All this talk of water jet and laser cutting is OK but you have to have
the service handy and it takes days by the time you have delivered and
collected. Drawing what you need in CAD first is a good idea and can
help spot the mistakes. If you have the CAD drawing, and the service
available then by all means use it.
I am surprised that so many people seem reluctant to hand cut metal.
The following works just as well:-
Protect the surface with masking tape. Mark the cut-out you need. Drill
one (or more) holes to allow jig saw blade through. With variable speed
jig saw, and the correct blade, you can carefully saw round the shape in
two minutes. Clean this up with a half round file (or drum sander) and
the job is done.
Does anyone have a use for a number of (just under) instrument size
aluminium disks?
Ian Rickard #505 G-IANI XS Trigear
Europa Club Mods Rep (Trigear)
e-mail mods@europaclub.org.uk
or direct g-iani@ntlworld.com
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