=20 > - Ease of cutting probably important. Low cost more important > than speee BUT speed is good. Cottage industry / "appropriate > technology" method preferred although, if a high tech method was > very cheap and very fast it may be OK Laserstream in Rosebank Rd (still ?). They do water jet cutting. Set-up cost and then piecework after that A problem I see with anything like a laser or water jet is that it's going to go through the one side and then what ? It will still have enough energy to do something interesting to the other side. And you'll have a can full of water, sand or laser You need one of those whips like what Vanko had in Iron Man 2 I've a very very fine oxy-acetylene torch which the very skilled can work aluminium cans with. Don't know how you'd get on with a plasma cutter Joe --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .