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OK, waaaay off topic I know but I don't have any other friends so I thought I'd turn to my friends here at GFSA ?

I recently bought a wall mounting bracket for our TV. It has a metal plate to which the TV is fixed but the problem is that it interferes with the cables on the back of the TV set. If I could cut away a section of it everything would work fine but I don't have the tools to cut through 2.5mm sheet metal (I don't know what type of metal this is but it seems tough). I'm sure I could use an iron saw but I'm pretty sure the results won't be very neat.

So I was wondering if any of yous might know where I could take this to have it altered for me. Basically, this is what it looks like now:


And this is what I want it to look like:


Don't worry about the structural integrity, there will be plenty of metal left to offer the rigidity that is needed.

Any ideas, anyone?
    Well if you've got the SketchUp file you could always send someone a dwg to laser it you a new one...
    But your best bet is to find an engineering works who could do it for you. There are a few guys in Industrial, probably even o e of the automotive places in Randburg CBD could help you out
      Manfred Klose wrote: cut it with an angle grinder and respray it
      Hmmm...
      The two parallel lines are easy enough with a grinder, but cutting the third side square to the others will be tricky with a grinder
        but cutting the third side square to the others will be tricky with a grinder
        i have done it before. and it looked okay, you just need to go very slowly with the 3rd cut in order not to go over the line.
        drilling holes in the corners and filing out can also help with the corners

        depends how nice you want it look.
          Is this something a Dremel could do?
          (I really don't know)
            Why can't you return it and get a different bracket?

            There's always the chance that you cork it up and then have to buy another anyway.
              The angle grinder is not a bad idea. I'd need to get a small disc to cut the 3rd cut though so as not to cut over the lines but it might just work. I was wondering, do you get blades for jigsaws that would cut through metal or are jigsaws only really used for wood?
                not for jigsaw, but if you know someone with a steel bandsaw it can also help
                  I would take that straight to the Barlow (mechanical engineering) labs at wits.
                  I don't know what the policy is for non-students, but when we electrical engineers ever needed anything bent, cut or processed, we'd just knock on the door, explain what we wanted, and the guys there would return in a few minutes.

                  It was great.
                    Shibbibilybob wrote: I would take that straight to the Barlow (mechanical engineering) labs at wits.
                    I don't know what the policy is for non-students, but when we electrical engineers ever needed anything bent, cut or processed, we'd just knock on the door, explain what we wanted, and the guys there would return in a few minutes.

                    It was great.
                    Flip! I need someone like that in my life ?
                      use a baby grinder for the long sections and then buy a metal blade for a jicksaw....2.5 isn't too thick.

                      Me............I'd cut all three cuts with a baby grinder from the back, that way if you do have an over cut, you'll just end up flipping the bad side against the wall.



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