Date:    6-26-2009
Number of Hours:    3.00
Brief Description:    Parts Preparation
Finished:
- T12-01
- T12-07 (except the bend)
- C04-07 (flap handle)

In these pictures you can see how I cut out the radii in these parts. I find step drills and hole saws take too long and heat up the aluminum. I have to stop a dozen times or more to keep the aluminum from getting too hot. And even then I can't be too precise.

So I cut out the interior areas with the band saw, cutting multiple lines and then coming back at an angle to cut them closer to the line. When I get real close I can carefully nibble away with the band saw.

It then just takes a round rasp file to get the radius right, then some finish file work and I'm done.