Cut-off machines -- the industry standard The go-to choice for most jobs, cut-off machines are hand-held saws used to cut concrete, asphalt and metal. They use either a composite resin abrasive ...

A cut-off saw usually has an abrasive disk rather than ... manufacturers’ recommendations as to the capabilities of their machines. Q. Can I use a metal-cutting saw to cut wood?

The saw is built out of scraps and odd bits using angle iron as a base and an electric die grinder to spin a cut-off wheel. A small gear motor feeds the brass rod down a guide tube until it hits a ...

If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have a metal cutting bandsaw or abrasive-disk chop saw. In recent decades plasma cutters appeared in some farm shops to take slicing metal to a higher level.

If you’re doing a lot of metal working, a chop saw is a great tool to have ... along with a shaft which mounts the cutting wheel. Finally, a guard was fitted over the cutting wheel to give ...