What tool do you use to make a D-cut?

[ags0702]

So what do you actually use to make the cut? I tried using a metal blade in a jig saw, but it bunged the blade up in a quarter of an inch. Is the jig saw the best tool or is there something else?

 

[yankeeboy]

i think we used a jig saw, and went relatively slow. But i guess you could use anything that cuts metal.

 

[WaveDemon]

laser vision.

 

[ags0702]

Yeah, it's just that I cut for no time at all, looked down at the blade and it was nice and smooth, haha. Maybe I need one of those high end titanium blades, or something of that nature?

 

[JonnyB]

Plasma cutter

 

[yankeeboy]

fine tooth metal blade

 

[750SX]

cutoff wheel, and sander. I'm diggin my d-cut for handling and jumping. You gotta watch though if you go big, because it is real easy to nut-sack it!

 

[Philip Clemmons]

Boring bar and a bridgeport:biggrin:

 

[ags0702]

cutoff wheel, and sander. I'm diggin my d-cut for handling and jumping. You gotta watch though if you go big, because it is real easy to nut-sack it!

a cutting wheel really works?

 

[750SX]

sure does. It ain't pretty at first but the 90 deg sander fixes that lol! I used a 3 inch cutoff wheel.

 

[waxhead]

A d-cutter

A band saw finished with a die grinder would work trick

 

[#ZERO]

Use a Sawzall with a metal cutting blade. :smokin:

 

[ags0702]

Use a Sawzall with a metal cutting blade. :smokin:

I tried that as well...mangled my blades...maybe I just have garbage blades.

 

[EightySeven550]

I used my scroll saw.

 

[#ZERO]

I tried that as well...mangled my blades...maybe I just have garbage blades.

Use a finer toothed bi-metal blade for cutting aluminum and hold the saw with some pressure against the back of the ride plate.

The wood cutting blades don't work well and the saw jumps all over the place.

 

[Kwaka]

I used Dremel with steel cutting blade, worked a treat.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

Stihl 036


no actually an angle grinder, but its sloppy as heck.
I love the way it handles now though.

 

[Motorheads5]

wow not trying to throw you a curve ball here but a fine tooth blade will plug really quick. I use a bandsaw here in our shop however a jigsaw will work also however you need to use like a 10 t.p.i. blade and you will be fine. that rideplate is cast alum. it cut's easy you just have to keep the blade from plugging use some wd-40. goodluck

 

[227]

I used a jig saw and about 10 blades, then cleaned it up with a hand file. It went slow, just man up and do it!

 

[Boris]

"What tool do you use to make a D-cut? "

I used Peter, he did the job with a sawzall and finished it off with a file.