Cutting Allu plate

[bones]

Right its 10 in the morning and i feel like a drink already, cept i got to fly this arvo damn it.What is a good way of cutting 6mm allu plate, as i tried a jigsaw, was kind of successful but it leaves marks on the plate where the skids are jumping around, and the teeth of the blade are blocking up with melted allu

[louww]

Gd"day Mark,Have u tried plasma cutting? If is thin and anything less than 6mm will be clean cut. Thereafter, grind the cut face and walla!.CheersLou

[MechFx]

cheap bandsaw the best option,

[Des Garvin]

Any wood cutting saws with tungstan tips will cut ali as thats what i used and you just leave a little for the polish up finish. cheers Des Garvin.

[GraemeMonro]

I just use tungsten tip blades in a radial arm or sliding compound saw, works fine.Wear safety glasses though, otherwise a couple of days off work and not being able to see anything.Graeme.

[asra]

Radial / compound saw. But make sure you get a blade suitable for alloys. They generally have many more teeth and are more expensive than the wood variety, but well worth it. Nice clean cut and no clogging. I also spray the alloy and the disk with cutting oil just before the cut.

[birdy]

So how the hell do you do this so called simple job of cutting out some plates,Sharp axe n a good eye. [ or call Rosco]

[tonydenton]

bones thanks for the e mail awhile back. correct you wouldnt have the work for a suitable size plasma. power saw with an ally blade will last you a life time for straight cuts. to cut curves or shapes you can use a jig saw and have sucess. buy the good blades and a good saw also a good cutting compound, a grease type one is best because you need to put it on the UNDER SIDE of the plate because the blade cuts on the up stroke, this is when