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    Boaties and car owners are one in the same. Some will pay thousands for it and some will laugh at you. It's a specialised field, you've really got to crank out some repetetive items to make your dough. We have hundreds of items jigged and traced and we love doing artistic/different shit on the side for people that will pay for it.

    I think our linisher was about $1,000. Best machine I've ever used. Takes a while getting used to scalloping and doing everything on it. But if you end up using it in a business and you persist, it pays for itself in no time.

    Any good tool shop should be able to track one down. All I know is that it's called 'The radiusmaster".

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    just going to chime in and say nice work dish. that last job is beautiful.

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    I can't take all the credit for it. I make all the parts and polish most of our unique items but the boss is a gun welder.

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    I'm fairly new to this fabrication caper, but what about a band saw? A mate has an exhaust shop and the band saw makes everything so fast & easy.

    Obviously an industrial one like his would be ridiculously expensive, but there are smaller ones you can get for this kinda stuff.

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    the problem isn't the cutting so much as lining everything up with the right pieces. Besides I am unsure if any bandsaws are available under 1000 that won't sway all over the place when cutting. I really want one though
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    Think about a power hacksaw then Sam. I bought one off ebay for <$50, and it works a treat for tube, and even round up to 100mm (biggest ive tried). Just needs a bit more steel welded to the base so it sits flat when cutting something that is heavy on one end (tends to tip otherwise).

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    Is yours an air one or 240v?
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    240v. Ill take a photo of it if i remember.

    Bit like this:


    Without the stand though.

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    I got this:



    Needs work
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    Should one buy a power hacksaw or a bench mount belt sander considering I need to cut straight lines in sheet as well? Must be small too.

    or make a bench a bench sander out of a 1050W vacuum cleaner motor, 2" pipe, a plank of wood, metal and some bearings? bad idea?

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