45º Cuts in square tubing

Hello all

I do a bit of fabrication with square tubing for various furniture items (all hobby at this stage)
Generally 50mm SHS 2mm wall

Quite often i need to do 45º cuts for mitred frames etc which so far has not been real fun.
Nothing that couldn't be fixed with a grinder but time consuming.

Main saw is a abrasive chop saw which iv dialed in quite nicely for 90º cuts but is useless for 45s.
Been considering an upgrade to a carbide drop saw which i think will be a nice improvement
even for 90º cuts, but how do they fair for 45s?

Any other suggestions

So far best method is a thin cut off wheel in a 5" grinder but its a bit fiddly and time consuming
and requires accurate mark out to begin with but i can get pretty dead on cuts.

Don't see a band saw (in my price bracket) don't a real good job, thinking it would wander quite easily with the angle.

Joins are either MIGed or TIGed

thanks
Luke


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45º Cuts in square tubing