Hi all, please can you suggest some places I can order plate steel etc say 8-10mm thick, sort of the stuff you all use for building your heavyweights with.
Hi all, please can you suggest some places I can order plate steel etc say 8-10mm thick, sort of the stuff you all use for building your heavyweights with.
We don't use metal that thick its too heavy. We mostly use 3.2mm Hardox or 4mm if you have to as 3.2 is a bit scarce at the moment.
ok thats cool. Do you know of a good suppliers.
Search for waterjetting companies - there were some recommendations there
www.yorkshireprofiles.co.uk
ok thanks. My featherweight is nearly finished and I'm ready to build a heavyweight so am now reading up for this lol
Is 6mm Ally strong enough for a baseplate? Just from curiosity.
Mute runs with a 6mm ali base plate and it lasted all these years and all the self rights
Oh cool, thanks for that! I like the look of it, you can do a lot with it and keep the weight down. Does it angle grind ok?
no aluminium should not be cut with any spinning cutters as it tends to melt a create a horrible mess, jigsaw or bandsaws are your only real options, unless you can get a good bech shear
Anglegrinding ali is a fickle thing.
Normal cutting disks clog up and don't cut very well. Als, the chances are reasonably that the disk will shatter.
One thing is for sure, ali will get a lot hotter than steel for the same amount of work.
Unless it's a very high grade of ali, a jigsaw of good quality is your friend.
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