Cutting chromo shafts

[xjmarc]

I got a set of cut to fit chromo shafts and wondered what everyone uses to cut them. I've got a chop saw, portaban, and of course sawzall and speedy cut.

 

[BUG-E J]

I got a set of cut to fit chromo shafts and wondered what everyone uses to cut them. I've got a chop saw, portaban, and of course sawzall and speedy cut.

I used a chop saw.

 

[Fire Freak]

I used a band saw

 

[Speeding]

Band saw. Supposedly the heat from a chop saw can hurt the shafts

 

[xjmarc]

Thanks. Portaban it is. Just wondered if it would kill the blade like stainless can.

 

[Dwalk]

No, blade should be fine. ChroMo is alot softer than Stainless

 

[Elliott]

Wrap a piece of paper around it with the edges lined up on where you want to cut, then cut it with a cut off wheel on a grinder, easiest way by far and the paper will make you cut it straight if you cut on the edge

 

[ldwoodruff]

Just my two cents. They are not bad to cut use a bandsaw then bevel the edge with a grinder
and clean splines up with a file

 

[crawlin85cj]

We have put them in a horizontal band saw and set it in slow. Little to no cleanup afterward.

 

[FullMetalFabworks]

We have put them in a horizontal band saw and set it in slow. Little to no cleanup afterward.

X2, if you're going to go the bandsaw (horizontal,vertical,portable whatever) route just make sure your saw it set really slow, like 40 to 60 SF/M. It'll take take longer but you'll actually be able to use that blade on the second one . To build on Elliot's paper method, I like to use blue painters tape because the contrast helps those of us that cant see so well and also are cheap asses that have been using the same pair of safety glasses so long that superman could hardly see through em. As far as beveling the edge goes, if you, or somebody you know, has either a horizontal or vertical sander you'll likely get a more uniform finish using that than you will with a grinder.