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| There are many different carving and engraving attachments. Which one would be best to cut sheet metal for metal sculptures, elg. leaves, flowers, etc. These will be possibly be welded to rebar. It seems that it would either be one of the diamond points or tungsten carbide cutters but there are so many to choose from and very little description.
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Supreme Being
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How thick is your metal sheet?
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RANIE
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I think you would be better of cutting it with tin snips than using any dremel attachment.
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RANIE
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| I have never used tin snips. Will it cut sheet metal easily. I have used a cutting torch to cut them, but you hgave to grind each leaf so much that I wanted a more efficient cutting method. I'll check into the tin snips. Thanks.
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| To cut sheet metal that is a 1/16" thick with a Dremel will be slow and not very productive. I would get some thinner and softer metal for making leaves. such as brass or copper. If you want larger leaves that need 1/16" thick I would get an electric metal cutting shears. Sometimes you can find them at some home centers such as Lowes or Home Depot.
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Use a bigger tin snip so that it has more leverage to cut 1/16 sheet easily.
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RANIE
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| Also check into "Airplane Snips" which are compound leverage tin snips developed in WWII for cutting the aluminum skin of airplanes. They come in models designed for straight, right hand turn and left hand turn cuts. You have more control than with conventional tin snips. They do have serrated edges which might leave a rough edge on thin sheet metal, but that's easily smoothed with a Dremel sanding drum.
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