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| spacies:
Use a skill saw with a metal cutting blade. Also, since its an alloy, a skillsaw with a plastic guard will be ok otherwise if you are cutting steel the steel melts to the plastic and can cause damage to the saw. Use something straight as a guide for your cuts. Clamp it at both ends and run you skill saw along the guide and you will have very straight cuts. Also remember to let the tool do the work, not your shoulders. Good luck! |
| severdhed:
this may not work for what you are doing, but i know alot of people express interest in diamond plate. I picked up a roll of plastic diamond plate the other day for $5. it is 30" x 48". I got it at a discount store called Ollies (only in north east us) It is called Dura-Tread made by a companly called Electra. I cant seem to find it online...it appears to be an automotive product...they show it being cut to make custom floor mats and such. It is a firm but flexible plastic, with a metallic finish. I covered my control panel with it and it turned out pretty well. I have seen it in the normal silver, and also in blue metallic. i went with the blue. For those of you who want to do some accent work, you may be able to find it at an autoparts store. here is a pic i took earlier tonight, i have since trimmed up some corners and done some other things to the cabinet (removed film on plexiglass). I would take a better one now, but im out of batteries and my camera is dead. |
| NightGod:
Yeah, Menards carries diamond plate (and so does Lowe's, at least every one I've ever been in (four different ones in two states). But it's expensive as hell through a retail outlet and you end up having to cut yourself. I'm still considering some for a kick panel, and I'll DEFINATELY be ordering through cutsmetal.com |
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