Cutting Tools

[jonesey]

Here am I, sitting in the Mallorcan sun, wondering if my house back home has floated away, and planning lots of details for my Cordite, for that is what I shall build. I haven't even ordered it yet, but it does no harm to dream, and we all know what good planning does; in my case it ensures disappointment, as my skills in reality don't measure up to those in my imagination...

Anyway; I'm seeing lots of references to 1mm cutting discs, but I am wondering what tools they're being used in. Thus far, when cutting fibreglass, I've used my Bosch dremel-a-like. However, the body of that is probably 5cm in diameter, whereas the discs are only 2 or 3. This has always meant that I can never get the disc perpendicular to the surface of the panel I'm cutting, and always end up with a slightly bevelled edge.

Is this something everyone here suffers, or do you use larger discs, or end-on tools more like an angle grinder, or is there just a technique I haven't mastered?

[davecymru]

5 1/2" Angle grinder with 1mm width discs goes through just about anything you'll need with amazing ease!

[MoriniMan]

If you've got compressed air available, then one of these is very handy



Mine tends to have a full length hacksaw blade (flexible bi-metal) fitted to it.

[jonesey]

Ok, so I'll need a new grinder too then, mine's dead. Buying tools is never a chore though

[jonesey]

Originally Posted by MoriniMan

If you've got compressed air available, then one of these is very handy



Mine tends to have a full length hacksaw blade (flexible bi-metal) fitted to it.

Ooh, a compressor! Realistically, I'm not sure the garage will accomodate one as well as the car.

[jonesey]

Lancelot, I got your PM, but can't reply, as your mailbox is full. I will give it some serious consideration this weekend once I get back the the UK. Thanks!

[Psycho pops]

Dremmel, with the long flexi-drive attachment, I don't know how i did anything before without it....
Pops

[MoriniMan]

Originally Posted by jonesey

Ooh, a compressor! Realistically, I'm not sure the garage will accomodate one as well as the car.

My main compressor is a 3hp job with a 100 litre tank, but my more portable one is a little Powercraft bought from Aldi for just £80 a few years ago. They're actually pretty good and a friend of mine has used one for beadblasting.

Aldi have them once a year, but you don't get the accessories included for £80 these days! The compressors are made by Wolf and you can find them on ebay;

[jonesey]

Originally Posted by Psycho pops

Dremmel, with the long flexi-drive attachment, I don't know how i did anything before without it....
Pops

Actually, I'd forgotten about those. I had one that broke after its first use.

[jonesey]

Ok Moriniman, if I buy a compressor, and it doesn't fit in my miniscule garage, then you can explain to my missus why I have to keep it in the dining room. along with my two bicycles...

[WorldClassAccident]

The Aldi ones also have the European adaptor on the end so the attachements from machine Mart don't fit without first getting the adaptor. The one I got was about £100 and included 10m of hose, air gun, paint sprayer, tyre inflator and a couple of other bits. Good toy and useful for blowing the dust out of the garage.