Metal chop saw.

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Joe Pro

Member

• Jan 5, 2020

• #1

Hey guys I have a nice metal chop saw
that often comes in handy.

Currently I usually carry it outside
and just use it in the driveway because
it is so messy.

I want to mount it to a workbench but
I'm afraid it will stain the wall as
well as create a hard to clean up mess.

it's not like my wood miter saw where
you can just connect a Shop-Vac to help
with the mess.

Does anyone have any good ideas on how
to contain the mass, or keep the area
clean?
Such as a deflector, or an angled
deflector?

 

Goose

Well-known Member

• Jan 5, 2020

• #1

I usually just set mine on a couple of saw horses in the middle of the shop and clean up the mess after I use it.

 

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Dieseltech

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Location

Akron, Indiana

• Jan 5, 2020

• #1

I have one on top of an open barrel to catch the sparks. Need to be careful dropping cut parts inside though,

 

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37chief

Well-known Member

Location

California

• Jan 5, 2020

• #1

I don't think it will be a good idea. Cutting out side one time in the sun. The sun reflected on dust particulars coming from the saw blade, and the metal dust. The dust was everywhere. That's why I wear a respirator. Stan

 

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formenwhogrow

Member

• Jan 5, 2020

• #1

Just take a piece of sheet metal and bend a 90 and put it directly behind the blade where the sparks fly. Viola.

 

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PopinJohn

Member

• Jan 5, 2020

• #1

You?re wise to consider how much iron dust comes
from a chop saw. I had one mounted on a 2x12 and
spaced out from the wall behind about 3-? inches
thinking the dust would fall in behind. The dust became
a pervasive mess that I hated trying to clean up.
Now that I?ve moved to a different building, I want some
kind of a catch housing around the back of the saw.
Something like this spray paint shield I saw on Amazon,
but made out of sheet metal.
https://www.amazon.com/HomeRight-Shelter-C900051-
Portable-Painting/dp/B01I1YI09O/ref=sr_1_51?
keywords=Small+paint+shield&qid=1578282982&sr=8-51
Untitled URL Link

 

kcm.MN

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Location

NW Minnesota

• Jan 5, 2020

• #1

Here's an idea, but it's just that....an idea. I do not have a metal chop saw. However, this SHOULD work:

If you want to use your chop saw inside your garage or shop but want to keep the mess and sparks outside, consider having the chop saw on an exterior wall. Use flexible ducting to connect to the dust port, then have ducting go through the wall to a tank (plastic tote?) of water.

Another potential idea would be to use the flexible ducting, but to run it outside to your driveway (if you don't want a hole in the wall). Connect a blower to create a venturi, which will pull air/sparks/dust through the duct and then exit to the outside. The fan would only draw clean air, then push that air through your ducting which should create a slight vacuum at the exhaust port, keeping your work area clean.

 

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2510Paul

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• Jan 5, 2020

• #1

I?m thinking a metal table on casters you can roll outside. Leave all the dust and sparks outside. My welding table is setup that way with a vise. If I have to do a lot of grinding I roll the table outside. Good luck. Paul

 

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centash

Well-known Member

• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

I use a magnet to clean up around mine....whatever you do, be aware that the iron sawdust can start a wood bench to smoldering.

Ben

 

Geo-TH,In

Well-known Member

• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

When it comes to making sparks, welding, grinding, chop saw, I do it outside the shop.
Too many things to catch on fire.

 

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M Nut

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• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

I do it outside. My neighbors shop burnt down a few years ago, fire started from smoldering material from a chop saw.

 

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cjunrau

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• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

The metal barrel idea sounds good. Ad a stretched sheet metal top to it. That way parts don?t fall in the barrel. If you mount it on a tubing gram with sheet metal under the frame. Also put a sheet metal at the back so those sparks get deflected into barrel. Win win on that one. If you want it mounted on the work bench you could just build your work bench right there with a grate and hav a metal box under it to catch all the sparks.
If you take a metal drum and weld a 5 ft pipe to if where you hook a shop vacuum to if will also suck the dust down and keep it from getting as Smokey in the shop as well. 5 ft should be enough so no hot sparks make it to vacuum.

 

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1948CaseVAI

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• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

It wasn't a huge deal but when I sold my house the buyers thought I had bad well water because of the rust stains on the drivewaay where I used the metal saw. The saw dust enbedded in the concrete and left rust stains.

 

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GlenIdaho

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• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

I built a rolling table with a metal top and a hood behind the saw to catch the sparks. Works very well. All the mess is caught by the hood. I sometimes use it inside the shop, but try not to for fear of fire.

 

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dr sportster

Well-known Member

• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

To me it IS an outside job > I don't want to breathe all those fibers from the wheel.

 

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tim s

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• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

I removed a cut saw from the flimsy original mount and fabbed a mount up on a bench,, adding a better clamp and a catch for the cuttings to be guided down into a steel bucket, this made it all a lot cleaner and the larger bench helped to hold longer metal to work.

 

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JMS/.MN

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• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

Mine is mounted on a wheeled cabinet. The cabinet has hinged wings, the height of the saw table, to support the cut and uncut stock. The sparks are aimed into a flexible 90 degree stove pipe, aimed down at a steel barrel. The barrel holds the cutoff scraps. Spare blades are stored in the cabinet.

 

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MSM

Well-known Member

• Jan 6, 2020

• #1

Maybe switch to a metal cutting chop saw. It uses a carbide blade similar in appearance to a wood cutting blade, but no dust, no grindings, no sparks. Evolution makes one, about 400 bucks.

 

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fastfarmall

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• Jan 7, 2020

• #1

What dust,with a Evolution diamond blade all u end up with is cut, metal curls! I bought mine for $275;00 on sale.

 

timcasbolt

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• Jan 7, 2020

• #1

You've just given me an idea: I built a 2' x 4' platen on wheels that I use for fixturing welding projects. I think I could do like you did and mount my chop saw to the platen and keep the ability to put it on and take it off the table easily. Thanks!

 

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Joe Pro

Member

• Jan 7, 2020

• #1

I would love to see some photos of setups you guys are talking about!

I like the idea of putting it on a cart with casters to roll it outside.

I think if I had it mounted inside accessible somewhere I would use it more though.

 

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rustyfarmall

Well-known Member

• Jan 7, 2020

• #1

I set mine on a tool cart. Roll it out of the way when I don't need it, and roll it over to an open door when I do need it. The tool cart has a couple of drawers and I store extra blades and such.

 

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Texasmark1

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• Jan 7, 2020

• #1

Mine sat on a bench out in the floor so that I could feed long stock. Just ran a couple of 2x4s anchored to the floor and ceiling with a piece of plywood across the back to stop the sparks. Never looked back and never bothered to clean up any mess....just wasn't all that much that a broom couldn't care for.

My HD grinder is pointed at the wall of my shop. Been there 15 years and I heven't even looked to see if it is making a mess....must not be much if any.....course my shop is where I work not where I eat.....but I do keep things put away and the floor swept.....even if it is a day or two after I finish a big job.