Quote Originally Posted by Don Shillady View Post
Thanks for the information, I did not know a chop saw could handle metal. I almost bought one for cutting wooden rafter beams on our recent 20'x30' "Sun Room" addition but after we cut out one pattern beam with the appropriate notches for the edge of the roof I was able to make 34 copies with just a hand circular saw. For steel rectangular tubing on my Brookville frame I made an additional crossmember out of 1 1/2" x 3" rectangular tubing by taking a stock piece to a guy who has a pro fabrication shop who took his Chemistry from me and he cut both ends on an angle for me free on a very neat metal miter hacksaw setup but that looks like it is really expensive since he can saw 4" square (hollow) beams on it! Anyway with the miter angle on the hacksaw I got a really good fit to the bevel on the Model A frame and welded my safety U bracket for the drive shaft to the bottom of the new crossmember.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
Don, just make sure you're looking at a chop saw for metal and not a miter saw for wood....... Don't think I'd use a chop saw on wood rafters......