wombatie Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 Recently I cut some thin aluminum (I cut a Kokopelli) and found it real easy to work with but I wanted something thicker, so I went to our local store and got a piece of steel about 2.5mm thick. I found trying to cut it to the size I wanted a bit hard going because it would not glide. Eventually got it cut with my husbands help and attached it to a scrap piece of ply for a backer to help it glide and using a No. 9 Metal Cutting Jewelers blade I set to work. I broke 2 blades before I had the first hole cut. Boy was it slow going. I doubt if I will ever finish it but at least now I know that is can be done if the pattern, firstly does not have a lot of small cuts and secondly you are not in a hurry. Marg OCtoolguy, crupiea, new2woodwrk and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 Thank you for letting us know your results. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 I haven't thought of cutting metal yet, but thanks for the heads up - I didn't know there were special jeweler blades either. As an FYI - not sure how but that sheet was and how small you needed to get it, but for cutting metal I have this saw: https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-55-amp-cut-off-saw-61204.html - I make my own pipe clamps with it and it can cut small sheets as well But, if you're not going to cut this again doesn't really matter LOL OCtoolguy and wombatie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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