Cutting Bar Stock

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georgeg3
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Cutting Bar Stock

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I found a cheap way to cut bar stock without investing in a metal cutting band saw. Harbor Freight Tools has a cut off saw conversion kit that you can mount an angle grinder in. I put a metal cutting blade in my trusty Dewalt grinder and mounted it in the kit. It was a little shaky, but a large hose clamp solved that. The kit features a cam locking vise on the base to hold the bar stock which is handy. In a matter of minutes I cut 1/4 x 1" NS stock into 8 pieces for bolsters. It wasn't exactly like a hot knife through butter, but it beat using a hacksaw. Here's a picture:

http://members.cox.net/georgeg3/AngleGrinder.jpg
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Looks good to me.
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that's pretty cool! beats the hell out of my dull hack saw :wink:
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