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| r_towle |
 Nov 21 2014, 09:45 AM
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So, this is NPC, but always good to get some advice.
I just bought a headache rack used for a truck. Its aluminium. I need to cut off some brackets and welds. Not everything can be done with a sawzall, its too tight in the inside corners. I have everything....well maybe not everything, but lots of stuff to cut with. I have tried in the past to use cutoff wheels on a die grinder, on a 4 inch grinder and both seem to just wear away at thick stuff like this... At the weld its 3/8 in thick. What is the best way to cut something like this with a hand tool...cause its huge and I cant mount it to a table on a mill....though I do have one .... Prefer solutions that I can get without ordering special stuff. I do have a welding supply shop up the road if there is a special kind of cuttoff wheel I need to get. I have used just the dewalt cutoff wheels I can get at HD for everything else. Aluminium has me stumped... Rich |
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r_towle cutting aluminium Nov 21 2014, 09:45 AM
69telecaster Regular abrasive-type cutoff wheels on high-speed ... Nov 21 2014, 10:00 AM
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Regular abrasive-type cutoff wheels on high-speed... Nov 21 2014, 10:40 AM toolguy When you try to use an abrasive cutoff wheel on al... Nov 21 2014, 10:04 AM r_towle well, let me go see what I can get done with the s... Nov 21 2014, 10:19 AM Mark Henry Use WD40 as lube to stop, or at least slow down, t... Nov 21 2014, 10:20 AM messix big course die grinder bit, not stone, dip in tran... Nov 21 2014, 10:36 AM ruby914
big course die grinder bit, not stone, dip in tra... Nov 23 2014, 10:48 AM Woody How about an air body saw? You can make some prett... Nov 21 2014, 10:51 AM DBCooper Depends on the radius, but I just cut a pretty com... Nov 21 2014, 10:51 AM 914_teener
Depends on the radius, but I just cut a pretty co... Nov 21 2014, 11:54 AM stugray Got any mercury?
It will dissolve Al. like the ac... Nov 21 2014, 11:33 AM worn
Got any mercury?
It will dissolve Al. like the a... Nov 21 2014, 10:56 PM Mueller Circular saw works...I recently cut a few 12... Nov 21 2014, 12:44 PM Chris H.
Circular saw works...I recently cut a few 12... Nov 21 2014, 01:04 PM rick 918-S I used a 4 toothed carbide tipped router blade to ... Nov 21 2014, 07:41 PM Porschef Rich,
If you use a table saw to cut munimula a t... Nov 21 2014, 08:05 PM worn Hi Rich,
I have two suggestions for hand tools. O... Nov 21 2014, 10:51 PM MMW You can use regular abrasive cut off wheels as lon... Nov 23 2014, 12:55 PM Mueller How well do those double cut opposite rotating cut... Nov 23 2014, 01:26 PM  |
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