cutting

[steve1017]

for cutting cutting tubes and pipe could i get an abraisive blade and put it on my sliding compound miter saw? would that work or do i have to buy a new saw?

 

[kibble]

Other than the part where they slide, they're the same as regular miter saws, aren't they? Mine's a compound miter saw and I put an abrasive blade on it but, it originally came with a blade for cutting wood. It works fine.

 

[steve1017]

yes the sliding part is were the handel slides out to cut larger wood.
so it would work fine then?
its a dewalt

 

[kibble]

I would say as long as the blade fits in there properly.

 

[kibble]

OH, one thing though; if you do use it to cut metal and there's a fabric bag for collecting dust in the back, you may want to remove it. Sparks + fabric bag = no bag later. I didn't think about it and cut several pieces of metal before I realized that.