What saw for fender cutting?
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What saw for fender cutting?
I'm choppin my fenders today and am wondering what saw is best to cut with. I've seen most people have used a reciprocating saw. I don't plan on putting door trim on the edges so would like something that doesn't chew up the plastic too bad. May be wishful thinking. Anyways, just wanna hear some ideas.
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If you have access to an air powered cut off wheel that works good. As far as not chewing up the plastic when cutting. If you are not putting a molding strip over the edge then your just going to have to spend a while cleaning up the edges.
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I'll eventually put trim around it when I raptor line the fenders. Figured I'd have to spend a few hours filing to make them look decent. Thanks for the input.
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As BigSteve stated above, a pneumatic cut off wheel for the straights & reciprocating saw for the curves. Then clean it up with a fine file, it'll turn out pretty good without any trim.
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I used a sawzall with a fine tooth blade. It worked good then I took sand paper to the edges to knock off any burs. I havnt put trim in yet bc I want to go a little narrower.
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