Thread: Saw advice

Ok because there's a few people out there that know their stuff I'm going to ask for a bit of advice.

I need to cut a car in half for a music video. Simple enuff you say, but hold on, not the easy way through the B pillars, roof & floor, no I've got to do it horizontaly so it looks like the car has sunk into the floor. So I'm not only cutting through the steel of the body but also rubber, plastic, aluminium, upholstry etc etc, and it has to look good inside and out.

Now I need a bad ass saw, I dont want to use cutting disks or a gas axe cause theyre too messy, and my plasma cutter wont do anything non conductive plus its 3 phase I wont have that where im doing the cutting.

So I'm looking at one of these and a whole bunch of blades......

DeWalt DW310K 240V 1200W Reciprocating Saw | Screwfix.com

does anyone know if this is up to the job or have any suggestions of alternatives?

Look up cold cutting

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A recip with metal or bimetal will cut an rsj,granted not the quickest but it will do it

The saw in the link is the one i'd use if i was attacking a car. The downside is it will leave a messy finish and will be hard to keep the lines straight.
I'd cut to the outside of the line then clean it up with a grinder.
As for the seats it will pull the material all over the place so it might pay to run some masking tape around where you are cutting.

Originally Posted by crash-alot

Look up cold cutting

Yea sweet Jaco, just 95 million different results, wanna narrow it down a bit????

Originally Posted by Gixxer

Something like a Stihl saw with a cutting disc is your only way, or you're going to be at it forever.




You'll be through it in no time with one of those.

Ive got one of these but it makes a proper mess, and it'll burn everything around where it cuts.

Get an Hatachi Rep saw I think they are the best, I had some ELU Bi baldes that would have done the job, getting good blades is going to be the problem...I found these the ones I had were blue 10 x ELU E35406 150MM RECIP SAW BLADES METAL WOOD | eBay

give the job to mr clarkson from top gear
you'll soon see how to cut the car up

Originally Posted by Gate88

Ok because there's a few people out there that know their stuff I'm going to ask for a bit of advice.

I need to cut a car in half for a music video. Simple enuff you say, but hold on, not the easy way through the B pillars, roof & floor, no I've got to do it horizontaly so it looks like the car has sunk into the floor. So I'm not only cutting through the steel of the body but also rubber, plastic, aluminium, upholstry etc etc, and it has to look good inside and out.

Now I need a bad ass saw, I dont want to use cutting disks or a gas axe cause theyre too messy, and my plasma cutter wont do anything non conductive plus its 3 phase I wont have that where im doing the cutting.

So I'm looking at one of these and a whole bunch of blades......

DeWalt DW310K 240V 1200W Reciprocating Saw | Screwfix.com

does anyone know if this is up to the job or have any suggestions of alternatives?

An alternative , not knowing the layout but would it not be easier to half bury the car ?
if you are going to cut it in half then it's defiantly a still saw or a reciprocating saw.

There shaw is a lt of car to cut through , should be fun.

Rachel

If they half buried the car, the film makers could get shots of people inside it, looking like they are driving it!

Just dig a hole, then you can sell the car afterwards.

Better still get a green cloth, wrap it around the bottom half and leave the rest to post production boys.