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Getting ready to purchase a gas powered saw for cutting metal that is far from electricity. Anyone used the concrete chain saws? They sale diamond bit chains for them too. It is either one of these or a concrete/demo cut off saw. Demo saws work great, but i was thinking the chain saw would be even better. Will be mainly used to cut thick steel.
I have used the Stihl metal cutoff saw. It's like a chainsaw with a cutoff wheel. It worked very well and I wish I owned one now.
I use the demo saw with cutoff wheels. The chainsaw would be a lot easier but a chain spinning that close to you cutting stuff its not supposed to. Seems like it could go real bad real fast just my thoughts.
Farm supply and any tool equipment place will sell the wheels, we had one for a bit, works good for cutting tires of rims, or just demo stuff were working a deal to get another one
chainsaws were not intended for cutting concrete, they're made for cutting chains only. you must be referring to the Stihl that Rusty pointed out. They can be used for cutting most anything you can find a blade to do, i.e. wood, masonry, metal. That would probly be your best bet, but I'd ensure you have a supply of metal blades to use in it before buying
They now make chain saws specifically for cutting concrete and they advertise it for cutting metal as well. They sale different chains for what u want to cut. google it, several brands are making them.
sand is the worst thing to get into with a chain, and sand is what you get out of concrete. I wonder what they've done to "chainge" thatQuote:
Originally Posted by MetalEarthRecycling
LOL! I saw that one coming!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bear
haha, I did that without realizing what I had just spelled, and looked back to see, but instead of correcting it, quotated it instead ; )Quote:
Originally Posted by RustyDollars
ive seen the chainsaws to cut concrete but ive never used one, assuming it would be designed to cut through rebar also.
I do have a 14in concrete saw that I put regular chopsaw blades on and it works really well, ive put it on here somewhere but I cut a double wide house trailer frame up using just a couple blades and minimum gas. it works really well
no way with the chain saw. demo saw yes . how about burning rig ? good luck
I done a little googling and found this, they have a comparison video using the two, the guy using the chopsaw really seems like a novice or he is exaggerating the flaws of a saw kinda like a informercial. either way im sure that pipe is way thicker than the trailer frames I cut up. at the rate they are going it would take forever, keep in mind these tools are designed for precision cuts not speed
PowerGrit Ductile Iron Cutting Chain Saw System
them things are pretty cool. I didn't read a lot about em, but noticed the chains are only noted as "concrete". Grainger and Northern Tool both have quite a few of them. High as hek too. A 14" replacement chain was $657, the bar was even more, get it in one bind and there goes $1500