The big cut!

[Veetail88]

I'm about to make the big cut of the canopy and windscreen and was just wondering.

Is it best to use a sawsall with a wood blade or metal?

Or maybe a a nibbling tool would be better?

Just don't want to mess things up!

[Veetail88]

Just kidding!

I did the deed last weekend and it went very smoothly!

Just wanted to post to put others at ease.

The day was about 75 degrees with sunshine shining in the hanger.

Used a 3" cutoff wheel in a die grinder.

It cuts like butter! Piece of cake! Worried too much for sure!

So if you haven't done yours yet, don't let it scare you. Easy peazy! Course sucess is due to all the help from this site!

Oh, I did leave a few un-cut tabs then cut those off after I had a couple extra sets of hands to hold it all still and in place so I wouldn't put any stress anywhere.



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[Vlad]

Sweeet! Another major milestone! Did you heat up the hangar?

[DaAV8R]

I wish I was right there with you. I just need to buck a couple (thousand) more rivets in the fuse first. Did you get a Vans canopy? Tinted?

[panhandler1956]

Ditto on the 3" 90 degree cutoff wheel. I heated up my shop too.

[Veetail88]

standard Van's canopy, clear.

No, I did not warm up the hanger other than the sun shining in through the open door. I thought about putting a dark colered item under the bubble so the sun would warm that up and heat the inside, but didn't. Apparently the warmer the better though.

A bit more trimming, then SikaFlex.