[TheForge] Anyone tried to cut 24 gage brass sheet?

[Ries Niemi]

tin snips work just fine. I use Wiss 16" bulldogs for things like this- quick and easy. 
The circle cutters Andy refers to are great, but unless you find one for next to nothing used, they are quite expensive- new, a manual is a couple grand, a powered one five G's or more.

Plasma works ok, too- I use a circle cut from plywood as a pattern, slightly smaller than my desired circle, trace around it with the torch. 
But not all "brass" cuts well with plasma- depends on the alloy, of which there are dozens. Brass can sometimes remelt after the cut, especially hand cutting, where you cant accurately control the speed and torch standoff height. 

ries



On Sep 5, 2012, at 6:35 AM, Ron Childers wrote:

> Will a pneumatic panel cutter (like a muffler cutter) do a decent job
> cutting 5" circles on brass sheet?
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