Aluminum key chain

[Marcellarius]

aluminum 5/64 thick
I found it hard to saw, a lot of flapping, the blade grabs the material real easy.
used some #0 blades special for iron to cut in the A and M.
only on the A I wasted 5 blades 
as soon as I went back a little and turned it just a fraction the blade snapped.....
but Mikes FD-UR #2 and #3 blades cut like a hot knife trough butter!

[nan2syl]

nice job!! i like it!!

[Russ C]

Good job, Nice work. Thanks for sharing. 

[frankorona]

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing

[SheGold]

Very well done.. Lovely work... Sheila in Tx

[marmoh]

Very nice .....

[dgman]

Cool Marcel! Did you sandwich the aluminum between two pieces of wood?

[Danny]

Hey Marcel....Now that is a Neat project.  Never thot about cutting anything but Wood.  Looks Great....  Wonder what Dan meant by sandwiching the alumium between two pieces of wood?  Anyway....  Danny  :+}

[dgman]

Because metals are tough to cut on the scroll saw, it's best to sandwich the metal between two pieces of wood or plywood. That way the metal your are cutting is less likely to "catch" on the blade.

[DWSudekum]

Cutting metal can be interesting.. Nickle is kinda sticky when cut.  All metals have their particular ways to be cut. n Thanks for showing us.

DW

[Marcellarius]

Cool Marcel! Did you sandwich the aluminum between two pieces of wood?

no I didn't, just aluminum. and it catches the blade, that's true.
slow feeding and even slower turning curves.
will try sandwich it the next time. thanks for the tip.

[Merlin]

Nice cutting... must try that...


***Merlin***

[Marcellarius]

thanks for all the nice words!

[mrsn]

I have used the sandwiching technique a lot and it works really well.

[bluesuede]

Great job, I like the look of it...

Bruce