I want to make a chip deflector for my miter saw and I'm not sure what steel to use.
I really don't know much of anything about working with metal. I know what I want to do and what shape I need to cut & bend it into. What I don't know is what steel to use. I want to be able to cut & bend it easily enough that it's not a struggle (I am disabled and I have some weakness in my dominant right arm), yet hold its shape without deforming every time I look at it. There will be no real stress on it. it's just going to hang on the back to help deflect more chips & dust into the vacuum chute.
So what do you think? 22 gauge? 28 gauge? More, less, in-between? Or another suggestion?
My other thought was Brass, but it's more expensive. I'm not worried about the blade ever coming in contact with the deflector, so that is a non-issue.
Suggestions?