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zero clearance cutting tools?
Yes, they do sell flexible attachments for rotary drills. I saw one at Home
Depot the other day. They also have them for Dremel tools. -- Keith __ Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life. "William R. Watt" wrote in message ... a series of holes drilled with a 90 deg attachment? do they sell flexible extensions for rotary drills? -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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zero clearance cutting tools?
I did the first frames yesterday. Only required about 18" cutting each
side. It was an education in how tough a simple polyester laminate can be. I cut the top and bottom of the frame and used a Dremel tool (with a right angle attachment) to cut the tabbing on one side. Didn't cut into the plywood because the cutting disc is too small. I hit the piece of wood framing with a 2 lb hammer. Bounced off. Hit it repeatedly and it bounced off. I then cut the tabbing on the other side and had to literally pry the ply frame off in chunks with a prying tool and a chisel. I had a strip of raised tabbing each side of a putty fillet that I ground down with an angle grinder and 24 grit disc. It was an o.k. job until the angle grinder got going and threw dust everywhere as usual. I hate angle grinders for this reason. -- 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?
I am wondering if heat will work. The guy who hosts the DuckWorks site
wrote about cleaning up cured epoxy squeeze out on a lapstrake canoe by heating it with a "heat gun" (some sort of hair drier?) and scraping off the softened resin. With the resin softened maybe the glass tabbing could be cut with a utility knife. There would be no dust flying about. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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zero clearance cutting tools?
You have to be careful when using a heat gun. It tends to delaminate epoxy
and glass from the wood when it softens on top of wood that's getting hot. I believe the wood is probably outgassing underneath the laminate from the heat. Use the gun, but sparingly and in small doses. Brian -- http://www.advantagecomposites.com/tongass -- My 22' Tolman Skiff project http://www.advantagecomposites.com/catalog -- Discounted System Three Resins products .. "William R. Watt" wrote in message ... I am wondering if heat will work. The guy who hosts the DuckWorks site wrote about cleaning up cured epoxy squeeze out on a lapstrake canoe by heating it with a "heat gun" (some sort of hair drier?) and scraping off the softened resin. With the resin softened maybe the glass tabbing could be cut with a utility knife. There would be no dust flying about. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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