what power saw?

svouts · Joined: 16 May 2011 Posts: 89 Location: United Kingdom

Hi, I want to cut a bamboo garden screening along its length. It is 2 meters high by 4 meters long and I would like to cut it in two pieces of 1 meter high.

Shall I use an angle grinder with a wood blade, a jigsaw or a circular saw?

merlin50 · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:10 pm

someone use an angle grinder with a wood blade on this forum and they ended up dead

StephenW · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:23 pm

What is the current situation? Is the screening currently installed? Is it fixed to a fence/trellis? Can it be removed?
If it is loose you could roll it up and then saw it with a normal panel saw. If it's fitted I would use a circular saw or maybe a jigsaw, depending on how much control I could maintain on the power tool and the depth behind the screening and preferably using a second pair of hands. Definitely NOT the angle grinder!

catlad · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:26 pm

Roll it up tight and tie it, then cut it with fine tooth hand saw.

svouts · Joined: 16 May 2011 Posts: 89 Location: United Kingdom

it is not installed yet, I will roll it up and use a fine saw
many thanks!!

big-all · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:26 pm

square up the ends so all tubes are level

roll a sheet off news paper around a couple off times at the point you want to cut then you will have a strait cut all the way round if you cut 2mm away from the paper

Norcon · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:22 pm

merlin50 wrote:

someone use an angle grinder with a wood blade on this forum and they ended up dead

You can get a wood blade for an angle grinder.It only has four teeth. I've got a 9" one. and was using it yesterday in fact. Great for demolition work,
Doesn't make the tidiest of cuts though.

joe-90 · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:41 pm

Norcon wrote:

I've got a 9" one. and was using it yesterday

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Ooer! Listen to Errol Flynn of the forum. Bragging again.