On Friday, January 3, 2014 7:05:22 PM UTC-5, Roy wrote:
> On Friday, January 3, 2014 1:26:28 PM UTC-7, zxcvbob wrote:
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> > I know the first rule: Wear gloves when working with sheet metal!
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> > Other than that, how hard is it to bend a strip of aluminum or thin
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> > Pop rivets? (I don't have a spot welder) Maybe glue and 1 rivet.
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> > I'm thinking of try it, using a strip cut from the top of a can -- with
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> > the rolled edge intact, but that might make it too difficult to shape.
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> > It would be nice if I could get away with leaving the seam welded and
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> > I want a "dog bone" shape. Yeah I can just buy one, but that's not the
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> > point. I need stuff like this to do in winter to keep me from going
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> > The puppy chewed my plastic cookie cutter and ruined it. :/
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> A quick Google query and voila:
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> http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Cookie-Cutters
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> Lots more suggestions using Google.
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> Have fun.
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Gee, Mabel, I'd cut myself for sure.