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Basic metalwork involves marking, cutting, drilling, cutting internal and external threads, filing and joining.
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Metal can be cut with a hacksaw, cold chisel, or in the case of sheetmetal, snips. Generally speaking, hacksaws are used with blades in three levels of coarseness: 18, 24 or 32 teeth per inch (Photo 3). Blade coarseness depends on the thickness of the stock to be cut. A coarse-tooth blade is used for heavy stock and a fine-tooth blade for thin stock. An important rule of thumb is that at least two, but ideally three, teeth should always be in contact with the edge of the stock. There are two different kinds of hacksaws: high-tension and standard. High-tension hacksaws hold the blade with greater tension than standard types. This keeps the blade straight even during heavy cutting, helping you to cut accurately. High-tension saws are used when making cuts that could subject the blade to twisting and bending, or when the cut could be suddenly interrupted. It’s important to use a bimetal blade in a high-tension hacksaw. A bimetal blade is made from two different types of metal in such a way that it can withstand the stretching forces imposed on it by the hacksaw frame and by the cutting. A standard blade, made from one piece of metal, will shatter when used in a high-tension hacksaw frame, especially during the demanding cutting for which such a hacksaw is used. To use a hacksaw properly, grip the frame firmly with both hands, apply pressure on the forward stroke, and very slightly lift the saw on the return stroke (Photo 4). For rough cutting, especially when the metal can’t be cut with a hacksaw, use a cold chisel (Photo 5). A cold chisel is a rugged tool designed to shear off unheated metal. Aviation snips are useful for cutting sheetmetal. They come in three color-coded types. Those with red handles cut straight or to the left, those with green handles cut straight or to the right, and those with yellow handles make only straight cuts (Photo 6).
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Meta comes from the Greek prefix and preposition meta, which means “after” or “beyond.” When combined with words in English, meta- often signifies “change” or “alteration” as in the words metamorphic or metabolic. The prefix meta- is notably used in metaphysics, a form of which is recored in the 14th century for philosophy concerned with the first principles of things, the nuts and bolts of reality and existence. Heavy stuff. Meta-, here, suggests “transcending” or “overarching,” helping it become a synonym for “self-referential” by the 1980s in postmodernism and popular culture, used for creative works that alluded to their own form, genre, tropes, or other conventions. Think art about art. One early instance, for example, described an appearance of a real-life TV news anchor of Murphy Brown, a sitcom about a fictional anchor, as meta. In the 1990s–2000s, meta took special root in online gaming communities when discussing the most successful strategies, characters, or weapons. While some claim this meta is an acronym for Most Effective Tactic Available (a folk etymology), it is short for metagaming, using knowledge about the game itself to beat the “game” of mastering that game. In the late 1990s, metagaming was used in games like Dungeons & Dragons to refer to an in-game character unfairly using information gathered outside of the game world by their player. That’s pretty meta. Meta has gone on, in the gaming world, for anything out of the universe of the game used to affect the universe in the game—cheating, in a nutshell, and making the game less fun for more earnest players.
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