Cutting Aluminum Strips, How?

[brstevns]

What do you guys use to cut the Aluminum strips for use with a gas check maker?

[L1A1Rocker]

An old paper cutter.

[Baja_Traveler]

Ditto - I went in to work early for a week, and used the one in the office. Cut the whole roll of flashing into 1/2" strips - enough to last me over a year.

[ReloaderFred]

I bought a cheap one at Harbor Freight for around $20.00 or so. I dedicate it to just cutting aluminum and copper into strips.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[pistolman44]

Harbor Frieght also.

[plmitch]

An old paper cutter works great for cutting strips. My crews carry one out in the field for roof work.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I have the harbor frieght cheapo...it works fine,
But, if I ever find a older "Made in USA" unit...at a garage sale or something?
I'd give away the harbor frieght unit in a heartbeat.
Jon

[brstevns]

Thanks looks as if I need a paper cutter, I was going to try a pair of scissors!

[Sonnypie]

I recently went out on a limb and tried my rolling type paper cutter on some copper flashing material. (After making sure I had the spare cutter available)
It worked great for the .006 copper I am anticipating using when I get my GC maker from Pat.
(Lord knows I hate waiting.)

I also have a very large pair of old scissors that work very well with thin sheet metals. Easier than tin snips, or even aircraft shears.

[7of7]

Harbor freight paper cutter Item # 9805 Mostly metal, with the blade handle plastic.. Works great though...

[Capn Jack]

X2 On a cheap paper cutter. Just remember to allow for the sidewards creep as the
blade comes down. If not, you end up with a lot of tapered strips.

Jack

[DukeInFlorida]

1940's paper cutter. Works great. The blade is very hard, and hardly ever needs sharpening.

[Sagebrush7]

Harbor Frieght, thin cutting blade allows cutting thin strips for the small calibers with a material stop fixed to the bench. My old big paper cutter handle is to wide for small strips. I cut the .020 material with it,

[Springfield]

A razor knife works well, is lots cheaper and takes up less room.

[VHoward]

I know, but not as cool as guillotine paper cutter.

[brstevns]

A razor knife works well, is lots cheaper and takes up less room.

Razor knife on a hard surface using a straight edge, that I can do! LOL

[castblast]

Looks like I got it easy! These strips are .5" wide 25" long and .012 thick. They were cut on a plate punch/cutter with a vacuume table and a pneumatic rolling disc cutter. There's about 130-150 strips in the photo and I can get about fifty 35 cal. checks from each strip. I just wish I could make the checks as fast as the strips!

[brstevns]

Looks like I got it easy! These strips are .5" wide 25" long and .012 thick. They were cut on a plate punch/cutter with a vacuume table and a pneumatic rolling disc cutter. There's about 130-150 strips in the photo and I can get about fifty 35 cal. checks from each strip. I just wish I could make the checks as fast as the strips!

That is neat, you lucky guy, I am using one of the mallet type check makers I traded for, slow but works great. .270cal