<VV> Cutting thru painted sheetmetal?

[Geoffrey A Johnson]

Hi Rick,
Two thoughts.  First a air nibbler.  Cuts through sheet metal like butter.
They are not expensive, and all you need is a proficient air compressor. 
Other thought that may sound a bit wierd but has worked well for me is a 
jewelers hand saw.  Can make incredibly clean precise fine cuts, and it 
does cut pretty quickly. For those not familiar with what one of these 
looks like it is kind of like a hacksaw with a very small blade  ~1mm 
cross section.  I did the matching of the body panels on my 63 when I 
replaced its fender this way.
HTH
Geoff Johnson




On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Rick Loving wrote:
> dressing up the cyt edge with touchup paint and not repainting the whole
> area around the cutout.