My favorite tool for this is an air nibbler. For once in a while light duty
like this you can get a harbor freight cheapie for under $20. It has a
small jaw that moves up and down, biting a 1/8 x 1/4" piece of metal on each
stroke. Way fun.
Mark Miller
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> From: William C.W. Lamb[SMTP:chip@wmsbrg.com]
> Reply To: William C.W. Lamb
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 8:30 AM
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net; turbo@secret-secret.com;
> vsaab@onelist.com; keith@detailed.com
> Subject: Cutting holes
>
>
> Folk:
>
> I recently acquired a "driver" 1960 SAAB 93F with a lovely GT dash and a
> dead 10 year old Audiovox radio. Of course, the Audiovox was mounted in
> the
> normal location in the dash, but it's a 2-knobber, and the dash is cut for
> something like that! Ergo, to put anything halfway decent back in (the AV
> had a different spread between the knobs) I gotta cut to DIN size and put
> an Eclipse CD/AM/FM in out of a dead 900T here. Yeah, I've got an X-acto
> knife and tin snips, but I'm a little nervy here, not being a professional
> car audio installer or anything, and none of the install shops around here
> will do it without copping an attitude. Oh to be back up north in Joysey,
> had a primo installer who'd take care of me when there was something I
> didn't want to do. (I still buy my stuff from him...)
>
> Suggestions welcomed.
>
> Cheers-
>
> William "Chip" Lamb
> West of Sweden SAAB & Jaguar
> Charles City, VA.
> http://www.wmsbrg.com/sweden/
>
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