cutting channel posts

[John Butto]

What is best to cut the green channel steel posts that hold stop signs and traffic directions.

 

[BROWNDOG]

saw-zall with diamond metal cutting blade, i usually get my plumber to cut them

 

[J Hill Designs]

metal cut-off wheel, or a sawzall if it can be a harsh cut...

 

[JR's]

My wife shears them off with my car. ;}

 

[J Hill Designs]

rofl

 

[Mosh]

Metal working ban saw.

 

[thmooch]

metal cutting/grinding blade for chop saw(watch out for the sparks)

 

[iceracer]

My wife shears them off with my car. ;}

That made me laff out loud!

Hey, my wife does the same thing, tries to knockdown concrete pillars and the neighbours hedge too.

 

[Gino]

Metal band saw.... at a slow speed

 

[Pat Whatley]

Metal cutting/grinding disk that goes in the circular saw. Works great, lasts forever and only $10.

 

[Billct2]

We have a little hand held cut off tool for steel.

 

[mbarden]

OMG JR that was funny.
Thank You!!!!
Mike B
Big River Sign Co

 

[Westcoast Sign Guy]

CHop saw for steel, dry cut saw for alum

 

[iSign]

I made about 40 cuts last night with THIS set-up. The UniStrut material is not quite as thick as the 2-1/2 ft/lb U-Channel, but about the same as the 1-1/2 ft/lb stock...

I'm not sure what Pat uses that lasts forever, but my cut-off wheel made about 25 cuts & it was toast.

With a real high RPM metal chop saw, like the Evolution Raptor, you can get a $100 blade & get a lot more cuts per dollar... but you need to buy the saw & the blade first. I was going to get a low RPM metal saw because of the nice clamp for your work... but I decided to just get a couple metal abrasion wheels for $5 ea & throw them in the chop saw I already had... what's a few thousand sparks tickling your arm anyway?

 

[Mosh]

http://www.productionspecialty.com/Dake/jh10w1_jh10w3.htm

This is what we use in our shop, you can get 1,000's of cuts on each blade.

 

[signage]

Low RPM Metal cutoff

I would recommend one of these type of metal cut-off saws they do a much better job! See attachment.

 

[Gino]

http://www.productionspecialty.com/Dake/jh10w1_jh10w3.htm

This is what we use in our shop, you can get 1,000's of cuts on each blade.

If you have one in your shop, why not post a picture of your own.... rather than a link ??

 

[gvozden]

Somebody erase my previous post...well we cut all metal with one of these...
realife pic

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just read rules about posting pic.. sorry