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Old 02-18-2008, 05:42 AM   #8
frankthewelder
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Re: Notching Tubing

I use a chop saw or a mill.




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Originally Posted by bobss396
Back in the stone age, we rough cut the fishmouths with a torch and finished them up with a body grinder and /or bench grinder.

Nothin' like a notcher, which I have used at other shops. I had a Bridgeport mill set up in mine with a shell mill in a holder to notch tubing. A bit tedious but worked better than the torch method.

Bob
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