[TheForge] Copper

[Demon Buddha]

Jeffrey L Jones wrote:
> 
> "You will have good results with 2 pair of offset compound leverage
> snips, get left and right hand.  The cutting edge is below the mass of
> the tool and you have excellent control.  over cut a bit if the
> complexity requires it to allow finishing with a fine file and
> sandpaper."
> Stephen McGehee
> 
> Stephen,
> These offset compound leverage snips, will they cut at least 16 gauge
> copper and not distort the cut edge?  As my reply to Mike Graf indicates
> I did not make it clear if I was talking ounces or gauges.  I am talking
> gauges just because I am familiar with thickness rather than mass.  Just
> the center of this door will have 4 copper triangles cut and mated to
> form a diamond.  All the cuts must meet exactly with no distortion in the
> copper.

	The snips will always give some distortion because they
	work by shearing.  The only way around this is to cut the
	material larger than you need and file to a line.  That 
	will almost certainly prove painfully time consuming.

	Plasma arc.