Cut Off saw recommendations?

[Rambozo]

I forgot to Warn. It will "Kick back" small pieces. Had to chase down a few that was thrown behind the machine. Fortunately I had open space behind where I was cutting.

Mine has an adjustable brace to hold small off cuts, while I don't use it often, it can be useful. Maybe see if you are missing any pieces.

[Elantramax1]

Mine has a deflector that swivels up and down slightly. Sits mostly behind the blade. Easy fix.

[Elantramax1]

According to UPS, The Saw adapter should arrive on Friday.

Now I am MAD. Just saw the ACE ad for next week. The Dewalt DWE4011(Refurbished) I ordered from Tyler Tool, A New model is on Sale. For the same price. Actually cheaper with Tax and no shipping charge.

[everlastsupport]

Well, the Northern Tools stuff came in. The mini chop fit the HF $9.95 4.5" grinder with no problem. After attaching and tweaking, it was a good choice as it will stay attached. Will not be pulling it off and putting it on, for sure.

I am off tomorrow, so I will make a couple cuts. The pics I took are on drop box but do not have it install on this new laptop. But not much to see. Hope I use it. We will see.

[Rambozo]

Not bad. Showed up today, and is a mix of cast iron and aluminum. The iron base gives it enough weight that it sits on a bench without wanting to fall over at the slightest touch. The vise jaws are kinda short, but that is needed to give good clearance. Lots of adjustments, so I would imagine almost any grinder can be mounted, as long as it has threaded holes for side handles. It came with 10mm bolts which fit Hitachi and others, along with 8mm for DeWalt and others, and 6mm for ?. If you have a really old made in the USA grinder, you might have to supply your own USS/SAE bolts. The fit of most parts are sloppy, but that is both good and bad. With some tweaking you should be able to get it adjusted to cut true with almost any grinder, even if things are not all machined square. I have yet to use a square and indicator to make any fine adjustments, and just eyeballed it for now, but I can see that there is plenty of room to get it all dialed in. The added guard is just plastic, so I didn't bother to use it. Maybe I'll make a metal one if I fit a larger blade. I think a 5" or 6" blade will make it a lot more useful, if this grinder has enough power to drive it. One thing is that I thought that once it was setup, you could remove and replace the grinder for hand use. Well, if you do, you will lose some of your setup. So I think it's best to dedicate a grinder to this. Overall I'm happy with it. I'll have to see how handy it is over time.

[everlastsupport]

Like I mentioned, grinder is dedicated and not coming off. The HF grinder used 8mm and also they do give you plastic filler plugs too. Not unhappy. Gonna try it tomorrow. And the vise is short like you say, but figure the wheels will shrink up fast no probably not a big deal unless it affects angles.

I left the guard on the grinder and did not use the plastic (if you are lucky) deflector that came with if

So if the wife does not relocated it (built in garage on her dryer by my son). I will grab it and test it out in the AM.

[Rambozo]

You got your first post in while I was still writing.
This was perfect for the Hitachi with the left side mounted slide switch. Puts it right up front. Not sure how ergonomic a paddle switch one would be. I see the top mounted HF switch has finger room, but isn't ideal. I read where someone used a HF plugin foot switch to make it super quick and easy to use.
I did have to offset mine a little because of where the Hitachi spindle lock button is.

[everlastsupport]

You got your first post in while I was still writing.
This was perfect for the Hitachi with the left side mounted slide switch. Puts it right up front. Not sure how ergonomic a paddle switch one would be. I see the top mounted HF switch has finger room, but isn't ideal. I read where someone used a HF plugin foot switch to make it super quick and easy to use.
I did have to offset mine a little because of where the Hitachi spindle lock button is.

This switch works OK, but like you said you have to stick a finger in there AND lock it. No bad though, foot pedal is a great idea. The gear head hits the vise and it misses a little travel.