[TheForge] cutting 1/4 copper

[Bruce Freeman]

Small pieces for jewelry are easily cut with a jeweler's saw.  A hacksaw
would work, albeit laborious.  The sawzall should have worked.  Perhaps
the blade was wrong for the job?  Maybe a circular saw would work
better.  There was a discussion here some time back about a "new"
circular saw blade that would cleanly cut steel.  I don't recall what it
was called and I don't know whether it would be applicable to copper.

Bruce
NJ

>>> flyinpig at go-concepts.com 4/12/2005 10:15:27 AM >>>

How about a redsmithing question to break the lull?

Last year a local scrap yard had some copper for sale, so I bought a
couple
hundred pounds at $1/lb.  So a buddy of mine would like a chunk out of
a
~4'x5'x 1/4" plate that I'd bought.  We spent an hour and a half
chiseling
down both sides until it was scored and work hardened enough to lay it
on a
4x4 and jump on it to break it along the chisel line.

We'd tried setting up a fence and cutting it with a sawzall, but it
wouldn't
cut straight.  The blade flexed too easily, perhaps too much pressure?
Anyway, anyone got any better ideas on how to cut out pieces?

Kevin Donahoe
Flying Pig Forge
Morrow, OH 45152
flyinpig at go-concepts.com 

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