[TheForge] Re: Chop Saw Irritation

[Larry and Pat Brown]

I use a stack of 3/8 washers on a bolt a little loose, double nutted. I 
hold it to the wheel while its running at an angle and it makes a nice 
cheap glaze breaker.
I find on thicker material allowing the blade to cool while using the glaze 
breaker works well. Keep your self covered up while using the saw as the 
fiberglass matrix the grinding particles are in can cause a good case of 
the itches on the out side. Wear at least a dust mask to keep from 
breathing the same dust and I wear a full face clear shield to guard 
against sparks and small cutoffs flying around.

If your not making 90 Deg. cuts I would suspect the base is bent or warped
Larry Brown

At 09:03 AM 1/29/2002 +1030, you wrote:

>I agree with some of the other replies, Ive seen the same thing and I felt
>it was that the blade had come in contact with too large an area to cut
>properly and rotating the piece a little fixed the problem, doesnt matter
>whats in the A36 mix in my opinion, Ive cut all sorts of carbon steels on
>the saw and they all seem to cut about the same. One other gripe I have is
>that my saw never seemed to cut a 90 deg cut (top to bottom that is). Most
>of the time it doesnt matter but especially on say square tubing you want a
>square edge to but the pieces up together for welding, mines a makita saw I
>wonder if any of them are better than mine at 90 deg cuts. I guess I could
>reengineer the hinge but I never looked at it and it should be straight when
>made if you ask me.
>