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

[Ron Childers]

This is a large piece of sheet brass that looks like someone rolled it
then almost flattened the roll. Sorry I didn't make that clear, but I
don't think the snips will work; however, the suggestion to anneal is
probably the first step in the process of unrolling it. Since it must be
annealed to work anyway there is no lost motion. It is too big to fit in
any of my gas forges so it appears localized heat from a burner may be
the only way. It is about the thickness of a dime; what gage would that
be? If approached as a purely practical matter a trip to the scrap yard
would yield the perfect piece, but I have an aversion to wasting
anything.   

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

Before using a power reciprocating saw, clamp the two layers firmly
together or you'll eat teeth for sure!

I repeat the jeweler's saw suggestion.  Clamping the layers together is
a good idea for that too.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
wrote:
> 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
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> From: "Ron Childers" <ron at munlaw.net>
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>
>> 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...
>>
>
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