Ynot Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Evening. Suggestions (serious ones please) for cutting copious numbers of scaff tube legs for decking.The obvious hand-hacksaw is out for two reasons - you can never guarantee a flat cut by hand, and cutting as many as I need will be exhausting! I may be able to get hold of a metal cutting band saw (with a lock-off clamp) but that's not certain as yet. So - suggestions for hire options if it comes to it...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modge Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 http://www.speedyhire.com/Tools-&-Equi.../p-1-10-15-126/Some relation of that is what I've always used in the past i.e. a chop saw with the appropriate blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunk_1984 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Chop saw. All good hire shops should carry them, certainly the mainstream ones I just checked did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjkered Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Third Vote for Chop saw with correct blade from Hire Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlinford Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Third Vote for Chop saw with correct blade from Hire Shop Agreed. Get a cold cutting one if you can afford it. Much nicer to use... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Thirded/fourthed. Unless you are friendly with a blacksmith/metal fabricator/school with an electric hacksaw which is as good, but not so quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 CheersI thought chop saw at first - thinking the regular timber-cutting variety refitted with metal cutting blade, but judged them to be non-viable because of the potential for kick-back on the tube being much higher than in timber... The linked option however looks a lot more likely however - does it have a clamp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lewis Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I have access to a workshop with a large horizontal bandsaw. It's fitted with liquid cooling and an adjustable stop to allow reproducable length cuts. If it wasn't there, I'd be using a chop saw with a suitable alloy cutting blade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Yes, they have a clamp. We have a Makita one here that we use for exactly that purpose. Get plenty of discs, though - if you're cutting large quantities of steel it'll eat discs for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Yes, they have a clamp. We have a Makita one here that we use for exactly that purpose. Get plenty of discs, though - if you're cutting large quantities of steel it'll eat discs for breakfast!excellent.We're cutting ally scaff, not steel, though the point about discs is well made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 For steel we just hired a chopsaw ( as above) for £42p/w + £3 a disc. For ali we use a wood chopsaw with metal blade (make sure you can use a ali blade in the saw some wont let you because of the RPM) I have never had a problem cutting ali, we have not cut ALOT in a row though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lyall Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 A grinder to round the edges after cutting is probably a good idea too, the swarf (sp?) from ali is nasty. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Can you (suppose you can) get ali grinding wheels? I'd have thought that "normal" grinders would be too fast and they'd be inclined to clog. Never looked into it though.] A quick wipe around with a bastard file should clear swarf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 I have a powered hacksaw I picked up for a few bucks at an auction house, it does a nice job on scaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niclights Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 A normal grinding disc works fine for ally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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