Hand metal cutters- cut case steel?

[badbob]

Would hand metal cutters cut the fan mesh on the back of a Antec p182, or would the blade be ruined? Seen some cutters (max cutting thickness 1.5mm)

 

[roadie]

I bought some tin snips from B&Q to cut out the fan guards in my Antec Solo. They worked perfectly, although it is a barsteward of a job, as you have to grind down the extremely sharp edges that remain with a metal file. This is noisy and tiresome!

Still glad I did mine though.

 

[marcus000]

Yeh tin snips should do it but it's a hell of a lot easier with a Dremel

 

[Cosmicman]

Yeh tin snips should do it but it's a hell of a lot easier with a Dremel

id agree , tin snips might tend to try curl the metal or leave a jagged rough cut...where as the dremel might give you the perfect cut your after

 

[badbob]

Just bought some cutters from Aldi for £4, cut through the steel easily. Left sharp edges I'll leave it for now. I used a hobby drill cutter last time for the steel intake mesh- lots of dust went inside the case so cutters cleaner result. Went through several discs too, so probably use best snips+ file.

 

[PhillyDee]

+1 for dremel / dremel rip off. Try Aldi, my local one still has them dirt cheap.