Thorry@feddit.org 5 days ago
A table saw is for lengthwise cuts, for cutting long things like these you need a cut-off saw.
Fun fact, you don’t really need to tap soft aluminium like this. You can just drive the bolt straight in with an impact driver. I thought it was sketch at first, having always tapped them beforehand. But my buddy said it’s a waste of time, just drive the bolts in right away. So I tried it and he was right, it works perfectly every time. They form perfect threads so you can easily remove and re-add the bolt just like when it was tapped beforehand.
bluGill@fedia.io 5 days ago
I have enough of a machinist background to doubt the threads are anywhere close to perfect. However if you are saying more than good enough I will agree.
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I’d think they would at least need to be self-tapping sheet metal screws but that an impact driver could surely strip the holes just as fast as it threads them.