Very good idea. they are essentialy the same though the one for metal is designed with non-melt, non flamable material and the pivots are sheilded beterr. Nothing will wear out a tool faster than grinding dust. Rent the chopsaw. BTW, most chopsaws do miter.
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Hi,
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> I have a friend that's wanting to start dabbling in woodworking, but
> needs to build a wrought iron fence around his pond first. He'd like
> to get the CMS for dual use purposes, but also because it will do
> mitered cuts -- I don't know anything about metal cutting tools, maybe
> chopsaws do come in miter versions...
Rent the metal-cutter, buy the woodworking tool?
-- Ernie
A metal chop saw is probably something you could find at harbor freight pretty cheap. It wouldn't need to be great for a one time project like that.
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