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    10/06/2022 10:34 PM  #1

    BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA
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    What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    To install 24 inch radiator?

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    10/07/2022 5:11 AM  #2

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    Body saw or death wheel

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    10/07/2022 8:06 AM  #3

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    Patience

     

    10/07/2022 8:38 AM  #4

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    I use 4” cutoff wheel on a Dewalt angle grinder for rough cut, then grind off the last 1/8” with a 60 grit flapper wheel.  I have also used a nibbler, but it is slower and less straight, requiring more effort with the flapper wheel. 
    Using the disc cutoff, flapper and a steady hand, total time start to finish is about 15 minutes. When you get through it looks factory, with no sharp edges.

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    10/07/2022 9:40 AM  #5

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    Gonna cut it as soon as engine comes out. May look into bigger A/C condenser to match up with bigger radiator too if I can figure out what size.

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    10/07/2022 5:57 PM  #6

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    If staying with the original system, and it blows cold air satisfactorily, I would leave the condenser alone and just build some nice, factory looking brackets to support it in the wider opening.  You may have to change the hard lines on the driver side to clear the larger opening/radiator. If so, that work might warrant a bigger condenser WYAIT.

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    10/07/2022 9:24 PM  #7

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    MS wrote:

    If staying with the original system, and it blows cold air satisfactorily, I would leave the condenser alone and just build some nice, factory looking brackets to support it in the wider opening. You may have to change the hard lines on the driver side to clear the larger opening/radiator. If so, that work might warrant a bigger condenser WYAIT.

    That was another reason thinking a larger would be easier to mount.

     

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    10/07/2022 11:12 PM  #8

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    MS wrote:

    I use 4” cutoff wheel on a Dewalt angle grinder for rough cut, then grind off the last 1/8” with a 60 grit flapper wheel. I have also used a nibbler, but it is slower and less straight, requiring more effort with the flapper wheel.
    Using the disc cutoff, flapper and a steady hand, total time start to finish is about 15 minutes. When you get through it looks factory, with no sharp edges.

    https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DWE4012-Paddle-Switch-Grinder/dp/B00L42M4VQ/ref=sr_1_7?crid=2T72VHN3TPSC2&keywords=angle+grinder+dewalt&qid=1665204901&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjgwIiwicXNhIjoiMy43MCIsInFzcCI6IjMuNDIifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=angle+grinder+dewalt%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-7&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc


    How about this one?
     

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    10/08/2022 7:36 AM  #9

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    I don’t like paddle switches, too hard to use when the tool is held at awkward angles.
    I prefer slide on-off, mine is a Bosch.

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    10/08/2022 3:02 PM  #10

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    Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
     

    10/08/2022 3:44 PM  #11

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

    MS wrote:

    I use 4” cutoff wheel on a Dewalt angle grinder for rough cut, then grind off the last 1/8” with a 60 grit flapper wheel. I have also used a nibbler, but it is slower and less straight, requiring more effort with the flapper wheel.
    Using the disc cutoff, flapper and a steady hand, total time start to finish is about 15 minutes. When you get through it looks factory, with no sharp edges.

    https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DWE4012-Paddle-Switch-Grinder/dp/B00L42M4VQ/ref=sr_1_7?crid=2T72VHN3TPSC2&keywords=angle+grinder+dewalt&qid=1665204901&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjgwIiwicXNhIjoiMy43MCIsInFzcCI6IjMuNDIifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=angle+grinder+dewalt%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-7&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc


    How about this one?
     

    That is the one I have. I also have same type with on-off slide switch. Both have their places. I don’t use the on-off slide switch model in tight places or where a cutoff wheel might bind up because the tool doesn’t shut off if you let go of it. It is a safety thing. You get used to that toggle switch. Thumb on the safety lever then depress it with fingers. Or you can cut off the little thumb switch if you like living dangerously.

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    10/09/2022 8:17 AM  #12

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    This Milwaukee saw works very well, its compact and reversible to help control the sparks.  I used this with the engine in place.  I covered all the painted surfaces to keep the hot sparks from embedding in the paint https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukees-Cut-Off-Tool-Bare-2522-20/dp/B07H7SH6HC

     

    10/09/2022 9:03 AM  #13

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    That is a really cool cutoff saw, Terry. Thanks for posting.  I have been wanting something that is more compact and easier to fit into cramped spaces.

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    10/09/2022 12:24 PM  #14

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    Billie, Do what I just did. Bought a new big block radiator shroud. Then I took and drilled out the 42 Holes with a special drill bit I bought on line. Now it is ready for your mechanic to spot weld the new shroud back in.

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    10/09/2022 12:38 PM  #15

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    terry wrote:

    This Milwaukee saw works very well, its compact and reversible to help control the sparks.  I used this with the engine in place.  I covered all the painted surfaces to keep the hot sparks from embedding in the paint https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukees-Cut-Off-Tool-Bare-2522-20/dp/B07H7SH6HC

    Definitely thank you for that! One reviewer pretty much was spot on, it's a good middle ground between a 4" grinder and a dremel.
     

     

    10/09/2022 3:54 PM  #16

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    terry wrote:

    This Milwaukee saw works very well, its compact and reversible to help control the sparks.  I used this with the engine in place.  I covered all the painted surfaces to keep the hot sparks from embedding in the paint https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukees-Cut-Off-Tool-Bare-2522-20/dp/B07H7SH6HC

    Terry have you cut much sheet metal on cars with it?
     

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    10/12/2022 10:36 PM  #17

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    ordered the dewalt angle grinder
     

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    10/14/2022 8:03 AM  #18

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    Re: What is best tool to enlarge core support....

    BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

    terry wrote:

    This Milwaukee saw works very well, its compact and reversible to help control the sparks.  I used this with the engine in place.  I covered all the painted surfaces to keep the hot sparks from embedding in the paint https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukees-Cut-Off-Tool-Bare-2522-20/dp/B07H7SH6HC

    Terry have you cut much sheet metal on cars with it?
     

    I cut my radiator support with it!  It belongs to a body shop that a good friend operates, He has a great assortment of tools should I ever need one!
     

     

     

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