Dick2

12-08-2006 14:25:29




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to ray_wood, 12-08-2006 08:36:58  
Are you talking about full size trucks or pickups? Big difference, as most full size trucks have hardened frame rails that are real difficult to cut. Suggest you look for a better source for a coal bed, with a way to blow some air through it. Or just do some looking an find an old forge; I'm sure there are still some around that can be bought reasonable.



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Stan in Oly, WA

12-08-2006 09:36:28




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to ray_wood, 12-08-2006 08:36:58  
Hi Ray,

When you say flame cutting is too slow do you mean because of the setup and breakdown time involved? I generally find flame cutting to be faster than cutting with any type of saw once I'm actually ready to start cutting. At the shop where everything is pretty much ready to go I'll use a chop saw or band saw to make a single cut or two, particularly if I'm the first person of the day to want to use the cutting torch and I have to turn on the tanks and make the settings, etc. Otherwise, there's only one situation I can think of where I expect sawing to be faster than cutting; that's where I have a number of small diameter pieces of metal to cut (i.e. 3/8" rebar or round stock, etc.) Then the time preheating each piece to the kindling temperature can make it take longer than saw cutting.

You can make your flame cuts a lot straighter by clamping a piece of pipe to the work and running the tip of the torch along it. People who do a lot of cutting sometimes weld a pair of vise-grip pliers to the piece of pipe so they can move it quickly for the next cut.

Good luck, Stan

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ray_wood

12-08-2006 12:29:37




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to Stan in Oly, WA, 12-08-2006 09:36:28  
Stan, I'm going to start off with the torch and see how it goes. Worse cas is I haul it all off to the scrap yard.

Ray



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old

12-08-2006 09:29:58




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to ray_wood, 12-08-2006 08:36:58  
First off a brake drum works better for makeing a forge then the frame rails will. As far as the cutting blade if your talking about one of those blades that they say are to cut metal and looks sort of like a regular saw blade they don't work BTDT and still have the blade but it now even made one complete cut. Those blades might cut copper etc. but not any real steel stuff.

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dr.sportster

12-08-2006 14:38:10




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to old, 12-08-2006 09:29:58  
Old,the millwrights on my last job had a big Milwaukee circular saw with big beefy guards on it and no blade exposed either side.They cut through large steel I beams with it as no oxy/acet rigs were allowed for cuts.The beam would be cut partway then flipped with forklift and side cut then the rest on other side.I wanted to talk to them about it but never got time.Dont know the price but Id say its definatly made to cut large steel with ease.This was not a wood saw.

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old

12-08-2006 15:08:26




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to dr.sportster, 12-08-2006 14:38:10  
Yep but probably not one of those metal blades but an abrassive type blade. The blade I'm taliking about is the normal 7-1/4 inch and is made of metal with a number of slits in it. I tried it one time and it cut but it would have taken an hour to cut a 2X2 angle iron in 2 and that was 1/8 inch

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jhill52

12-08-2006 10:39:17




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to old, 12-08-2006 09:29:58  
Old did you try to use the blade on a regular saw? On another forum I frequent several have them and are happy with them however they bought an entire saw. They say the saw motor turns slower than a wood saw and that is ket. I haven't tried one just repeating what I have heard..



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old

12-08-2006 11:38:11




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 Re: Circular saw metal cutting blade -- got a reco in reply to jhill52, 12-08-2006 10:39:17  
Yep used it on a run of the mill Black and decker curcular saw and found it to be a waste of money so I went back to the good old abrasive type baldes and have never looked back



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