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01-04-2007, 08:28 PM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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|  c-channel cutting whats the best way to cut 1/2 steel square tubing to make c-channel frame rails? i was thinking an angle grinder and a cutoff wheel. im sure theres a better way. should i bend it first or cut it first? thanks for the help and if theres any other trick let me know! thanks again |
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01-04-2007, 10:40 PM
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| Colt Python/SR9c   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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| bend it all up first, drill your holes so they will be even on both sides. Then take a measuring tape/ruler/whatever, then put teh marker on the 1/4" mark and push the tape and marker all the way down the tube. That way the line is straight and even. then use the cutoff wheel and follow the line  |
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01-04-2007, 11:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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| I used my metal cutting bandsaw. Worked a treat. |
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01-13-2007, 07:24 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Marietta
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01-13-2007, 07:34 PM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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| yeppers i did it and it looks well, pretty good! but needs a little grinding for small wavyness but thats just my ocd talking. i welded the ends back together adn in the middle and am going to bend it when i get my body all worked together. thanks for the good idea! |
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