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Re: [Shop-talk] making a slot in aluminum plate

To: John Niolon <jniolon@bham.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] making a slot in aluminum plate
From: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:59:41 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011, John Niolon wrote:
> suggestions ???

    The cleanest fastest way will be to use your router.  For 3/16ths, I 
might make two passes.  It'll be loud as hell, but it'll leave a nice 
smooth finish.

    Alternately, a plasma cutter would do the job, but the cut won't be as
clean.  I'm assuming you haven't got one, since if you did, you'd have 
realized this is a nice excuse to use it.  Once you get one, you want to 
use it to cut everything, even though it's often not the best choice.

--
  David Hillman
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