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

[Jerry Frost]

So the total thickness isn't 24 ga. eh Ron? for 24 ga. a pair of stout 
scissors would work, tin snips would be no contest and easy. Doubled is a 
different game, it'd even screw up in a circle shear by wadding around the 
shear wheels. Anneal it, unfold it and take a pair of aircraft snips to it. 
If you gotta leave it folded get a pair of the double action shears and eat 
your wheaties Orrrr, buy a real fine, say 34 or more TPI blade for your jig 
saw, mark center, draw your circles and have at it. EASY though, hog it and 
it'll magically transform into a mess.

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Childers" <ron at munlaw.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anyone tried to cut 24 gage brass sheet?


> This stuff is hard as woodpecker lips- and it is folded- the 5.25 idea
> will work but it may require heating to unfold- maybe that will soften
> it enough to cut. I'll pump up the compressor and give it a shot. This
> brass is to be used as a guard for a fencing foil-(or a fancy hot dog
> skewer). Once round it will be worked concave in a swage block with a
> planishing hammer made from a round head railroad track connector
> bolt...
>