4" Abrasive cuttoff saw

I have this one. Probably the same that penn tool sells but you can get options from the manufacture that are not available from some of the resellers.

I use a Dart DC motor speed controller and a

My friend mike has the wilton. The wilton is better for thick steel opjects. I was surprised to see how fast it cut a large

chuck

What do these do that make them so much more expensive than a 14" chop saw? Would something like

Glenn Lyford

Harbor Freight has this table adaptor for around $13 when not on sale. Don't recall the PN.

Chuck P.

And it is pretty cheesy....one of those "get you by in a pinch" things but I wouldn't want to use it for more than emergencies.

(one liner posted just so there would be more than OT posts to look at)

There are a whole bunch of mini chop-saws that amount pretty much to a

There are even, as you say, adapters that let you use a regular angle grinder.

Dan Mitchell ============

Must be low volume. A little cutoff saw can do lots of things that a big one cannot. Like cut small screws, HSS toolbits, piano wire etc. The blade is only 1/32 wide.

I can also put a slitting saw blade in my coastel saw and cut thin brass tubing wood, plastic etc.

chuck

More than likely. Of all the mold shops I've worked in, there has only been one 4" chop saw. That was the Con-Saw one and it worked quite well on a 3/8" ejector pin and did work on a 1/2" well enough if you didn't have to many to do.

Yeah, it's better than wearing down the corner of the grinding wheel so you can break the tool bit. I like my wheel corners sharp for thinning the web of small drills.

I've got one job that is 1/8 X 1 aluminum bar stock. I'll try it on that once I find one. Heh, I found the Harbor Freight one on E-Bay for $26 [new] and have received it. It'll go to my home shop, maybe when I get old I'll be into making models or something. It struggled to cut a 1/4" ejector pin and an 1/8" one was bad enough. I see the $450 unit has 1/2 hp. and this one:

Ed Huesers

Mike Henry has the wilton and I was impressed to watch it cut

I have the normal coastel tool saw with the optional vise. It does well with 1/4 and less. Takes a bit to cut 3/8. The HD motor might make a difference. This is a 3 inch saw and has less power than the wilton but I like the vise better and it was cheaper (ordered directly from coaster). I have found that using a ceramic blade helps greatly with HSS toolbits.

Keep in mind that the wilton is a 4 inch saw and the and the coastel is a 3 inch. A 4 inch disc could be fitted if you remove the blade guard and fab a bigger one. I do not recommend running it without a guard!

Coastel pushs their blades and charge excessively for them. I ordered several different blades from J&L and I like the Hertel ceramic discs the best. I even tried the Norton Norzon. I dont remember the specifics but I do know that I decided on the Hertel ceramic. Look for Hertel ceramic abrasive cutoff disc.

Well, I got the Wilton 1/2 hp cuttoff saw and nice. It's reasonably quite and doesn't take to long to go through a 1/2 inch ejector pin. I can see a guy could cut a 5/8 inch pin about the same time it took the Harbor Freight 1/5 hp to go through a 1/4 inch. From memory I'd say that it cuts considerably faster than the Con-Saw I'd used some years ago. It was expensive but well worth it. Thanks for the input,

Ed Huesers