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FatActor | 3 years ago

Depends on the job. Cutting unistrut is far more challenging than 80/20, it weighs a lot, and the connectors are expensive because they are engineered to bear significant loads. 80/20 is a little pricier per foot but it is much, much easier to work with for applications that don't need to withstand a nuclear strike.

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peteradio|3 years ago

Not sure if the throat is large enough but a portable electric bandsaw would be able to chew through the unistrut steel and in the jobs I've used them on they are precise enough.

samtho|3 years ago

Portable electric bandsaw is the tool of choice for most electricians who use Unistrut.

lazide|3 years ago

An angle grinder with a cutoff wheel similarly has no issues.

It can be a fire/noise/dust hazard, you wouldn’t want to do it in a grassy field or server room, but for any construction site it’s easy peasy.