SShep71
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Sep 17, 2014
- Location
- San Diego, Ca
I have been doing a lot of TIG welding on some of my older cars, mainly the chassis. I am a big stickler of small gaps, and tight fit-ups for TIG/MIG. Lots of time is spent on the vertical bandsaw reaching the required profile, then grinding/filing to fit. In the one application in particular there were 1/2" notches that had to be cut into 10 Gauge plate for fit-up. It is a PITA to cut with the band saw then try to file square. I started to think about the band-files that Grob and DoAll had out years ago. There seems to be a significant amount of chatter on here about them, however I was hoping to get some opinions on using them for general fabrication as opposed to tool and die work. Would the files provide a significant source of material removal (assuming the course files are used), I know the files are becoming harder and harder to find. In my search I had found a gentleman with a video on the Tube which he converted his DoAll bandsaw to a large belt grinder. I do have a few Dynabrade belt files that I use, I was junt thinking of alternative ways of making brackets. Thanks for the feedback!