# Someone to cut some holes in a sheet of aluminum **URL:** \ **Category:** Classifieds\ **Created:** [September 12, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444 "2009-09-12T19:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deliverator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@deliverator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deliverator)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/1 "2009-09-12T19:04:34Z")
Looking to have this pattern cut into a sheet of 1/8" aluminum. The sheet is about 18" x 26". Working with this stuff killed my jigsaw. Thinking plasma cutter is the way to go. I’ll have traced the pattern onto the metal. Cutting doesn’t need to be perfect as long as it’s inside (and relatively close to) the lines; I’ll go back and clean things up with a file or flapper wheel. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/2 "2009-09-12T22:39:39Z")
could you use a router with circle attachment? ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/3 "2009-09-12T22:52:57Z")
roto zip! ---
**Author:** ![deliverator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@deliverator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deliverator)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/4 "2009-09-13T09:04:37Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > roto zip! Hmm… With their “XBit”? Looks like it’s rated up to 18ga steel. Aluminum sheet is 3x that thickness… but it’s aluminum. Will pick up an xbit and a bit of beeswax parafin wax. Have read that it keeps the shavings from sticking to the saw blade. ---
**Author:** ![vt1992s10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vt1992s10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vt1992s10)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/5 "2009-09-13T09:33:00Z")
mill and a rotary table would be the way to go ---
**Author:** ![deliverator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@deliverator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deliverator)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/6 "2009-09-13T11:44:17Z")
Rotozip = FAIL Anyone with the right gear want to make a couple of bucks? ---
**Author:** ![zero5672](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zero5672/32/5255_2.png) [@zero5672](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zero5672)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/7 "2009-09-14T04:36:30Z")
Waterjet? That’s how I would cut this. Is it a shroud for fans on a radiator? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/8 "2009-09-14T05:50:35Z")
Have you tried a metal blade on a jigsaw, then a flapper wheel to finish? ---
**Author:** ![deliverator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@deliverator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deliverator)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/9 "2009-09-14T07:09:02Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Have you tried a metal blade on a jigsaw, then a flapper wheel to finish? I did. I got through cutting about 30 inches of it, then the jigsaw died. Between now having to replace my jigsaw and blowing $20 on a rotozip bit that won’t do the job… I just want to pay someone who’s got the right gear for the job. ---
**Author:** ![deliverator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@deliverator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deliverator)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-to-cut-some-holes-in-a-sheet-of-aluminum/73444/10 "2009-09-14T07:11:26Z")
> [@zero5672](#): > > Waterjet? That’s how I would cut this. Is it a shroud for fans on a radiator? It is indeed a radiator shroud. Waterjet would probably do it- any suggestions for a place that’d do a one-off job like this for a reasonable amount?