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Hey David, one quick question. What do you use for lubricant when
spinning?


On Nov 4, 3:50 pm, David Billington
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That circle cutter came off ebay. I wasn't looking for one at the time
but stumbled across it when looking for something else so I bid and was
the only bidder so got it for £70 ish. It's a Keetona made by Keetons,
who are still in business, but they haven't made them for over 25 years
apparently.


I have seen the James Riser site so know the design, Lots of ways to do
it, the axles should make a beafy unit. Mine will cut 1.5mm steel but I
think having done it I will limit it to about 1.2mm. It also won't go
below about 4" diameter. Having a fly press though I can punch smaller
sizes. The other day I made a punch and die from mild steel to punch
some plastic circles about 1.5" diameter, it worked quite well on 1mm
copper and aluminium as well.