[TheForge] Cookie cutter type of press blade

[Jay Hayes]

What you are looking for is a "steel rule die". These are commonly used 
for cutting cardboard, leather, and rubber parts. They can also cut thin 
soft metal parts. You can have the die made or just buy the steel rule 
die stock from a die maker. The die stock is made in a verity of 
thicknesses and widths and in a few different types of cutting edges. 
The dies are usually used in a clicker press, but can also be used in an 
arbor press or punch press if the die is small enough.  Some steel rule 
dies are held in a plywood die board. Other dies are brazed to a steel 
carrier and some just have a few flat cross bars welded in to hold the 
shape.

Some material can be cut stacked, but I think aluminum would have to be 
cut one thickness at a time. In a pinch, you could make a die from some 
old band saw blade stock or hack saw blades that were annealed first.

Jay



Jerry Smith wrote:

>I need to made a cookie cutter type of cutting or
>press blade to cut thin aluminum in stacks. I was
>thinking of using old hacksaw blades, form the shape
>and then sharpen the edges.
>
>Anyone do anything like this?
>
>Jerry
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