The Armour Archive

Hi there. I was cutting out some Death Dealer parts today and noticed that if I lightly dish the steel, and trace the pattern on the inside, I can cut tighter curves easily because the dishing makes the metal on the left side of the blades clear the upper blade as you turn.

Granted this only works on stuff with a slight dish to it, but fortunately most all pieces have this.

Ok I just looked at the pics and many of you will notice the pattern traced in the outside of the dishing, It was traced on both sides of the piece in fact, and you cant see the dishing in the plate that much, but its there, and it helps.

Take care

Pitbull

Ooh... I always cut on the inside of a dished piece.
Holey crap Batman you are doing it backwards.

Unless you turned it over for the pic.

[D'oh]

Hi Hal. You must have been typing as I was editing my post. Yes I always cut the inside of a dished piece, I had forgot it was traced on the outside too when I took the pic.


See you

PB

And you can do the same on a flat piece by holding it at a slight angle to the table. Slightly more cleanup, but the speedup is worth it.