[sdiy] Nibbler (was:Embedded micros)

[Tavys Ashcroft]

>I'm pretty familiar with nibblers (used to work in a sheet metal
>fabrication shop).  We had a nice pneumatic one, but it would only cut up
>to 18ga mild steel (12ga is approx 1/16", so this is even thinner).  Any
>clue if there's a nibbler out there that could handle 1/8" aluminum?  I was
>figuring it was too thick for a tool like that.  We never used 1/8" stock,
>so I'm not sure what's available.

Well, I got lucky and found a Rotex punch in the junkpile courtyard 
at the San Jose State University engineering building.  Rotex makes 
really nice punches.  I have a much larger Rotex at my disposal at 
work which is a turret punch.  The turret rotates to select your 
cutting dies.  The smaller one I found just has one die in it, but 
it's perfect for nibbling thru metal.  I haven't tested it's limits, 
but it's pretty beefy.  So, if this is any help to you, try searching 
for something by Rotex.

-Tavys