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ithacaartist · 08-02-2024, 06:33 PM

Material that's very close is listed here https://www.mcmaster.com/products/sp...-steel-strips/ It apparently comes hardened, so you might need to anneal it before manipulating.
Stacking them after each cut doubles the number of pieces from next cut, and reducing 10' into manageable segments will go fast.

Next, I'd whack them to width with an 0,045 cutoff wheel. I find the cutoff wheels can be used to execute fairly nice cuts, so feeding the strip thru a jig up to a stop, clamping it in place, then a guided cut to zip off each one might just be precise enough. Annealing wouldn't be needed in this setup.

08-02-2024, 06:33 PM	#6
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,401 Thanks: 7,560 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	Material that's very close is listed here https://www.mcmaster.com/products/sp...-steel-strips/ It apparently comes hardened, so you might need to anneal it before manipulating. Stacking them after each cut doubles the number of pieces from next cut, and reducing 10' into manageable segments will go fast. Next, I'd whack them to width with an 0,045 cutoff wheel. I find the cutoff wheels can be used to execute fairly nice cuts, so feeding the strip thru a jig up to a stop, clamping it in place, then a guided cut to zip off each one might just be precise enough. Annealing wouldn't be needed in this setup. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894