He shows the jig he use.
Aircraft aluminum cutting handheld router thin sheet.
Our air nibbler nibbles steel or aluminum sheet without distorting or twisting the sheet.
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Either way there are a few starting points that might work for you.
Used a basic 1 4 shaft wood edging router bit to quickly trim the edge of 1 4 thick 6160 aluminum sheet.
But you can throw a tarp over the router table and use ear muffs and save a lot of time.
You may think of your router as a tool only for woodworking but chris marshall explains how you can use it for metal pieces as well.
This tool is small enough to start in the middle of a sheet and only need a 1 hole to start.
The textbook cutting speed for aluminum using a carbide tool is about 1 500 surface feet per minute at the high end and 1 000 at the lower end.
I ve never seen a stomp shear that was the shape of an airfoil the homebuilt help guys have a great video of using a flush trim router against a wooden form cutting a whole stack of 701 ribs at one time yes this will create a loud roar and it will be snowing aluminum.