Quote Originally Posted by Xion X2 View Post
*Phew*. I'm tired.


New package arrived. My Mastercraft 10" table saw blades made for aluminum cutting. I couldn't wait to try these out.



Perhaps you're like me and get easily frustrated with a jigsaw. You can cut with them 100 times, and no matter how careful you are there are always those times when she walks on you and then your cut is all crooked. They're fun when they work, and they'll make you cuss when they don't. So the hope was to minimize the risk and use these blades on my table saw to make square cuts easier with aluminum.




Never has such a small part caused me such a headache. I guess this is just one of those hard lessons that you learn.

So after breathing a huge sigh of relief, I swapped in the new blade and was ready to go.



I had my cuts all laid out on a 2x4 sheet of aluminum (1/16"). With this, I'm cutting two panels 22.5 x 8.25". One will go on the roof of the case and one on the floor of the case. I'll show later how I plan to use these, but for now, let's throw this piece on the saw and get to cutting.

voigts, good luck, bud. I think, for now, that I'll have to stick with a jigsaw until I can afford a metal shear. Maybe you'll have better luck than me, but this definitely doesn't work for the thickness of metal that I'm working with (1/16").

So after about 20-30 minutes of filing, I finally had that piece looking respectable and laid it out for cutting the next piece.
It is most likely nothing but the aluminum blade you have turns counter clockwise, but the teeth on the blade that was in the saw looks like it should turn clockwise.

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