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You can cut aluminium with your normal blade just take it slow, aluminium cuts easier than some woods. When you are sanding wood blanks with aluminium in them, make sure you use lots of sanding sealer as the aluminium dust can make the wood look dirty, so keep applying it after wiping the blank down. I have always found that turning it fast and using a skew will give the best results, but I have used carbide tips when there is more aluminium than wood.

Peter

[QUOTE="Buckeye, post: 68115, member: 294"] You can cut aluminium with your normal blade just take it slow, aluminium cuts easier than some woods. When you are sanding wood blanks with aluminium in them, make sure you use lots of sanding sealer as the aluminium dust can make the wood look dirty, so keep applying it after wiping the blank down. I have always found that turning it fast and using a skew will give the best results, but I have used carbide tips when there is more aluminium than wood. Peter [/QUOTE]

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