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Jim Nordin wrote:
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><< probably about $30 or so.  Alternatives, anyone? >>
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>At that price why look for alternatives? Who does this work? I'd get them to
>do mine.
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Lots of suggestions there, everything from tin snips, to aviation shears,
to having the work done by the welding shop that I mentioned and referenced
above.  That $30 is a WAG on my part, I just considered what I spent at the
local welding shop to have an assemblage TIG welded up out of 6061T6 AL
angle, I figured there was about 5-6 feet of welding and the bill came to
$45... considering the time they must have spent lacing together all that
1/4" material into a 1/2" assembly, I just figured it would take them maybe
2/3 of that amount of time to cut out that firewall.  Needless to say, I
could be off by 100% (or more) and might find out that they want $100 to
cut it.  Knowing what I know now, though, I'm going to get out my aviation
shears tomorrow and give that sheet a whack or two at a corner and see just
how tough it is.  Snips I got.

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