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Darren:
One of those £30 circular saws in ALDIS would work well ..... cept for the depth.

To keep a circular saw cutting straight clamp a bit of battern or angle to the work piece and run the saw alongside that :thumbup:

Then you should be able to cut from both sides, it's be quick too.

Bernd:
AdeV,

Love the looks of that car. That front spoiler would work well for the people in Pennsylvania with all the snow they're getting. Would make a great snow plow. :lol:

I can't believe the big piece of ally sitting on the mill. :bugeye:

This is going to be one interesting post.

Bernd

AdeV:
The front of the car is getting remodelled a bit this year - narrower front wheels mean those wide front arches are much closer into the original wing; and the snowplough (which got mentioned every time it turned up at a track!) will be shorter & a bit narrower. It should also sit considerably closer to the ground, which will help it's stealthy looks (if anything with a big yellow stripe on it could be considered "stealthy" :))

That ali lump is right on the limit of what will fit.... I've had to wind the head as far back as it would go to stand any chance of milling the slots without the whole thing being horribly unbalanced.

I wouldn't like to have to do anything with a piece of steel that size! :bugeye:

More cutting out tonight.... I'd like to be ready to turn the piece over tomorrow, when I'll have an assistant on-site - pretty sure I can't manage it on my own!

Trion:
Love the car. Great taste on colors, my car is also black and yellow, though more yellow than black :ddb:

I have just one concern. When I read about various mills, before buying mine, I read that some mills have a maximum table load. You'r not worried about crossing that? How did you lift it up there? I dont see any lifting hooks :scratch:

Regarding the ALDI saw. We have a milwaukee hand held circular saw at work. We use it for cutting stainless, and it works great as long as you cut straight. But if the saw is held on an angle, and the sides of the teeth touch the metal on their way up from the piece, the blade only lasts a minute or two..

AdeV:
I read up on the max table load for the Bridgeport (after loading the disc up... ::)) - it's 750lbs, or about 340kg. The disc weighs a mere 106kgs (slightly less now :dremel:), so well within budget.

When it arrived on its pallet I rolled it to the bench & hoisted it up that high myself. To get it on the mill, me & a mate simply picked it up and (very gently) put it straight on the table. If I can get the rest of the topside slotting done tonight, then we'll simply lift the piece off the mill, turn it over (on the bench, most likely), and put it back on the mill the same way.

One thing I haven't considered yet... is how I'm going to stop the bit I'm cutting off from falling away as I finish the slots off. I can see me losing a cutter very easily in that scenario.

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