Thread: Cutting the Aluminum panels
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Old 08-11-2007, 03:05 PM
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Using the thin (1/16") metal cutting blades in my 4 1/2" angle grinder is working great. I tried the 1/8" cutting blades I found at my local welding supply shop, but they didn't last as long as these 1/16" blades and were harder to handle close to a cutting line. I found them at Home Depot.

Just a couple floor boards to cut out, then I have to get some more Aluminum to finish up the tunnel and some smaller fill in pieces in the trunk and elsewhere.

I thought about the Beverly cutter, but I laid out a lot of pieces close together to get as much as I could from a sheet of aluminum and I'm not sure I could have maneuvered between the pieces without making a mess. Besides, just one more tool I would only need for this project and it would set forever after that.

Thanks Guys.
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