Techniques to clean / deburr the edges of aluminium sheet
Posted: Mon 18 May, 2015 3:44 pm
Afternoon all,
We often mount photographic prints onto 2mm aluminium, using facemount and a jetmounter. We get the aluminium precut by a metal supplier, but there is always a slight lip where the guillotine cuts, even when we've paid to have the sheets deburred (I guess that our requirements make us slightly picky...)
We clean this up with a telum pad from lion http://tinyurl.com/osv2o9o, as it seems to leave less crud than wet&dry, and gives a very nice clean edge.
We've got a show coming up with 130 A2 photos to print and mount - does anyone have a better tool / technique for finishing the edges of metal sheet?
On the plus side, we tend to do the clean up on the (flat) roof, when the weather is good, so this helps get the sun tan going. But it is a lot of sanding, which inevitably leads to one arm feeling knackered, and one hand lightly covered in cuts...
We often mount photographic prints onto 2mm aluminium, using facemount and a jetmounter. We get the aluminium precut by a metal supplier, but there is always a slight lip where the guillotine cuts, even when we've paid to have the sheets deburred (I guess that our requirements make us slightly picky...)
We clean this up with a telum pad from lion http://tinyurl.com/osv2o9o, as it seems to leave less crud than wet&dry, and gives a very nice clean edge.
We've got a show coming up with 130 A2 photos to print and mount - does anyone have a better tool / technique for finishing the edges of metal sheet?
On the plus side, we tend to do the clean up on the (flat) roof, when the weather is good, so this helps get the sun tan going. But it is a lot of sanding, which inevitably leads to one arm feeling knackered, and one hand lightly covered in cuts...