Talking about careless and….. well backing up way to far! LOL 🙂 This was really close…. but yeah I had plenty of room! 🙂
Anyway…. this chop saw seemed very reasonable so…. well I purchased it. (Amazon also had a $20 off coupon on all Dewalt stuff…. you can click the link.) It was a DEWALT D28710 14-Inch Abrasive Chop Saw
Today after almost running over my chop saw…. I cut a bunch of all-threads. They were 3/8″ x 11″…. Apparently their are lots of techniques on cutting all-thread. (BTW some industry forums have really nice people.) I read a couple forum replies which was really referencing to smaller all-thread…. which I believe now may be able to use a different technique? Larger all-thread I believe requires a different technique…. I know now. 🙂
-The best way was to unscrew a bolt after you cut the all-thread. Which really does not help when you have 6′ pieces! LOL 🙂 But I understand the theory. Even 3′ with a little nut it a pain.
*The problem was the cuts or mangled threads still were to strong to allow a nut to get off the thread.
-Grinding also did not help…. it was very hard to get the line straight. The cut has to be straight to get the bolt on.
*I was actually using a grinder then used my impact wrench with a deep socket to “get” a nut on. But this technique was very time consuming.
-On the forum they suggested using a Variable Speed Bench Grinder
*I used my angle grinder and it just seemed to constantly mess up threads? Maybe a bench grinder is better?
-My revised best technique! Use a chop saw…. then a tap and die set to fix the problems.
*When using the chop saw…. it would cut the all-thread straight and if you go slow it would not cause any issues. But really who waits around? 🙂 I had to fix a couple per 6′ length. I also just used the tap or die in my hand…. so no big deal.
Let me know how you get this done…. I believe this process/technique varies with the size of all-thread. So this may not work with smaller…. but larger would probably be fine?