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Gary Stadler (Boogiethecat) (68.7.217.217)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 19, 2002 - 9:46 pm: | |
This is a trick an old horse-barn builder taught me. You'll kick yourself when you see it....
To cut sheetmetal (IE a hole in the side of your bus, etc) just turn a cheezy wood blade (NOT carbide...) around the other way in your skill-saw and go!! It cuts thru like a hot knife thru butter, leaves a very clean cut, and is fast.
Here's a photo of a cut for my new door in 16 gauge Crown bus siding:
http://www.heartmagic.com/zzSawCuts.JPG
Don't try this with a whimpy saw though, or you'll burn it out in a jiffy... it takes a lot of torque...
Cheers!
Gary |
fbatie (216.231.138.91)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2002 - 7:47 am: | |
thanks |
carl gullett (209.240.222.32)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2002 - 10:45 pm: | |
also if you use a finish blaid turned backwords it will cut a 1-8th
sheatof plastic so smouth it dousnt nead sandin
c gull |
mel 4104 (208.181.100.94)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 21, 2002 - 8:44 pm: | |
if you have a carbide blade handy put it in your saw backwards put on your safty glasses now cut into a double thickness of melal and it will knock off all the carbide tis and you will end up with silver solder on the tips and you will find that this blade will cut much micer than a regular blade. use a old blade and ti will last a long time. mel 4104 |
Henry R. Bergman, Jr. (Henryofcj) (63.164.175.1)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 27, 2002 - 3:10 pm: | |
Hey Gary Again;
My first thought was "who in their right mind would want to actually cut into the side of their Crown School Bus"....then I re-read your post name. Sorry. You can do what you want.
Obviously you had to cut into your bus to raise the roof like you did. I also may have to cut into the inner inside roof panels on my Crown to install the "Reflextic" (misspelled) insulation.
This is the funny looking bubble wrap stuff with the aluminum facing. May have to cut slots into the inner panels to install the quarter inch thick insulation between the inner (lower) and outer roof panels.
You had no problems going thru alumimum? I got a pretty big Skil saw. Got plenty of old blades too. The only real problem is that I have no money to properly do the job. Thus this $cheap$ plan. Oh well. Thanks. CROWNS FOREVER! Henry |