<div dir="ltr">I'm not sure how helpful this will be, but when I worked in a machine shop and made similar, I used an endmill with the material mounted vertical in a fixture. If it was thin, I would sandwich it between two sacrificial pieces of metal. Absent an endmill, you may be able to duplicate it with a drill press or possibly a router. Any excuse for a new tool! Here are some ideas <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=router+mill+jig&oq=router+mill+jig&aqs=chrome..69i57.3054j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8">https://www.google.com/search?q=router+mill+jig&oq=router+mill+jig&aqs=chrome..69i57.3054j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8</a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 10:26 AM john niolon via Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Need some
metal working expertise. I know there is a simpler way to notch
metal than what I’m using. I had to fabricate a latch thingy for a
neighbor using 3/8” plate which required a rectangular notch to be cut in the
plate about 3/4” wide and 3” deep. I used a Metabo grinder with a .040
cutting disc to cut the sides but how to cut the back end of the notch. I
thought about a saber saw with a metal blade but the notch was very narrow and
it would have been difficult in that small area. Guess I could have used a hole
saw at the back of the notch and then squared up with a file...</div>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I couldn’t
reach in the gap with a 4.5” grinder to hog it out... finally I drilled a number
of holes across the back line of the notch, broke out the slug and finished it
with a file to make it square. There has to be a better way. Can’t
find a hand tool to handle 3/8” material and notching machines aren’t in my
budget.. </div>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0)">give me
some suggestions and options or ideas, that haven’t dawned on my feeble old
brain !</div>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0)">john</div>
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