[sdiy] Need a bandsaw...

[John L Marshall]

Jim,

I use a table saw or a circular saw with a carbide tipped blade to cut 
aluminum. I works very well; fast and clean.

Take care,
John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Patchell" <patchell at cox.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 4:52 PM
Subject: [sdiy] Need a bandsaw...


> While I am waiting for my bank account to go up enough to start buying 
> synth parts again, I decided to do a new power amplifier.  I acquired a 
> couple of heat sink extrusions a couple of years ago when the company I 
> worked for was shut down by the parent...not really sure how they ended up 
> at my house...they were supposed to go to the scrap metal recycler...oh, 
> well, accidents happen....
>
> These things are 6 feet long and 21 inches wide.  I am trying to cut off a 
> piece that is 3.5 inches wide by 21 inches.  I don't have a bandsaw...and 
> a bandsaw in more than likely not in my future (they are pretty 
> expensive...or at least, the metal cutting type).  I am using my jig saw 
> with a metal cutting blade in it to cut off the piece...very slow and very 
> noisy work, to say the very least....I have about 7 inches of the cut done 
> so far.
>
> From the piece, I will eventually cut out, I will make two pieces that are 
> 8 inches long by 3.376 inches wide...these will make up the two sides of 
> the rack chassis, with sheets of aluminum making up the top, bottom and 
> rear and a rack panel blank making up the front...
>
> If any body has any ideas on how to cut this thing faster, let me know...I 
> am still trying to track somebody in town that will let me maybe use their 
> band saw...
>
>
>         -Jim
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