[RCSE] Aluminum templates with scissors.

[Scobie Puchtler or Sarah Felstiner]

I want to know about this too, and how to make it work, because I tried it
and my failure made me very wary of trying it again. I've now had great
success with (admittedly harder to make) formica templates, but the
sheet-metal-scissors route is still tempting if it can really be made to
work well.

What I tried was sheet-aluminum templates cut with scissors, polished really
smooth. Thought I had a great deal going because they were so easy to make.
But aluminum, especially soft aluminum, is really 'grabby' in contact with
the stainless steel I use for cutting wire, and no matter how polished I
made the template edge, it would still grab and scrape at the cutting wire,
making a smooth cut nearly impossible. It was awful. Not to mention that the
templates themselves were getting scraped up. Maybe the aluminum I had was
way too soft?? Maybe harder aluminum would still cut with scissors and slide
better against the stainless?? Maybe there's some kind of teflon tape that
would protect the template edge while cutting??

If you get any responses off list, James, I'd love to get copies, and/or I'd
welcome a quick thread on this subject on-list to get the benefit of all
who've experimented with metal templates, especially scissor-cut.

Lift,
Scobie in Seattle



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> Subject: [RCSE] Template material
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> I recall someone talking about some type of tin or aluminum they
> are cutting
> with scissors for use as templates. What is this stuff, and
> wherecan I get
> some?
>    TIA, Jim
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