"Josh" wrote in message
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Frank Drackman wrote:
"mc" wrote in message
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April 2006 Workbench has some information on cutting aluminum on a
tablesaw. They recommend using a regular carbide blade with a zero
clearance insert and also mounting the aluminum with double-sided tape
to
a
sacrificial piece of hardboard, then usig a pushblock with a heal to
push
the aluminum through the blade. Workbench April 2006, pp 34 ff.

Many thanks. I have a carefully built sliding cutoff table with
essentially zero clearance, and if whatever I'm cutting is so small
that
my fingers would be close to the blade, I put a block of wood down on
it
and hold it down with that.



Don't use dust collection when cutting metal.

Out of curiosity, why not?


It is really easy to start a fire with hot metal shavings and a pile of dry
woodchips.