
Help Cutting Steel!
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Ok, i have some stainless steel hydraulic fittings.
Similar to that, and i need to cut part of it of for a custom part, I have tried a Hacksaw but it will take forever to cut it, any ideas?

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Try using a cut wheel on a hand grinder!!Or a sawzall,!!!!!!!!!
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I Dont own a sawzall and an angle grinder isnt precise enough
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A good 12 inch hacksaw with a bi-metal blade should make short work of it.
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How is it not accurate enough??? As long as you clamp it down good you wont have a problem. Just take your time!!!Goats spudz wrote:I Dont own a sawzall and an angle grinder isnt precise enough
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also i have lost the thing that holds the guard onmattyzip77 wrote:How is it not accurate enough??? As long as you clamp it down good you wont have a problem. Just take your time!!!Goats spudz wrote:I Dont own a sawzall and an angle grinder isnt precise enough

What are you planning to do here? Maybe we can give you a work-around so you don't even have to cut the fitting....
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i have cut it, my blade was dull so i bought some new high speed blades for my hacksaw. its a custom part for my air tank.
What do you need a guard for? wear googles/glasses and cut away.Goats spudz wrote:also i have lost the thing that holds the guard onmattyzip77 wrote:How is it not accurate enough??? As long as you clamp it down good you wont have a problem. Just take your time!!!Goats spudz wrote:I Dont own a sawzall and an angle grinder isnt precise enough
Goats spudz wrote:i have cut it, my blade was dull so i bought some new high speed blades for my hacksaw. its a custom part for my air tank.
high speed blades for a hacksaw? how fast can your hand cut through metal?
90 pulls a minute?





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its the thing that stops you cutting your fingers offsco77 wrote:What do you need a guard for? wear googles/glasses and cut away.Goats spudz wrote:also i have lost the thing that holds the guard onmattyzip77 wrote: How is it not accurate enough??? As long as you clamp it down good you wont have a problem. Just take your time!!!
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iv had hacksaw blades get hot enough to discolourjsefcik wrote:high speed blades for a hacksaw? how fast can your hand cut through metal?
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more importantly its what stops a broken disk from implanting itself into your headGoats spudz wrote:its the thing that stops you cutting your fingers off
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Hacksaws and a set of files are all I use for cutting metals. Use the right blade like JSR suggested, and you'll be through it in no time.

Only if you're a slow wimp90 pulls a minute?

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