[Greg Elmassian]

I don't like manual saws, I use a dremel with the new quick release metal cutting blades. Stainless is pretty tough, and when I use a hand saw, it really torques the rail back and forth, and often pulls it out of the "spikes".

These new blades are less prone to breakage and much larger in diameter than the 1" wheels you have seen before.

Regards, Greg

 

[Greg Elmassian]

I bought the 10.8 volt Li-ion Dremel, it's nice, the battery lasts long enough not to be a nuisance and it runs up to 30,000 rpm, makes nice surgical cuts in stainless fast, easy, and no stress on the "tie plates" on Aristo track, which are fragile.

The newer dremel quick change blades are much tougher and last longer than the generic fiberglas impregnated ones, and of course do not shatter like the traditional solid carbide one (1").

I have the mini-chop saw from harbor freight, the blade will NOT cut stainless. I pulled the guard off the saw, and put a carbide blade in it, the motor is underpowered for this to work well. It is cute, but basically worthless for stainless. It might be fine for brass, but all my brass is .357 caliber!


Regards, Greg

 

[Greg Elmassian]

For some reason, when I used a hacksaw, I kept pulling the rails out of the tie strips. I guess I'm just mechanically uncoordinated!

Greg