Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Can a diamond blade cut aluminum stock?
I need to cut 1/16"-inch aluminum angle stock. And, to be clear up
front, I'm a total newbie to metalworking (and not too experienced with tools in general). So, I bought a 6-inch cutoff saw from Harbor Freight with aluminum oxide grinding discs. Turns out that this is not safe to use with aluminum stock; the disc make shatter. It's been suggested that I put a saw blade on the same machine (any 6-inch blade with a 5/8" or 7/8" arbor should fit). I found this one, a diamond segmented blade: http://www.toolbarn.com/product/makita/A-94708/ But now I'm suspicious of making assumptions about what a given tool can cut. Would this be good for cutting aluminum? Or should I keep searching for a carbide blade? If the answer is carbide, can anyone recommend a good source for these? I'd need one the right size, and (as I understand it) a large number of small teeth, since the stock I'm cutting is so thin. Thanks, - Joe -- "Polywell" fusion -- an approach to nuclear fusion that might actually work. Learn more and discuss via: http://www.strout.net/info/science/polywell/ |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
anyone used diamond tipped blades in circular saw for cutting of soft aluminum extrusions ? | Metalworking | |||
Bending aluminum bar stock. | Metalworking | |||
Source for Aluminum and Steel BAr StocK? | Metalworking | |||
Wet Saw, Diamond Blade quality | Home Repair | |||
Cicular blade for aluminum | Metalworking |