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Fabricating an aluminum floor for dummies
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<blockquote data-quote="PSG-1" data-source="post: 322298" data-attributes="member: 6937"><p>Guys, you can cut aluminum sheet with a regular circular saw. Use a fine tooth blade for thin material under 3/16" and use a heavy framing blade for thicker stuff.</p><p></p><p>As for bending, you can make a crude metal brake using some bottle jacks, 2 pieces of heavy angle to form the ram and die set, and then a framework for the ram and die and the jacks to do the bending. Something like this:</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]54986[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]54987[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Made from some used motor grader blades, angle iron, and I-beam, using a 20 ton air-hydraulic jack</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]54988[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You get the idea....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> I've also seen it done by clamping the material to the edge of a heavy table, and using a dead-blow hammer to form the bend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PSG-1, post: 322298, member: 6937"] Guys, you can cut aluminum sheet with a regular circular saw. Use a fine tooth blade for thin material under 3/16" and use a heavy framing blade for thicker stuff. As for bending, you can make a crude metal brake using some bottle jacks, 2 pieces of heavy angle to form the ram and die set, and then a framework for the ram and die and the jacks to do the bending. Something like this: [ATTACH type="full" alt="100_0432.JPG"]54986._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="100_0434.JPG"]54987._xfImport[/ATTACH] Made from some used motor grader blades, angle iron, and I-beam, using a 20 ton air-hydraulic jack [ATTACH type="full" alt="100_0436.JPG"]54988._xfImport[/ATTACH] You get the idea.... I've also seen it done by clamping the material to the edge of a heavy table, and using a dead-blow hammer to form the bend. [/QUOTE]
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