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Started by icecycle66, May 19, 2012, 07:31:28 PM

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icecycle66

Is there a trick to cutting square holes?

Like, is there  square cutting tool out there that I'd be willing to pay hudreds of dollars for. Or is it just practice?

Scruffie

You can get drills that drill square holes I think unless I made that up...

I've used a dremel cutting wheel before with a file with acceptable but not great results... I think alot of people just drills the holes and file them to size and shape.
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JakeFuzz

Yeah they make something called a mortising bit. I've used them on wood but never aluminum. You could find a place with a punch or buy a punch and an arbor press.

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alanp

How heavy a metal can you use your nibbler on? I've got one, and I strongly doubt it could make square holes in, say, a standard 1590b...
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oldhousescott

Check out this milling machine with eccentric cutter.


icecycle66

After lurking around some other forums.
I found this.

http://makezine.com/extras/15.html

Jargo

Quote from: oldhousescott on May 21, 2012, 03:33:13 PM
Check out this milling machine with eccentric cutter.




That is soo cool! can't wait until it's affordable

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