3 point quick hitch

Hugo Habicht

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How do you cut that thick material? Is there a professional laser cutting machine hidden in the basement? :)
 
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Paul Allwood

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Perfect ! (y)

How do you cut that thick material? Is there a professional laser cutting machine hidden in the basement? :)
Here are the tools I used to make the hooks out of 25 mm flat mild steel. Nothing fancy, but it works.

If I can I'll use the Bosch steel cut-off saw. The blades are expensive but it works really well. I was sceptical at first but now love it. I built it into a frame that supports the pieces I'm cutting and also allows the saw to rotate up to 45 degrees so pieces are still supported by the bench for angle cuts.


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With a new blade it cuts through 100 x 25 flat bar in about 20 - 30 seconds. It cuts through RHS like a hot knife through butter.

The cut here is cleaner than it looks, my photo doesn't do it justice.

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If I can't use the cut-off saw, the next option is a 5 inch and a 9 inch angle grinder.

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For the holes in the hooks I used a plain old drill press with drill bits and an annular cutter.

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To clean up rough edges it's a flap disc on the small grinder or a linishing belt that I made to fit a bench grinder a few years ago.

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Nothing too fancy, but it works.
 
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