I’m pretty P....... off about this “Saws”

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Originally Posted by delbs

good to hear it arrived, the question is would you order it from there again? ;)

how do you personally attack that material to cut to the size of the blade you require? find that hacksaw works or something like a small dremel bit can cut it noting to keep heat away etc to not warp the edge

Cheers,
Nathan

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Nathan

I am not sure how Matt will be doing this as he may be locked down away from his tool base. Most people use an angle grinder with a thin (1mm) cutting disc. They cut through this thin steel so quickly that almost no heat is transmitted to the point that the cut edge can be held with bare fingers. An added precaution is to clamp the saw plate between heavier section steel to act as a heat sink. The top piece of steel acts as a guide for cutting too. See post # 8 in this thread for some pictorial idea of the process.

The plates can be cut with a fine (32ppi) hacksaw blade when other methods are unavailable.

Regards
Paul

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Originally Posted by delbs

good to hear it arrived, the question is would you order it from there again? ;)

how do you personally attack that material to cut to the size of the blade you require? find that hacksaw works or something like a small dremel bit can cut it noting to keep heat away etc to not warp the edge

Cheers,
Nathan

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Nathan, Paul is right and wrong, I’m currently away from Creative Den, but I’ve created a Sub den to feed my tool needs.

I haven’t used any of the spring plate yet, but plan on using it very soon.
Now that the Plane challenge is done an dusted, I may get stuck into it.
With regards cutting the steel, the really thin stuff under .5 mm I’ve used a large pair of Tin snips in the past, but I’m a maverick.
Paul is on the money if your comfortable using a small angle grinder with a thin cut of disk, they will do the job well.
I’m comfortable using small or big angle grinders, I just hate the noise an sparks and all the carry on(snob)

Cheers Matt.

It's not needed for something thing like saw plate but otherwise this variable speed thin kerf mini table saw is the ducks nuts for cutting any tool steel.
Cuts are pretty accurate especially if the mitre is used.
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Because the grinder that drives the cutting wheel is sealed and the wheel is separated from the grinder by a belt I can even drip water into the cut line.
It makes a mess but I can cut quite thick tool steel without it bluing.

Sorry don't have a photo but here's one when I was using my old 8" table saw with the water cooling attachment.
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