I've got that one too, along with all the other pneumatic tools that'll run off a 15A job site compressor, I used the nibbler yesterday to rough in the clearance cuts for the Radius_81/110/Zip . . . the manual sheet metal tools are close at hand in a very full dough pail with my sheet metal tool belt wrapped around it. The body saw cuts on the pull stroke, just like Mitzi but the kerf of your blade of choice is probably 10x what I wanted for mating the pieces after the cutting was done.
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Check out the specs on the thickness of Mitzi's blade and the width of the kerf setting. The plexi scribe makes a wider slot, but the guidance is priceless. there's still a bit of deflection of the blade, I'll take a shot of where Mitzi strayed offline rounding the top right corner and cutting across the bolt tubes. After the edges are filed and sanded straight as an arrow and as smooth as ABS gets, the slot dividing the bucket halves will be no more than 1/64_in./.6mm. or I'll be very disappointed in the results. That's noticeably thinner than the tightest you can close the gap between bezel and bucket on a Compact Mac. They left that gap wide enough to make spotting variances more difficult, no need for that when doing fine joinery by hand.
If anyone else tries this or a similar cut, make sure to install the depopulated front bezel, taking Mr. Ryoba (the larger, double edged saw in the linked tenon cutting video) for a walk through that section of the case would be a good idea as well. His teeth have no set, so the thicker blade still makes for a kerf thinner than the plexi scribed guidelines.
Should have installed the other lid on the PlusBox for the cuts . . . they'd have been cleaner . . . :-/
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] ]'>Check out the specs on the thickness of Mitzi's blade and the width of the kerf setting. The plexi scribe makes a wider slot, but the guidance is priceless. there's still a bit of deflection of the blade, I'll take a shot of where Mitzi strayed offline rounding the top right corner and cutting across the bolt tubes. After the edges are filed and sanded straight as an arrow and as smooth as ABS gets, the slot dividing the bucket halves will be no more than 1/64_in./.6mm. or I'll be very disappointed in the results. That's noticeably thinner than the tightest you can close the gap between bezel and bucket on a Compact Mac. They left that gap wide enough to make spotting variances more difficult, no need for that when doing fine joinery by hand.
If anyone else tries this or a similar cut, make sure to install the depopulated front bezel, taking Mr. Ryoba (the larger, double edged saw in the linked tenon cutting video) for a walk through that section of the case would be a good idea as well. His teeth have no set, so the thicker blade still makes for a kerf thinner than the plexi scribed guidelines.
Cutting the dovetails for the tool boxes I've yet to start. Also for cutting the simple and complex shaped lids off the rest of the completed one piece carcasses of the boxen. That's exactly the process I've just done to the Plus carcass . . .
Should have installed the other lid on the PlusBox for the cuts . . . they'd have been cleaner . . . :-/