Cutting brass sheet

[James Tainton]

My technique comes from my prior experience in art and design. One way of making nice cuts in thick card and stock is to use repeated scoring with a knife to achieve the cut, rather that trying to do the slicing all in one move. Here are some pictures as a demonstration.

Here is what I use- a small metal ruler and an Xacto #11 blade.
This is all cut on the thick tempered glass that is on my bench top.
http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=8641&img=brasscutting1.jpg
measurements are made and then repeated scoring with the knife are made along the edge of the ruler using light/medium pressure.
http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=8642&img=brasscut2.jpg
If you push to hard the balde may slip and marr the brass.
http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=8643&img=brasscut3.jpg
slow and sure wins the race. Make sure the ruler does not slip.
http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=8644&img=brasscut5.jpg

http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=8645&img=brasscut6.jpg

http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=8646&img=brasscut8.jpg

clean up is with a piece of400/600 wet dry sand paper.
http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=8648&img=400brasscut9.jpg

[Stuke Sowle]

Nice pictorial James.

It didn't take me long messing around with the rear fenders on my Jagdpanzer IV to figure out that scoring was the way to go. I think I still need to be even more patient and take longer when cutting.

[DOJO]

thank you!!!!!
what about thicker brass?

[DOJO]

What do you do to cut like 0.030" ?
And after how many times do you change your blade? 8)