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| Mike:
I have like 2 feet of aluminum that is about 1X2 inches I need to cut it into 12 2 inch pieces. Anyone have a clue how to do this? I have a grinder to clean up the edges so that isn't a concern. I used a steel cutting circular saw blade once when cutting steel shafts for a set of golf clubs didn't know if this was alright to use on aluminum. I'd really hate to have to do it with a hack saw. I need it so I can add a support table to my table saw to cut larger pieces of wood for my new cocktail cab i'm starting. Anyone got any ideas? |
| AlanS17:
I bet you can find a blade for a jigsaw that can handle this. Of course... I'm no metal worker. |
| OSCAR:
I've cut aluminum stock on a tablesaw before. You need a special blade, but it works great. This is the type of blade you need: http://www.mytoolstore.com/tenryu/alumic.html I found a post in Google written by someone who knows what they are talking about, and explains it probably better than I could. You should read this before trying to cut aluminum on your tablesaw. Google post |
| TrickyFishy:
I used to work in a machine shop. You should be able to cut it with any fine to medium toothed saw like a jigsaw. A hacksaw should go through it pretty fast. Much faster than a piece of steel. |
| Mike:
Thanks for all your help. Yeah I used to be a tool and die apprentice(Also was an auto mechanic apprentice and a carpenter apprentice, took me a while to figure out what i wanted to do with my life, so now i'm a software developer) and we cut all our metal on a bandsaw. But the blade wasn't the same as my bandsaw blade for wood. I think i'm going to go the table saw router. I think i will end up buying more of this aluminum and need to cut it. |
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