Yep, belt sander worked great. Also used a fine toothed blade in a band
saw, finished up with the belt sander.
Jim

"zatatime" wrote in message
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On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 08:35:19 -0500, "Jim Burns"
wrote:

While our prop is out for some work, we're putting new 1/4" LP Aero side
windows in the Aztec. A couple of the windows need to be trimmed to fit
properly. What methods have proved to be the most successful? Band saw?
cut off wheel? Any others? We need to take about 1/4" to 3/8" off
around
two sides so a belt or upright sander won't work, but I intend on
finishing
and beveling the edges once the excess is removed. I understand that we
don't want to use anything that will heat the plastic excessively.

Thanks,
Jim


I just did my 235 last weekend with the same exact windows. Used a
Dremel with a grinding wheel. Worked like a charm. Then to take out
the slight unevenness I flipped the belt sander upside down and ran
the edge across it once or twice. Bevelled the edge with the Dremel
too.

HTH.
z