Stainless bumpers-that sounds fun! Post pics of your progress. If you take
your time, most bandsaws will do this type of work handly. Be careful when
cutting the stainless-if it gets too hot, it can get really hard to
cut/drill. I personally like the chop saw for cutting tubing and small bar
stock. It produces fast, straight, easy to weld cuts, but isn't appropriate
for plate.
BTW, are you planning on bending stainless tubing?
Nathan
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Neuman <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 6:17 PM
Subject: OT-Metal Cutting
> Hello All,
> As Irene and I are getting more into metal work (custom tubular stain
> less steel bumpers anyone??) I find that we need something better to make
> reasonable precision cuts in metal. Right now we use a hacksaw and 4"
right
> angle grinder with cutoff wheel and a tubing cutter. We will be cutting
round
> and square tubing, plate steel and maybe some solid round/square rod.
Ususally
> the metal will be less than 1/8" but sometimes 1/4" might be needed.
> Can a 'cheap' <200USD band saw do this type of work?? Does anybody
> have any other idea of what Ican use to cut this type of metal??
>
> thanks,
> Daniel 69 2000
>
> Oh, I know that you were all worried but I got the tubing bender bolted to
the
> garage floor just fine. I used progressivly bigger carbide tipped
masonary bits
> to go up to the 3/4" final size. To get thru the rock I just used an old
dull
> masonary bit and held it with a pair of needle nose vise grips and wacked
it
> with a hammer. Hammer drill-bah. I used lag-bolts and it appears to be
working
> just fine.
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