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Posted: **Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:41 am**

Wandered out into the workshop today and started cutting for "The Next One". :shock:

Will post some pics tomorrow, now I have to go and get ready to DJ a wedding

Cheers
Paul :thumbsup:

Posted: **Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:10 pm**

Well, Paul. I'm still waiting to hear how that Triton worked out.

After a long talk with Cap'n Morgan last night, I placed my order fot that saw.....

Posted: **Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:15 pm**

Hi Larwyn, Had a lazy Sunday after working on Saturday night. I did get the steel cut and I still haven't taken any pics(Sorry Madjack). In my opinion the Triton is excellent. Easy to measure, Easy to set the steel and no mess to speak of.
Cheers
Paul :thumbsup:

Posted: **Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:29 pm**

That's great to hear Paul. Can't wait for the saw to arive, though I do have a lot of wood working to do before I can get into another "real metal working project".............

Your post about the Steel Cutter led me to the Triton website. I ordered, recieved and have used the Triton Super Jaws tool and have been quite impressed with it. Perfect for my outdoor "shop"....thanks for the lead...

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:05 am**

Guys , I spent all yesterday cutting steel ...used a Porter Cable Porta' Band... a cutting fool , cut all the extra stuff off my ex boat trailer (don't need a winch , eh ?, just a wench ...) Worked very well , nice cuts ...pretty easy to use , and not too messy ...just so you know

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:01 pm**

GPW,

I agree the portaband is a great tool for cutting steel, I've used mine on everthing from fire starting logs (mostly parafin) to drill rod (purty hard stuff. I will not be discarding my portaband for sure, I just see some advantages to the Triton Steel Cutter for some of the metal work that I do.

If I had to choose only one of the two, the portaband would be the winner by far.

Posted: **Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:41 am**

Okay you two, what the heck is a potaband? I showed you mine, now you show me yours :lol:

Cheers
Paul :thumbsup:

Posted: **Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:11 am**

Paul, Check here.
http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/ite ... egoryName=

Posted: **Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:17 am**

Thanks bledsoe(Steve?) Looks nifty. We don't have anything like that over here. How versatile is it?
Cheers
Paul :thumbsup:

Posted: **Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:20 am**

A friend of mine swears by it, for cutting pipe.

Posted: **Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:40 am**

PaulC wrote:Thanks bledsoe(Steve?) Looks nifty. We don't have anything like that over here. How versatile is it?
Cheers
Paul

Paul, My first name is Jim. Bledsoe3 is the logon I use on most sites.

Posted: **Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:47 am**

Sorry about that Jim, it's getting late over here. As soon as I read your post I remembered using your christian name in other threads. :oops:

I've been around here long enough now to sort of have a handle on most but the occasional one slips past.
Sorry Mate
Cheers
Paul :thumbsup:

Posted: **Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:12 am**

The portaband is a portable band saw. They are usually sized to cut 4" pipe or tubing, often used for cutting conduit. Being a hand held tool they are versitle as far as angle cuts and such go. You can cut solid stock up to whatever size you can fit between the blade guides if you are careful about feed rate, realistically I have cut 4" chanel iron, and lots of 1.5" angle and solid round and square stock up 1". With it you can make all manner of freehand cuts. Accuracy of cut is directly related to how carefully you feed the saw.

Posted: **Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:17 pm**

I opened up my new portaband today and started cutting metal. Let me tell you, I'll never use a hack saw again. This thing cuts great. I cut angle, and rod, and it goes thru everything like butter!

Mike...

Posted: **Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:14 am**

Mike, Is that the HF one? Did you get a different blade?

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