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zero clearance cutting tools?
Evan,
I had to reposition a couple bulkheads on my 32' Traveler becasue of the previous owners bad (IMO) layout. I went thru a short learning curve on how much glass dust I could spread around the entire interior before I stopped grinding the tabbing. Then I took the base plate off my jig saw and was able to get pretty close by using a thin blade and making it bend to run parallel to the hull, slow and broke a few blades. I ended up using a sharpened up old wood chisel to cut the tabbing and get the bulkhead out, and get some of the tabbing off the inside of the hull, minimizing grinding of the remainder. MMC "Evan Gatehouse" wrote in message ... I am going to trim some plywood frames that intersect the hull right at the shoulder position of a few quarterberths. These are either 1/4" or 3/8" plywood frames, tabbed both sides to the hull. By the way, I'm a naval architect and mech. engineer so I have a pretty good idea of what I can and cannot cut I can cut down into the glass with a jigsaw, but the baseplate of the jigsaw will bump the hull before I get close enough - and I would like to run the cut line right down the hull for about 12". So the tools I have available a - angle grinder with cut-off wheel - dremel tool with fiberglass cutting discs - jigsaw Any other tools that might work for a tight cut against the hull through fiberglass tabbing? The only other one I can think of is a reciprocating saw ("Sawz-All") but they are a bit hard to control and still get a nice close to the hull. I recognize I'll have to do some grinding / sanding of the last of the tabbing but would like to minimize the amount of this. -- Evan Gatehouse you'll have to rewrite my email address to get to me ceilydh AT 3web dot net (fools the spammers) |
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zero clearance cutting tools?
Thanks to all for the brilliant suggestions. We do have a Milwaulkee detail
sander that does a very good job as a detail sander. The cost of the Fein was hard to swallow at the time I bought it (it was a Christmas gift FOR my wife). So buying a Fein for what is likely to be a one time job seems tough to bear. I can always get one if the other suggestions don't work. I liked the "jigsaw without baseplate" and the use of wood chisels to remove the tabbing and I'll try them. I also bought lots of plastic sheeting and a shop vac in anticipation of this being ugly. For a cautionary tale - on my last boat I had one or two spots where the tabbing was loose. Being a bit over-cautious I ground off ALL the old tabbbing and re-glassed bulkheads and furniture wherever I could find them. Made me confident with the boat's structure. But I don't really, well, really _enjoy_ grinding glass as much any more... Working in tiny lockers was the worst. -- Evan Gatehouse you'll have to rewrite my email address to get to me ceilydh AT 3web dot net (fools the spammers) |
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