Brundle Fly
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mtb856 said:BTW Brundle, if you have ragged edges from the snips... what worked for me is taking the dremel (you mentioned you're getting one for christmas) and a reinforced cutting wheel (I'd buy the pack of them.... you can go through several of them fairly quick if you're not careful) and cut threough the edges with the cut-off wheel and grind them down with one of the circular grinding stones.
When you're cutting with the dremel, don't push down on the metal... you'll burn through cut-off wheels faster than a dragger goes through a clutch Just let the wheel graze the surface of the metal.... it may take longer but you'll end up spending a lot less on cut-off wheels.
...thanks for the tip, two days in a row I gapped bending a strip of aluminum for the edge. I capped a freakin bay window today, and forgot to bend one little piece of metal...
...ah yes, patience, wish I had some, but that's why I have kids and safety glasses. With bam, the longer it takes, the happier he'll be, he's usin tools, and makin sparks, heh heh heh...
...man I'm happy we got the plexi on the side, my system idles @73F now, with the two 120's runnin, and I love the way it looks. I intended to get a clear sided case when I upgrade, but now I think I'll do it myself, and get the look I want. Those 120's really pump a lot of air, I have an exhaust "port" cut in the front of my tower, the air pumping out of it moves the cover on the couch, two feet away, and does it quietly...
...I figured out how to drill plexi without cracking it, how tight I can crank screws onto it(don't, use washers/o-rings), jigsaws suck for cutting plexi, and that one 15" cut down the side of computer case is more dangerous than bending/cutting aluminum at work all day. The steel cover is not much heavier guage than the aluminum we use, but is a hell of a lot less forgiving when it comes to slicing up your hands...
...any and all dremeling tips are welcome, I've never used one before, and I'll probably drive my wife nuts when I get one, I won't put it down. Hopefully we'll get some painting done this Sunday, experiment with a few other things, a blowhole in the top maybe, draw out what we'll be the "finished product" on the plexi I have left, and leave it in the living room with a note saying: Dremel required for finishing as one more subtle hint for the wife...