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    Default some of the tricks to the trade.

    tools that are extremly useful.

    dremel.. ez cut of discs.. 16 bucks for pack of 5 in Aus



    tin snips. mine cost 6 bucks... lefty and righty .... VERY good to have both.


    hole saws... good set... like 150+

    vice. - also 2 bits of right angle steel about 50cm in length each


    hammer - steel head hammer and rubber hammer + piece of say inch thick wood.



    if you can a bending brake..
    no pic sorry .... google it
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    ill add... if i think of or are suggested...

    some tricks!


    bending.
    ok..
    if you are bending a plate of say steel or alumi. to bend you will need...

    1 vice.

    1 metal hammer

    1 rubber hammer

    1 piece of wood

    2 pieces of rightangle steel.

    step 1

    make sure your vice and bench is relativly clean in the vice area.

    step 2

    open the vice enough to fit the 2 steel angles in the vice as a bending edge and the plate.

    step 3

    tighten the vice so you are able to move the plate to desired spot... (your line)

    step 4

    tighten vice so the plate doesnt move.

    step 5

    put the piece of wood against the metal and start to hit it with the steel hammer. (if this is too hard hit it higher with the rubber mallet.)

    step 6

    slowly start to bend the plate. when it is at an angle easier to use the wood.. use it..

    this will give you a sharper line and not dent ur plate.

    step 7

    hit as low as possible until desired angle...


    /\ or use a bending brake! (easy to make)

    the result


    and if you do it wrong




    step 8

    rep DonT-FeaR for this tut



    more soon....
    Quote Originally Posted by Drum Thumper View Post
    you tease!

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    Default Re: some of the tricks to the trade.

    Nice! The pics help a lot. +rep
    Wait, what?

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    Default Re: some of the tricks to the trade.

    yea had to wait to go to my dads before i could take them
    Quote Originally Posted by Drum Thumper View Post
    you tease!

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