Air saw

[Trollhole]

At first I thought I could do without it. As I hadn't seen many people that had ever used them. Most people just use a cutoff wheel on a grinder or air grinder. But I bought one anyway.

Boy was I wrong. It cuts sheetmetal like butter and it's very exact unlike a saw zaw. I can cut anything from bolts, angle iron to any variety of sheetmetal. The blade is very flexible which make getting into tight spots very easy.

$99 dollars at Northern Tools

 

[Poser]

Marshall...


Those saws are worth every penny.

I have, as have many other people, used the hell out of mine.

 

[Waorani]

I've got one from Ingersol Rand but seem to have problems breaking blades.

 

[adventr]

I used one of these tools to cut the fenders out on my 80. Worked like a charm. It was almost TOO easy...

Picked mine up from the local tractor supply for ~$70, with a 2 year warranty.

-Tim

 

[Soul_Man]

I thought a cut-off wheel would go quickly thorugh sheet metal, and I was WRONG. I use my air saw (IR) for any sheetmetal cutting I can.

Only problem is you have to clamp/hold the part well, otherwise it just vibrates with the saw and it won't cut (particularly when doing small sheetmetal parts).

For bigger things I use a Sawzall-type saw (mine's a DeWalt) and that cuts metal MUCH faster than a cut off wheel also.

 

[alia176]

is this better than the nibbler for cutting metal? Or is the nibbler strictly for sheet metal whereas this unit is good for most metal?

 

[Nutz]

Those things take forever to cut with though I thought.

 

[stayalert]

I've never used one but am looking at it and thinking hmmm... seems like it would present ALOT less fire hazard than the spark show that the grinder/abrasive wheel alternatives provide.....can you cut hockey sticks with it?

 

[Poser]

.....can you cut hockey sticks with it?

Yep.

 

[Nutz]

Poser it looks like those take jig saw blades is that right or would I have to buy new blades through snapon etc?