Angle Grinder Stand

[Weldingrod1]

Rotozip used to make a cutoff tool and a matching CBN wheel. Dang, that wheel is unstoppable! I've cut white iron with it! The same stuff that ate a diamond hole saw AND a carbide one...

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[RickKr]

I find even chamfering can leave a burr that makes it difficult to get a nut started after shortening. Seems that there's always a whispy thread start that wants to fold over or bend. I consider the nut "insurance" - you can get away without it some of the time, but having it there works nearly every time.

GsT

Yup, always that bit of burr. Early on, I was taught to draw a triangular file backwards through the threads, to pull that burr to the outside where it can be removed more effectively. If doing the cutting and chamfering on a lathe, I like to use a 60 deg tool to do the chamfering and then run it very slow in reverse and hold the file backwards from a few threads back, out to and off of the end, then work the flat of that file over the chamfer, still in reverse. Doing similar with a saw cutoff end is more awkward but still works well to get rid of the troublesome burr.

 

[ChazzC]

What size of screws are you cutting and what materials of bar stock are you to encounter? For small machine screws you can use a large pair of wire strippers with a screw cutter capability, fast and easy, without leaving a burr or abrasive dust.
limited to 10-32, 10-24 and smaller in soft steel.
For the bar stock, I would recommend the below miter saw. Works well at work for cutting non ferrous metals. Accurate with the end stop to a few thou. Parts can be put to use with the raw saw cut surface some times. This one or the cheap knock off units could also do depending on your needs.

PROXXON - KGS 80

Proxxon ($225):



I have a smaller MicroLux – older version, a little more rugged than this one – ($60); also with metal saw blades and abrasive & diamond cutoff wheels like the Proxxon, just 2" instead of 3":

Works well for 3/16"± drill rod.

 

[Weldingrod1]

I have a Proxxon one too, handy for fiddly stuff!

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