Well, we did it! On a beautiful warm SoCal day, I conquered my fear, and made the big cut.
I watched the VAF forums for advice, waited for a warm day, built a custom table, measured fifty times and finally did the work.
Here is a tip we did (your mileage may vary)
As we were clamping and marking the frame, it kept moving a bit and would come out of the hole in the plexiglass. We finally put a bolt with rubber washers through the handle hole and the plexi to hold it in place while marking. See last picture.
We have a good fit and I think very little trimming to do.
I just wanted to say the BEST idea we had was the Dremel Saw-Max with wood/plastic blade. Worked perfect.
The Warrior
The weapon
The result
Here is how we held the frame centered for marking after clamping
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I watched the VAF forums for advice, waited for a warm day, built a custom table, measured fifty times and finally did the work.
Here is a tip we did (your mileage may vary)
As we were clamping and marking the frame, it kept moving a bit and would come out of the hole in the plexiglass. We finally put a bolt with rubber washers through the handle hole and the plexi to hold it in place while marking. See last picture.
We have a good fit and I think very little trimming to do.
I just wanted to say the BEST idea we had was the Dremel Saw-Max with wood/plastic blade. Worked perfect.
The Warrior
![91mh5g.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi60.tinypic.com%2F91mh5g.jpg&hash=b0e9dc4f55c57d7b458451d951c9a580)
The weapon
![28vdagj.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi57.tinypic.com%2F28vdagj.jpg&hash=35108b4cec447bddcacf66f82f688570)
The result
![wwnnya.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2Fwwnnya.jpg&hash=9932656773d04b8759473cc73b89286e)
Here is how we held the frame centered for marking after clamping
![303fmeq.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi59.tinypic.com%2F303fmeq.jpg&hash=fda97fa50da26488411b8910824dd8c7)
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