Anybody use an 7 1/2 inch power miter saw with metal cut-off blade to cut their tubular track?

I use this with a metal cutting disc. Perfect straight and angle cuts.

To cut tublar track I use the Dremel® Saw-Max™ 6-Amp Corded 3" Multi-Purpose Circular Saw Kit with metal blade  I set up a jig with 1x4x8 inch or so  fastened to workbench vice and 1x4 spring clamped to top with tubular track protruding between boards

Then the track is secure when cut, if track pieces are too short for clearance I attach an additional track section 

• Because I didn’t use track planning software I cut many track sections.  This works well and is safe

Hope this helps

Another Forum member reported he used a Dremel Ultra-Saw to cut his track plus lots of other jobs.  I looked over online videos and decided to purchase one.  It arrived late last week, and I have looked over the instruction book, installed a blade, and fired it up.  However, I have not had time to try it cutting track.  I definitely agree I need to setup a jig as Steve does, or I'll be getting a fingernail trim; and then some.  

The secret to cutting track with any saw is made a board or small piece of wood with three grooves to hold the track upside down.  This board will hold the track and make cutting easier and safer.

Track Cutting Jig like Train Steve told about.

I made a Track Cutting Jig to help cut short sections of straight 027 track.

It is made from a scrap of 3/4"  wood 2" x 2 1/4 " with a same size 3/8" plywood glued on the bottom.  Three slots were sawed, with a band saw, 1/4" deep and 1/8" wide at the spacing of the three rails of 027 track.  A 1/16" wide slot was cut at 90 degrees to the track slots to accommodate a hack saw blade.

A piece of 1/2" plywood was made to act as a Track Hold Down.  Shown at the top of picture.  Groove was cut to go over the track tie if necessary

Picture of clamp holding Track Cutting Jig, track to be cut with hack saw and Track Hold Down.  The Track Cutting Jig is held in vise.  The vise is a 4in X 10in Columbian woodworking vise I have had for 40 so years.

 I use a fine tooth hack saw blade and find the Track Cutting Jig makes cutting shorter pieces of track and easy neat job.  It is hard to cut off a finger with a hand powered hack saw.

A larger jig can be made for use in a miter saw.  A router can be used to make curved grooves for curved track section.

Charlie

I have a Sunelectric 14" cut-off saw I bought at Harbor Freight years ago for some project that I forget what. I just clamp the track in the included base clamp and cut away! Works great!

@Mark Boyce posted:

Another Forum member reported he used a Dremel Ultra-Saw to cut his track plus lots of other jobs.  I looked over online videos and decided to purchase one.  It arrived late last week, and I have looked over the instruction book, installed a blade, and fired it up.  However, I have not had time to try it cutting track.  I definitely agree I need to setup a jig as Steve does, or I'll be getting a fingernail trim; and then some.  

Mark

That would be me.

I cut a few sections with the so called wood/metal blade with acceptable, but rough results. Dremel now has a proper blade for metal, but I have yet to try it. 

I made a simple jig to make it a chop saw for track.

Keith, thank you for commenting!  I just couldn’t remember who it was.  Thank you also for the photograph of your jig also.  I’ll be cutting GarGraves also!

I have a Harbor Freight metal cutting bandsaw bought for other things and it works good for cutting track with a fine tooth blade.