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Old 06-17-2013, 04:59 PM
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Default Cutting grill to install headlights
I ran my 1250 into a bush while mowing last weekend and the headlight grill bent and broke. Luckily I have a spare but it doesn't have holes for the headlights. I used the old one to draw out where the lights go, but I'm not sure how to cut the perforated metal as tin snips are too large to get a start and a wire cutter it's working.

Any ideas short of having a friend use a acetylene torch?
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Old 06-17-2013, 05:00 PM
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Hole saw... Or buy a panel with the holes. They're usually not very expensive (probably less than the cost of a hole saw).
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I used a dremel when I made the one for my old 1650
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Cutoff wheel in a die grinder or Dremel. Hole saw would probably grab really bad.
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Old 06-17-2013, 05:48 PM
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Cutoff wheel in a die grinder or Dremel. Hole saw would probably grab really bad.
Then run it backward at first after getting your pilot hole started to create a smooth channel, then go forward, slowly, to do the real cutting. Some oil would probably help too...
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Then run it backward at first after getting your pilot hole started to create a smooth channel, then go forward, slowly, to do the real cutting. Some oil would probably help too...
I wouldn't recommend that. You'd tear up the panel trying. I'd just look for a used one, they're pretty cheap. Or, the dremel idea is pretty good. Here's a third idea, take it to a welding shop with a track plasma cutter. It will look good and be perfectly round. Shouldn't cost too much..... at least at the welding shop I use it wouldn't.
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Here's a third idea, take it to a welding shop with a track plasma cutter.
That's probably the best solution if a replacement can't be found.

Other techniques are probably up to the person... I'd screw it up hardcore with a dremel, but that's just me!
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Thanks for the advice. If anyone has a spare headlight panel for a QL, let me know. Otherwise I'll try the local welding shop.
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One other possibility is if you know an electrician they may have a hole punch the right size. Greenlee makes punches that will do what you need but I don’t know if they make the correct size.
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Old 06-17-2013, 07:49 PM
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Thanks for the advice. If anyone has a spare headlight panel for a QL, let me know. Otherwise I'll try the local welding shop.
It's a bit salty, but partstree has them, new, for $55+shipping...

They call it out as IH-61419-C2.

Personally, I would troll ePay and craigslist and wait for something to pop up. I bought an entire 1200 sans engine for $50 on CL.
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