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I see many questions about this subject. Here is one example: "I'm sure this has been discussed before,
but searches of the archives have It isn't all that difficult to do, but it is not just a quickie deal. It requires a little thought and some effort. Some of our hardier folk say that they just cut a scribe line on the stock and break it off in the vise using a big hammer for persuasion. I find it that I get a much nicer (read not bent) edge by using either a Dremel tool with the narrow cutoff wheel to cut part way into the metal along the line I want to break, or a die grinder with a larger cutoff wheel and just whack it off completely. Dremel makes small thin cut off wheels that can be used to score the metal in a straight line. Then you put the metal in a vise and snap it off at the score line. You don't have to cut the metal all the way through. Though that is what I do now that I have a die grinder. You can also scratch a straight line and then use a wide (sharp) cold chisel to cut into the metal along that line. This will also allow you to snap it off in a vise. The metal will need to be on an anvil when you use the cold chisel on it. You just have to make do with what you have to work
with.
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