Never knew that about plasma and cutting aluminum, some good info! For kicks, I'll have to ask around and see if there's any local places that does water jet. I'm sure at least one place exists around my area and could come in handy at some point.
Oh man, on steel I've done flame cutting and talk about some tasty cuts! It works and is nice on thick steel but lots of work to make it look good. Cutting the tail light holes on the bumper to flush mount them on the trailer I built was a PITA to clean up. Well worth the effort though. Went through about 1.5 blades on the chop saw building that thing, was kind of shocked how long it actually lasted through all that 1/4" steel.
I got a belt/disc sander combo for SLC brackets, just need to get some hardware to mount it down to the new work benches. Next weekend I'll get a table top band saw, power supply and soldering station. My Aircraft Spurce catalog was shipped earlier this week, so I need to order some aluminum angle soon too and start stocking up on miscellaneous SS hardware. If the 16 week schedule is still accurate, i'm 4 week out of it being finished!
Oh man, on steel I've done flame cutting and talk about some tasty cuts! It works and is nice on thick steel but lots of work to make it look good. Cutting the tail light holes on the bumper to flush mount them on the trailer I built was a PITA to clean up. Well worth the effort though. Went through about 1.5 blades on the chop saw building that thing, was kind of shocked how long it actually lasted through all that 1/4" steel.
I got a belt/disc sander combo for SLC brackets, just need to get some hardware to mount it down to the new work benches. Next weekend I'll get a table top band saw, power supply and soldering station. My Aircraft Spurce catalog was shipped earlier this week, so I need to order some aluminum angle soon too and start stocking up on miscellaneous SS hardware. If the 16 week schedule is still accurate, i'm 4 week out of it being finished!