Seeking a Special Chop or Cut-Off Saw

The other day, some cable TV show about trucks (I think) had this new low RPM, no dust cut-off saw that also allowed miter cuts in steel. I can't remember the name, but I remember it costing something like $2000 or $2500.

Anyone see the show or know of this tool?

Regards, Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 871-5022

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Joe AutoDrill
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brewertr

generic term is a 'cold saw'

$1300

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$2700
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$2900
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Dave

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spamTHISbrp

Yowza- $5000 for the base model (but its a 14 inch, larger than the ones I posted)

Dave

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spamTHISbrp

Joe, Cold saws have been around for a while. Not familiar with the specific one referred to.

You can also do the aluminum/steel cutting just by changing the blade. These were really a big deal a few years ago. google for aluminum chopsaw/skilsaw? I did a quick search and couldn't find the really popular one. Aluminator is one trade name.

The one I remember a few years ago, they were using a simple hand skilsaw, with this wicked blade, and ripping through 1/4" & thicker aluminum plate like hard butter. It was pretty amazing. they were called shark, alumashark, raptor, something et...

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clay

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$275 !!! Although I have yet to meet a person who bought and used one. Note no reviews yet...

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Michael Koblic

Brobo is the one I remember:

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You might check ebay or craigslist.

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Garlicdude

Joe, You are talking about a cold saw. The blade turns between 30 to 80 rpm or so. It is really a milling operation. The cut is very smooth and can be virtually burr free. I've owned 2 SOCOs, a Taiwanese saw but were quite good quality. The first was auto feed. I once cut 100 pieces of 1-5/8" cold rolled steel with it, and the machinist measured every one, because he couldn't believe a saw could hold +- 0.001" over 100 pieces!

The second one was a manual machine with a swivel vice and I cut mostly aluminum and stainless.

To cut a wide range of materials requires at least 3 different blade pitches. Too fine and the chip rolls up in the gullet, seizes, and BANG the blade shatters! Too coarse and the teeth get broken off easily. Blades cost about $90 but get resharpened for $10 a pop. After they have been sharpened maybe 10 times they will grind off all the teeth and cut all new ones, costs about $20 extra. So the blades last a really long time.

A dull blade can shatter as well. For production you really want 9 blades,

3 of each pitch. One goes in the saw, one is a spare, and one is out getting sharpened from each pitch set. This way you are never down.

Cold saws are great. In my case I used it to eliminate the machining of both ends of round and rectangular parts by cutting to exact size with a beautiful finish.

If you have any questions, email me.

Gary H. Lucas

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Gary H. Lucas

Scotchman makes a nice cold saw. I have one I use on aluminum, which works fantastically. I don't cut steel. Scotchman is American made.

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cbenson

You want a cold saw. I'm partial to the Scotchman ones. We used to use a regular woodworking miter saw with a stock fine tooth carbide blade to cut aluminum extrusions, but after someone used too fast a feed and sent a couple saw teeth flying into the wall, we finally looked into getting one. They basically work like a large slitting saw in a milling machine.

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woodworker88

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