I have seen light sabers do quick work on ship hulls. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia May 2, 2014 o godz. 12:46 Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > Hi all. > > Finally signed a lease for a new Vanagon "shop" space. Reasonably > sized: 21' x 18' x 8.x' high garage. I'm allowed to MIG weld, cut > metal, but ventilation may be an issue. > A cut-off wheel in angle grinder throws a lot of dust. > > Do budget oriented metal shears generally last long enough for NON > commercial use? > eg: http://www.kmstools.com/magnum-12-hand-shear-3035 > The thickest metal I work with so far, is 1/8" though I wonder if a > shear like that would actually cut it. > What about cutting 1.5" or 2" box steel? > > I don't have an O2-acetylene set up. > > Would a band saw suffice for cutting sheet, plate, box and tube material > but not throw as much dust as a cut-off wheel? > Other tool suggestions are welcome! I would not run a compressor. > > I don't foresee a lot of fabrication. And since 110 VAC to garage is > on a shared breaker, this may negate any real future fabrication work > beyond cutting and tacking parts in place. Still. It would be fun to > learn of things like intake manifold alterations, copying diesel > vanagon carriers, etc. > > Thanks much, > > Neil. > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca > > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group: > > http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej |
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