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Need to cut some 1mm stainless steel. thinking of using the jigsaw but am a little dubious..... stainless steel is a @@@@@ to cut.. took me 2 hours on and off(smoke from the drill had something to do with this) to cut a 70mm hole with a saw arbour and electric dil through the very same bit of metall??
Has anyone cut stainless steel with jigsaw??was it difficult??
I'd use a cutting torch to cut stainless. I don't think you can jigsaw it.
Are cutting torches expensive???for a half decent one??
Rotozip or Dremell
There is a special bit for steel.
Waaaaayyyyyy better than a jigsaw.
I've used a big, big bandsaw before now. Mac's right, torch is the way to go, maybe get away with a heavy cutting disc in a big grinder.
I know a guy who used Stainless for his battlebot - he used this...
http://www.3fazerobotics.co.uk/hells...images/cut.jpg
:D
Edit: My lousy typing
Might be easier for you in the long run to mark all your pieces up and take them to an engineering shop for the work.
i've tried a few local firms and they wont cut metal that they havent sold me ...:( still there are others to try
Still id like to save the cost and do it myself. i have just given a piece a test cut and it seems fine.
I bought a good blade earlier and it seems to be holding up..have just cut the 2 steel struts for the top of the case...through like butter :)
thanks for the advice.. i'm going to look st some burners tommorow....
Other way would be a plasma cutter.