Deburring aluminum?

[mcdeedives]

I worked at one time for a aluminum trailer manufacturer. Depending on how sharp the burrs are sandpaper works the best on small burrs and a file for large ones with sandpaper after you work it down. We would use a air grinder with a sandpaper disk on it.

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[Michael.52]

Thanks again to everyone:
The file, sandpaper, and scotchbrite did the job just fine!

Next question:
I intend to chop off the two ends and make a two piece mini STA out as well.
What tips could you give me regarding making a clean accurate cut?
So far I have been recommended to mark a line with pencil and then use a hack-saw...followed by the same deburring as discussed above.

 

[mcdeedives]

Die grinder with cutting wheel you can get accurate

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[lucca brassi]

Deburring Tools

 

[oldschoolto]

I cut aluminum on my table saw ..... Just need a carbide blade and safety glasses.... A plain old electric hand saw also works.... Hack-saws blades tend to bind in aluminum as the cuttings don't release from the tooth of the blade.... They make cut-off wheels just for use on aluminum... deburring with a carbine cutting tool or file and finish with silicon carbide on a cloth wet/dry backing.....

Jim....

 

[Dsix36]

I have fabricated a lot of aluminum stuf both professionally and as a hobby. I have always just filed and/or sanded the edgers to smooth things up and this worked fine, although it always takes a lot of time. I recently bought a lathe with pretty much a full setup of tooling. It came with a large assortment of deburring tools. I had never used an actually tool made for the job before.

This is my personal take on this topic:

Anyone that is too cheap/stupid to get the deburring tool, deserves to have the same extra workload as I subjected myself to for years. I feel like a total tool myself now that I know how fast, easy, and effective the deburring tool is.

Short version - get a deburring tool!

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Hand saws, table saws, hack saws, etc.. Too much like work. I like the waterjets I have access to. Then just a pass with the deburring tool or automotive sandpaper around a dowel rod.

 

[oldschoolto]

Hand saws, table saws, hack saws, etc.. Too much like work. I like the waterjets I have access to. Then just a pass with the deburring tool or automotive sandpaper around a dowel rod.

I have a bridgeport, lathe, AC/DC Mig and Tig welders, Plasma arc, 50 ton press, sandblast cabinet that will take a big block chevy, overhead 5ton crane, brake and shear and slip roller ..... and Now I need a water-jet cutter like a hole in my head.... And that is what my wife would do if I told her I " NEEDED " more tools for my shop that I play in....:shocked2:

Jim....

 

[ffhamm]

I second the deburring tool listed above. No reason to mess around with sandpaper or scotch bright.

Jeff

 

[Nemrod]

Aluminum 6061 corners on my Jeep. Debured with the hook type tool.

As an aircraft mechanic at one point in my life, I think I have deburred probably a 1,000 miles of aluminum edge. The simple hook tools work like a charm, polish with Scotch Brite maroon or grey.

When people talk about "marine grade" aluminum they usually mean a 6000 series material. It will form a natural oxidation layer that will resist further corrosion, though not completely or forever.

N