aluminum hollow tube or angle would be the easiest to work with unless you have a drill press (saw your other thread) a tap set, and extremely good plans...
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aluminum hollow tube or angle would be the easiest to work with unless you have a drill press (saw your other thread) a tap set, and extremely good plans...
I just had an idea with the hollow tube... whats an easy way to cut it at a angle?
mitre-box.
after some quick searching all I could find that does wood and metal is this one
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-20-800...6360042&sr=1-3
I actually just bought that same mitre saw today. :D I think it would work just fine for cutting aluminum, though so would most of them that I've seen. The probably just don't advertise it. If you're gonna be cutting a lot of aluminum tube, though, you might want to look into a power compound mitre saw. Like so:
http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-C10FCH...6367938&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/Craftsman-7-1-...368090&sr=1-13
if space or price is a concern then the hand miter saw would do an awesome job... you can probably get multiple blades for the saw as well.
Space is a concern but if this will make my life easier than I'm game. Wife is leaving for 4 months so its not like she'll know about it right away :D
x88x: are those the 2 you reccomend?
Well I did some more searching and I'm not gonna lie, I'm a Craftsman fan overall. But would a 7.25" or 10" be better in the long run?
Craftsman 7.25" - $69
Craftsman 10" - $99
I just picked the first two on the first Amazon search page that were under $150 and I would consider buying, as an example of the type of tool in case someone wasn't familiar with them.
As for the 7.5" vs 10", I have a 7.5" (my dad's old one, actually), and my dad has a 10" (...or it might be a 12"...I forget...), so I have the luxury of having used both, and imo, if you're working with anything wider than a 2x6, definitely get the 10". It's just soo much more convenient. If you're not ever planning on being anything with anything that wide, you probably won't see a huge difference. You do have a faster blade speed on the edge of a 10" blade than on a 7.5" blade though, so that might be helpful in some cases. For those two saws you linked in particular, I think it would be worth the $30 extra to get the 10" one because you're planning on using it on aluminum a lot and the 10" has a much more powerful motor (15A vs 9A).
Then I'll order that today. Need to find alu blades for it too. I didn't really look hard yet.