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    Re: Cutting aluminum the Easy way

    Yeah. Just think of the sick acid-burn effects, though...
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    Re: Cutting aluminum the Easy way

    Yeah, the anodized layer is so thin you should be able to rub it off.
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    Re: Cutting aluminum the Easy way

    Won't cut a clean line through 1/8 inch aluminum. My tin snips barely cut plastic that thick.
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    Re: Cutting aluminum the Easy way

    True. Don't mess with this stuff and wear eye and skin protection. But it does not dissolve the salts out of your eyes; it dissolves fats and oils (hence Drano dissolving the oils in your PVC piping...
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    Re: Cutting aluminum the Easy way

    It does not eat through steel or PVC. Steel is an alloy, and PVC is a covalently bonded substance.

    It will cut straight lines if you know how to use it. It will only work with certain metals...
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    Re: Cutting aluminum the Easy way

    LOL.

    I might use the stuff in my project if I can get my hands on some. I'll use it to cut out the two sound holes in the front and the fan holes in the sides and top.
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    Cutting aluminum the Easy way

    I've just found this out in Honor's Physical Science last Thursday.

    Anyone familiar with:

    3NaOH + Al --> Al(OH)3 + 3Na


    NaOH is Sodium Hydroxide (aka Drano). just put a little dab here and...
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