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What’s best tool for cutting sleepers please?
What’s best tool for cutting sleepers please?
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May 9, 2020
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What’s best tool for cutting sleepers please?
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+17
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May 9, 2020
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ela5354
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Best answer
Youd be surprised how well they cut with a new sharp quality hand saw
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May 9, 2020
by
erse5952
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ela5354
The first time I ever used a handsaw I cut some damp old roof beams. Didn't realise I should have oiled the blade and my arm felt like it was gonna fall off the next day.
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May 9, 2020
by
erse5952
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I was almost put off using a handsaw until I had to saw some old floorboards a few days later and it was a doddle
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May 9, 2020
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jerrilyn
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ela5354
I bought an Irwin hand saw and cut my sleepers fine with it. If I was cutting loads then I would of opted for a power saw of sorts
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May 9, 2020
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ela5354
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jerrilyn
yeah I agree
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May 9, 2020
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laceylach
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Only if they are new softwood sleeper
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May 9, 2020
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leclair80
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Chain saw
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+12
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May 9, 2020
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weightless8
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Soft wood or railway sleepers ?
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May 9, 2020
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hexaemeron
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Softwood - saw. Real oak sleeper - chainsaw.
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May 9, 2020
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tonatonal
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Chain saw
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+31
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May 9, 2020
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liveryman5086
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I used a circular saw on my softwood sleepers
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+24
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May 9, 2020
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scrag785
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Something sharp
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May 9, 2020
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seagrave30322
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Circular saw 4 cuts on all sides and finish with a hand saw
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May 9, 2020
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antinomian625
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A good chainsaw will cut them,
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May 9, 2020
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Electric saw
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May 9, 2020
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assonance
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If your getting them from a retailer, see if they can cut to length for you
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May 9, 2020
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laceylach
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This but it's not cheap
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May 9, 2020
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laceylach
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what's the price for the weekend
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+11
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May 9, 2020
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magnetics
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My mitre saw nearly goes through them in one pass. Just need to finish the one edge with a second pass and they are cut.
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May 9, 2020
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aachen31513
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magnetics
hardwood or soft? What blade do you use?
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May 9, 2020
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magnetics
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both, I've got an evolution mitre saw and use the multi blade it comes with. Anything but a fine cut blade should be fine.
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May 9, 2020
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deliberation
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Definitely a chain saw. Like butter. 5 seconds.
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May 9, 2020
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zorn461
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300mm (or I suppose and 255mm) sliding mitre saw
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May 9, 2020
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Seen it done with a chainsaw
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May 9, 2020
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Handsaws fine
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May 9, 2020
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osrock4
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Hand saw no problem at all.
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May 9, 2020
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biskra
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I had 200x100mm sleepers and just cut from each side with my circular saw
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May 9, 2020
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Hand saw bow saw elbow grease get it done harder you try quicker it's done
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+42
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May 9, 2020
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Chainsaw is the easiest, hand saw or bow saw can drift and leave you with a bad edge
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May 9, 2020
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Get a new handsaw, 2 for £12 in B&Q I think
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May 9, 2020
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Hand saw for soft wood, chainsaw for hard wood as long as you can do it safely.
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May 9, 2020
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I tried a few things and in the end my circular saw done the job Handsaws are no good IMO, it just gets pinched and you can't move it!
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May 9, 2020
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I used an electric chainsaw.
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May 9, 2020
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eighteen
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Cut mine no problem with a new handsaw also cut them before with the chainsaw
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May 9, 2020
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Alarm clock I would think
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May 9, 2020
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gide9
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Steak knife
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May 9, 2020
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kilderkin
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New Sleepers - good sharp handsaw , Reclaimed Sleepers - chainsaw
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May 9, 2020
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New hand saw or bow saw with new blade , piss it
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May 9, 2020
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Just done it today, used a chainsaw
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May 9, 2020
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Chainsaw all the way.
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May 9, 2020
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solve
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I used my 10 inch mitresaw and just flipped the cuts
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May 9, 2020
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that's what we did
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+44
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May 9, 2020
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rothberg47681
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Check for nails and metal ' make shaw chainsaw is safe do you check frist
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May 9, 2020
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Chain saw
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May 9, 2020
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I've used a bow saw ( metal frame with very coarse teeth used for cutting down trees) .
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May 9, 2020
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Bacho baracuda hardpoint saw from screwfix 14. 00 went threw 11 x 5 new beams scottish spruce easily with no grabing for a precise cut .
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May 9, 2020
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Simple handsaw
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May 9, 2020
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Depends on what you have to hand a hand saw will do but easier with a large mitre saw
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