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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 12:23 PM
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Anybody used an air nibbler to cut their fenders? Gonna buy one or a 3" cut off and air body saw.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 12:35 PM
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I hate the nibbler.... makes quite a mess. This is more like what I prefer:
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....re&dir=catalog
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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I used my angle grinder.

It was $20 at HF with a disc.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 12:59 PM
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Jigsaw and a sheet metal blade cut real nice for me.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
I used my angle grinder.

It was $20 at HF with a disc.

I tried the angle grinder the first time but really didn't like it.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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i used 3" air cutoff discs. was really easy to follow the fender lines with it.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 02:59 PM
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I used an air saw with a demo blade and it worked great.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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I love my HF air nibbler it makes short work out of thin stuff.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 05:38 PM
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I used an electric shears and it worked unbelieveable
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 06:02 PM
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I used a jigsaw and got some nice straight lines.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 06:13 PM
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I've used a plasma cutter. Cuts nice..
And a cut off wheel on a air grinder 2nd time. The wheel depending on size "smaller better" makes it easy on the curves but wear a long sleeve shirt while using it or your arms will ich like crazy.
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 06:54 PM
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^x2 on the plasma cutter, you can follow right along the flare and make a super clean cut.
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