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Article: Tough enough: six new metal-cutting saws take the pain out of cutting steel.(Tool test: metal-cutting circ saws)
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- Tools of the Trade
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- May 1, 2004
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I build in New York City where fire codes mean that metal framing is the only game in town. And because my company does so much light-commercial work (office and retail build-outs) my jobs are loaded with uni-strut, Chicago bar (also called furring channel), steel pipe, threaded rod, and even structural steel, all of which need to be cut to length like any other building material. The problem, of course, is that the same characteristics that make steel a great building material--durability, hardness, and strength--are the same things that make cutting it basically torture.
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