Hand cutting frames

Hand cutting frames

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2 March 2014 at 20:54 #7061
nigel jones 5
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2 March 2014 at 20:54 #145752
nigel jones 5
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Did someone once say they enjoyed cutting frames by hand? Those for my 71/4 Invicta are 6mm thick, full of curves and are painfully hard to get right. Nope, no fun whatsoever!
2 March 2014 at 21:09 #145755
JasonB
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You need to man up a bit
2 March 2014 at 21:25 #145759
norman valentine
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When I was building my "Dart" I cut the two frames (total thickness 3/8&quot over a period of one week of sawing and filing every evening for about 3 hours. I didn't think that it was too bad. A dreadnought file and a lot of pressure takes metal off very quickly.
2 March 2014 at 21:38 #145761
nigel jones 5
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Twenty years of seniour management havnt exactly done wonders for my fitness levels! I recon I might pay one of the locals to do the rest
2 March 2014 at 22:18 #145766
MICHAEL WILLIAMS
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A lot of people including me have used oxyacetylene flame cutter quite successfully on bigger frame plates .

Not nearly as barbaric as it sounds – with the right flame and a bit of practice you can cut very nearly to the line without doing any damage to finished plates .

Frames are cut individually of course – not stacked together .

Michael Williams .
2 March 2014 at 23:09 #145775
daveb
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You need another tool……………… a sawing and filing machine, not the little bench one, the floor standing half ton one. Long obsolete now, replaced by EDM. I believe the last ones were Italian made.

Dave
2 March 2014 at 23:40 #145777
John Stevenson 1
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Cheque book engineering.

Send the DXF file to your local laser cutter and pour a cool one, then collect the plates when sober.
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