stilltryin wrote:hey mate.
i drew the circles and cut mine with a jigsaw, the blades were cheap at bunnings, then finish off with a file and a final rub with sandpaper and they were perfect. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
P3T3rPan wrote:I cut mine with a pair of aviation snips
sp0rk wrote:I know with the talk around here lately of being careful with angle grinders that this is stupid, but this is how i cut mine yesterday
Put a suitably sized bolt in one of the handle mounting holes and clamped it as securely as possible in my vice
Put a thin stainless cutting disc in the angle grinder and switched her on, I worked my way around cutting chunks of the plate off until I was close to my final shape
Then changed the cutting disc out for a flap disc and used that like a disc sander and sat the plate on the guard and slowly and carefully worked it down to the perfect shape/size
Note for this I was wearing a face shield, ear plugs, welding gloves, steel cap boots, thick cotton work clothes and had a fire extinguisher right next to me with the pin already removed
I know this is quite dangerous, but it's the best method I had available to me at the time
sp0rk wrote:Drill before you cut the plates imho, esp if you're only doing 2" plates
Also I wouldn't bother annealing it before you give it a final bash flat, it's probably going to soften it too much
I just cut and bent mine flatish by hand, then beat it flat against a pine sleeper
Then marked and drilled it, cut the plates out and trimmed up
Then finally annealed and smashed flat between 2 wooden blocks and they're chilling out in a citric acid bath right now
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