Whats your best method of cutting?

[SNUNEZ]

Torches Oxy Acetylene $ Plasma Band Saw For Straight Cuts
But I Do Lots Of Intricate Cuts With Torches

[tnjind]

Cold saw for bar stock, plasma cutter for large flats or sheet, sometimes 4 1/2" w/cutoff. sometimes torch on nasty stuff or outside, just depends.

[bryce_burden]

I use the chop saw for cutting all my pipe, square, angle, etc. I use an Oxy-Acetylene rig for everything else. Thats all i have access to at work. At school, we have a Lincoln ProCut 55 plasma, I've used it one time and hated it. I can make a cut 3x smoother and straighter with my Victor than I can with that plasma. I'm not much on the more modern processes, whether it be my welding or cutting process. I still use a stick machine every day, and refuse to run that plasma cutter again after my last experience. Can't afford no fancy portable band saw or anything like that, though I would like to have one of them cold cut chop saws someday.

[SavageSunJeep]

4 1/2 in angle grinder with cut off disk, chop saw, plasma cutter in not special order, just depending on what and how much etc.

[k zen]

horizontal saw for 90% of my cut and plasma cutter for special cut ( the best buy i could have done ).

[tacmig]

Ruff cut stock> Baileigh cold saw.

Precision cut stock> Baileigh & Jet wet band saws.

Ruff cut sheet and flat stock> Victor & Smith O/A

Precision cut sheet and flat stock> Techni i35 waterjet & Esab plasma.

When I'm pissed> Ridgid chop saw.

Ruff cut top sirloin> Kmart butter knife.

Precision cut Prime Rib> J.A. Henckels.

Ruff cut cheese> Taco Bell.

Precision cut cheese> El Fiesta Monterey.

That's about it, if I think of more I'll let you know..

TacMig

[KEENAVV]

I have all cutting equipment mentioned on this thread and 99% of the time i'll use plasma. It's fast ,clean,smooth, no chips or metal/abrasive dust.

[SavageSunJeep]

I have all cutting equipment mentioned on this thread and 99% of the time i'll use plasma. It's fast ,clean,smooth, no chips or metal/abrasive dust.

I recently got my Hypertherm Plasma cutter and I am still experimenting with what to cut with it.

How one one go about cutting square/rd hollow tubing? I currently use my chop saw or my cutoff disk on 1/2" and below. The biggest stuff I work with is 2" with a wall thickness of about .125 +/- .25.

Thanks

[KEENAVV]

I recently got my Hypertherm Plasma cutter and I am still experimenting with what to cut with it.

How one one go about cutting square/rd hollow tubing? I currently use my chop saw or my cutoff disk on 1/2" and below. The biggest stuff I work with is 2" with a wall thickness of about .125 +/- .25.

Thanks

Mark all sides with a speed square and clamp a piece of angle iron scrap for a guide. Be sure to keep the torch at 90 to the cut even when you go around the 90.

[HMW]

What KEENAVV said, but chop saw or band saw probably quicker since you dont have to mark it all the way around.