While you and he may be artists with a sawzall, I certainly am not. I know I could part the webs with a hacksaw blade in one of those "jab saw" holders too, but neat it wouldn't be.

OTOH, A couple of years ago I needed to trim down a brass kickplate to fit the narrow bottom rail of my front door. I didn't think I could cut it very well, so I took it to a local shop asking them to take a couple inches off of it. I figured they'd put it in a shear and lop it off. They cut it freehand in a band saw - I could have done as well with a chainsaw. I spent an hour squaring the ragged edge with a flat mill file, the plate clamped bewteen pieces of angle iron as a reference.

Upon reflection, maybe a sawzall is the way to go....