I'm looking for an easy way to cut 1"x1/6" aluminum strip bar.
I have this old scroll table saw sitting in my basement, never used it. My father-in-law picked it cheap at a garage sale a couple of years ago and I ended up with it.
I don't want to ruin it, nor ruin myself using a blade and a saw not intended to cut aluminum.
I was hoping to clamp a wood stop block 2-3/4" away from the blade and cut 200 pieces of 1/16" thick x 1" wide aluminum bar. I then need to drill a hole near one end and don't have a drill press either.
I don't want a lot of burr cleaning and grinding of edges to do afterwards.
Can this saw (and blade) handle it?
If not, what then should I be using?
I'm not going to hack saw 200 tiny pieces although I could use the exercise.
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I do have a contraption which turns any circular saw into a make-shift table saw. I've used it before, it's not bad on some rough stuff. Never tried to cut metal with it though.
I've been cutting aluminum flat bars, angles and things with my 4" grinder for years, there has got to be a better way.