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Subject:Re: Cutting aluminum wheels with hole saw?
From:Cullen Stewart
Date:Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:05:45 -0400

A machine shop would not be that expensive. Besides hole saws are not that
cheap and I think you will eat up a couple of them before you are done.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tabe Johnson" <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: Cutting aluminum wheels with hole saw?

> Being a cheap bas---, oh, I mean "Value Driven", I wanna cut the hubs in
> my alloy wheels to fit the Vanagon centerbore myself.  Has anyone ever cut
> thick aluminum (wheels?) with a bimetallic hole saw?
>
> If not, I'm gonna get me a cheap test alloy wheel and try cutting it to
> see what happens.
>
>
> tabe johnson/87 westy