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[Finnster]

How well would your setup work for cutting 1/8" 6061 aluminum do you think?

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by Finnster

How well would your setup work for cutting 1/8" 6061 aluminum do you think?

I used the router table to work with aluminum and it would have been better with a different bit. The ones I have gum up and get packed quickly with chunks of aluminum. There are carbide burrs out there that are made to work with aluminum. I managed to use the bits I have with lots of WD40 as a lubricant but it was messy.

[_paralyzed_]

Originally Posted by Arct1k

Use latex gloves from CVS... Personally I just use a dremel... Why make life harder than it needs to be.

I'm anal and I want the cut to be 100% square and straight.

Originally Posted by BrianG

I guess I like to do things the hard way because I just use a dremel with the guide, and this bit. I take a straight edge like a level or piece of spare aluminum angle stock, clamp it down, and use that as a "fence". I've never cut that long of a piece in one shot though, but sounds safer than a table saw.

I was a framing carpenter by trade(disabled now) and grew up on a farm. I was running a table saw by 12. Table saws aren't "unsafe" to me!

[J57ltr]

Originally Posted by Finnster

How well would your setup work for cutting 1/8" 6061 aluminum do you think?

A Saber saw (jig) works fine on aluminum, mild or stainless under 3/16" If your saw has a orbit (where the blade kicks forward on the up cut) disable it or it will kick back on you.

You can also use the roto zip style bits, and a dremel to cut aluminum. We use them a lot on 1/16" 6061 and 7075 aluminum. It cuts fast but can get out of hand if you don't use a guide.

Jeff