# I thought you could use a circular saw to break through metal bars

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [February 28, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889 "2020-02-28T18:08:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/1 "2020-02-28T18:08:39Z")

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I could’ve sworn that in the past I used a circular saw to cut through metal bars, but I don’t seem to be able to any more.

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/2 "2020-02-28T18:09:22Z")

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It is on correct? I believe it only has the metal cutting attribute while turned on.

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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/3 "2020-02-28T18:09:38Z")

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Yes, I did turn it on  
It says it was wood sawing but not metal sawing

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/4 "2020-02-28T18:11:05Z")

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Hmm. Maybe it’s available in the % menu if you can’t do it through the item itself.

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**Author:** ![crazykiddeath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crazykiddeath/32/5709_2.png) [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/5 "2020-02-28T18:11:57Z")

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Are you mixing up angle grinders with circular saws?

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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/6 "2020-02-28T18:13:40Z")

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Angle grinders can do that? I could go get one of those from my base and try that out. I think I may have read somewhere that an acetylene torch would work as well.

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**Author:** ![crazykiddeath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crazykiddeath/32/5709_2.png) [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/7 "2020-02-28T18:15:13Z")

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Well, you can IRL, never tried in the game.

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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/8 "2020-02-28T18:17:54Z")

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I looked at the stats in debug and ya it seems to be the angle grinder.  
Imma be lazy and debug one in my inventory just for this because I really don’t want to go all the way home just to switch my circular saw for my angle grinder.  
EDIT: Never mind, I can’t use my angle grinder for some reason.  
EDIT 2: Acetylene torch does work though. I’m fairly certain something was changed at some point

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**Author:** ![Junknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/9 "2020-02-28T18:50:57Z")

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Circular saws lost metal cutting a long time ago. Nowadays you need to use a hacksaw.

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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-thought-you-could-use-a-circular-saw-to-break-through-metal-bars/22889/10 "2020-02-28T18:55:13Z")

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Ah, okay. As I suspected, things _had_ changed. I had thought that it was rather weird that it could do that, since it’s made for wood not metal. It’s a good change.