# Metal Saw suggestions

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**Created:** [August 28, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/metal-saw-suggestions/246415 "2009-08-28T11:45:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/metal-saw-suggestions/246415/7 "2009-08-28T13:10:41Z")

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> [@Wii Outsold PS3 2 - 1 This Holiday Season](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-outsold-ps3-2-1-this-holiday-season/22223/37):
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> Steel, and most likely no thicker than 1/4".

What type of steel, because cutting 1/4" mild is a breeze compared to cutting 1/4" stainless.

You’re going to most likely be looking at a table bandsaw, however a bandsaw with a 12" throat that’s going to have the power and proper speed(low FPM) to cut that thick of metal is going to cost a bit more than $200. My cheapo 12" is about $500, my bigger 18" metal Jet is sub $2500.

Nothing bigger than 12x12…invest in a sturdy vise and a good sawzall with blades. You can cut presise with that in .065(16gauge) and up. Thinner stuff, like 18-20 gauge body sheet metal, buy an air nibbler and go nutz. Or spend a few hundred on a used 110 volt plasma cutter and you could do it all with precision(1/4" might be pushign it on that but would still cut with multiple pass or REALLY slow single pass)

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