[TheForge] cutting 1/4 copper

[Kevin D]

Bruce,

I'd be interested in the circular saw blade, if the kerf wasn't too wide.
I'll check them out next time at the hardware.

Kevin

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 [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
 Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:31 AM
 To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
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 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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