Cheap Thin Parallels

[Ed Weldon]

'bout time you guys figured this one out. Use an even thinner cutoff wheel for less heat. Go slow and try not to get the metal up to blue. If you use an air grinder and little water coolant it won't hurt. Wear gloves and a face shield.
Now let's do some real creative thinking. What do you do with the leftover 6" long spacers that are too thick for your vise? They are hardened steel, pretty accurately ground flat and even thickness and you already have a way to cut them albeit without a lot of accuracy.