Wow, tough room
Oh well, moving on....
Got a little more done on the bigger louver insert today - a test fit after tacking the 3/16"x6" sides together; if it looks like the corner gap is a bit bigger at the top of the joint than at the bottom, it's 'cause it IS - when I was checking sizes, etc, I didn't notice that the pivot points for each louver stick out about 1/16" past the aluminum frame, so the part of the steel insert where the louvers mount needs to be just a little wider than the rest - too late to start over, so I just clamped the sides a bit further apart at the top before I tacked 'em -
View attachment 567743 - it's easier to see in this pic - View attachment 567744 :laughing: ...Steve
You didn't know that I'm a professional post critic? that's what you get for missing staff meetings............. ("if it looks like the steel at the corners is a bit bigger then it has to be, it's 'cause it IS")<<<<<There I fixed that typo for you, are you kidding, 3/16", are these louvers going to be powered by turbojet engines, seems to me 1/8" would be plenty, I would've used 1/16" but what do I know I'm not making container garage with louver style warp engines so I can go on a Mars mission. There you have it, that's my 20 word-ish book report, I should get an A+ for not beating around the bush and not wasting paper........:reading:
What you think of this for cutting steel, you have something like it?>>> Evolution Power Tools EVOSAW23 9-Inch Steel Cutting Circular Saw - - Amazon.com
It sure is a handful and dont see much out there for competition at the same around about price. I could've sure use that this past month trying to cut 3 pc of 1/4"x 27" a straight cut is lot nicer to weld. I usually can cut nice and straight 2-3" with torch, it's just so hard for me to maintain a constant burn speed while holding the torch steady and it gotten harder as the years go by