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Re: One tool/machine to level up a moderate shop

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Originally Posted by Dale View Post
For piece of mind, it's hard to beat a Coldsaw as an upgrade from a chop saw. For $1,000 you can be assured that students would have to work REALLY hard to cut off a finger when cutting aluminum. The saw only turns at about 70 rpm and the material is firmly clamped.
This will work, but it's gonna be really slow as it's designed for ferrous metals and not aluminum.

I would recommend the Rage 3 saw that someone else mentioned. It's going to do a faster job with nearly equal cut quality and save you a bunch of money.
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