...I went on the internet and got a large abrasive chop saw for a hundred
bucks including the freight...it is Chinese mfg - I think - and works fine
for cutting off steel pipe/angle/etc...
K4OJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark <aa6dx@pacbell.net>
To: Bruce Makas <k1my@msn.com>; Towertalk submital
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] cutting a MAST
> Don't know if I'm doing something wrong, as I am not used to having a tool
> chest full of air tools ... but I do have them now --- and I've been using
> the cut-off wheel to do this sort of thing... have several antenna
projects
> in the hopper, and have been cutting both aluminum and steel masts,
tubing,
> tower parts, etc... with excellent results, but not as nice as one would
get
> with a table saw/chop saw- --now have a Makita "chop saw" on a more or
less
> permanent loan ... so will get a blade for that, but the cut-off tool
works
> swell, and the replacement wheels from Harbor Freight (
> http://www.harborfreight.com ) are quite affordable! 73 --- Mark
> AA6DX ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Makas" <k1my@msn.com>
> To: "Towertalk submital" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 4:11 PM
> Subject: [Towertalk] cutting a MAST
>
>
> > All of this talk about cutting plate got me thinking about a 20 foot
steel
> > thick wall 2" OD antenna mast that I have in the garage. I need to cut
it
> > down to two10's. The guy at the hardware store suggested that I rent a
> "chop
> > saw." Is this the best way to do it?
> >
> > 73, Bruce
> >
> >
>
>
>
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