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cutting square hole cast iron table top
I have an old cast iron table from a table saw. It has a small
rectangular hole in the center of the table that I want to enlarge for a router. I thought of a metal blade and a jigsaw yet, that sounds like it might not realistically work. Looking for any suggestions.. Thank you, Keith |
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On Nov 19, 4:21 pm, David Billington
wrote: wrote: I have an old cast iron table from a table saw. It has a small rectangular hole in the center of the table that I want to enlarge for a router. I thought of a metal blade and a jigsaw yet, that sounds like it might not realistically work. Looking for any suggestions.. Thank you, Keith A square file?. CI files really easily unless the edge is chilled, in that case you might need to start with a TC grit file. This should not take long unless the hole needs to be greatly enlarged. Thanks, I have to double the opening essentially making it fit a router template. I'm not familiar with a TC grit file and I am assuming this is a diamond hand file? Seems like that might take a while by hand. Keith |
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On Nov 19, 4:47 pm, David Billington
wrote: wrote: On Nov 19, 4:21 pm, David Billington wrote: wrote: I have an old cast iron table from a table saw. It has a small rectangular hole in the center of the table that I want to enlarge for a router. I thought of a metal blade and a jigsaw yet, that sounds like it might not realistically work. Looking for any suggestions.. Thank you, Keith A square file?. CI files really easily unless the edge is chilled, in that case you might need to start with a TC grit file. This should not take long unless the hole needs to be greatly enlarged. Thanks, I have to double the opening essentially making it fit a router template. I'm not familiar with a TC grit file and I am assuming this is a diamond hand file? Seems like that might take a while by hand. Keith TC grit file, a file with tungsten carbide grit sort of brazed to the surface. In the UK, readily available from good DIY stores and elsewhere, often used on tiles and the other ceramics, glass etc. I have not seen them in square but have never looked, I do have a round and half round though. That should only be required if the edge of the CI is chilled in which case a normal file will just skate over the surface, once you have removed the chilled surface a normal file should make quick work of it, saying that you haven't given dimensions. If you intend to enlarge the hole from 1/2" x 1/2" to 2" x 2" then that would take a bit of work and a jig saw could help remove the bulk of the material. Same applies, you can get TC coated jigsaw blades for cutting ceramic materials, also work on stainless fairly well if nothing better is to hand.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks. I should have realized Carbide. I have to actually remove about 8 inches of material going from a 8 in by 4 in wide opening to an 12 in by 12 in opening. I'lll give it a try thanks. Keith |
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wrote in message ... I have an old cast iron table from a table saw. It has a small rectangular hole in the center of the table that I want to enlarge for a router. I thought of a metal blade and a jigsaw yet, that sounds like it might not realistically work. Looking for any suggestions.. Thank you, Keith |
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--Been there, done that for another guy. Remove table, fasten to
mill table, enlarge hole with endmill, create 1/4" deep 'ledge' for router base insert. Round corners of insert to match endmill and you're done: no need to square corners in iron. Stronger, too, that way. -- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : Whatever happened Hacking the Trailing Edge! : to Tom Nelson? www.nmpproducts.com ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- |
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