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Walter, I was going to buy the Milwaukee version of that. I had it ordered and it was out of stock so I bought Jeep parts instead. Those things are great.

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i use a dewalt chop saw, works awesome

but for smaller pieces that you want precise cuts, its a bit akward

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that thing has a ---- vice as well

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I have that saw. Does work

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some like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Milwaukee-6190-20-14-Dry-Cut-Off-Machine_W0QQitemZ290283435457QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH _DefaultDomain_0?hash=item290283435457&_trksid=p32 86.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A 1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A3|294%3A50

im looking for one of those for begin making manifolds and exhayst system, idk when do find one bandsaw like that cheap :'(

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i have a 10" compound miter saw got of craigslist almost new for like $40 i just put metal blades in it. made a whole dp/exhaust with it just fine doin pie cuts. only thing that sucks about it is after a few cuts the 10" blade doing 3" pipe the motor hits the pipe on the right side on the down swing and sometimes will not make the cut all the way :3 once i tried to use it with the sawdust bag on it and it caught fire instantly and burned up :1

its to hard trying to shove half welded ---- into it though i think a bandsaw would be easier

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mitter saws are awsome but, damn those blades are expensive. HF bandsaw is on sale right now for 180$ i think.....i dont know how you guys got it for 130-150$

Going to pick up a lightly used HF band saw for 100$ next week ;D

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id spend the money and get the grizzly or an enco. i had a harborfeight saw for less than a year and the pivot on it broke. the whole top of the saw rolled right off and almost broke my toe.

any band saw vert/horz whatever is good so long as it has belts and pullys on it. this way the motor can be easly replaced and you can get different pullys to change speeds

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ive used a lot of grizzly woodworking tools and they are built pretty nice

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+1 i'd even pay that if it works OK for exhaust/dp/manis..

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