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[email protected] March 11th 08 08:21 PM

Rotary saw?
 
Hey

What posible use are these things? I used one today on some chipboard
- it was a joke. Do they have genuine uses?


NT

Mark March 11th 08 09:17 PM

Rotary saw?
 

wrote in message
...
Hey

What posible use are these things? I used one today on some chipboard
- it was a joke. Do they have genuine uses?


What exactly is one?

mark



[email protected] March 11th 08 10:32 PM

Rotary saw?
 
mark wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hey

What posible use are these things? I used one today on some chipboard
- it was a joke. Do they have genuine uses?


What exactly is one?

mark


A 1/8th" or 1/4" bit doing 30,000 rpm. Bit looks like a drill bit,
cuts
on the sides. Can drill a hole then move it about, but performance
was utter ---. Google rotozip.


NT

Rod March 11th 08 10:41 PM

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wrote:
mark wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hey

What posible use are these things? I used one today on some chipboard
- it was a joke. Do they have genuine uses?

What exactly is one?

mark


A 1/8th" or 1/4" bit doing 30,000 rpm. Bit looks like a drill bit,
cuts
on the sides. Can drill a hole then move it about, but performance
was utter ---. Google rotozip.


NT


I did use a (borrowed) rotozip on plasterboard in an awkward corner -
did an OK job but what clouds of dust!

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Pete Verdon March 11th 08 11:45 PM

Rotary saw?
 
wrote:

A 1/8th" or 1/4" bit doing 30,000 rpm. Bit looks like a drill bit,
cuts
on the sides. Can drill a hole then move it about, but performance
was utter ---. Google rotozip.


Ah - a B & Q bodgetastic hole-dragging bit.

I've used one "legitimately" once to enlarge a hole in a plastic box,
and again as a bodge as a kind of poor-man's router or milling machine
which probably knackered the bearings of the drill it was in.

Pete

Bob Mannix March 12th 08 03:47 PM

Rotary saw?
 


wrote in message
...
Hey

What posible use are these things? I used one today on some chipboard
- it was a joke. Do they have genuine uses?


Yes but, dear God, not chipboard! Any thin rigid material that wants a hole
or trimming or profiling. Acrylic for shed windows springs to mind - the
rotary saw was the only thing that would do the job.

Okay, not exactly daily use but occasionaly the right tool


Bob



[email protected] March 13th 08 02:23 AM

Rotary saw?
 
Bob Mannix wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hey

What posible use are these things? I used one today on some chipboard
- it was a joke. Do they have genuine uses?


Yes but, dear God, not chipboard! Any thin rigid material that wants a hole
or trimming or profiling. Acrylic for shed windows springs to mind - the
rotary saw was the only thing that would do the job.

Okay, not exactly daily use but occasionaly the right tool


Bob


I'll bear that in mind, though I would have thought the steep spiral
cutting edge would grab and break the acrylic. About the only time
it made any progress at cutting the chip was when it grabbed and
tried to kick the tool back. I doubt I'll ever use it tbh, you live
and
learn..


NT

Bob Mannix March 13th 08 07:47 AM

Rotary saw?
 
wrote in message
...
Bob Mannix wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hey

What posible use are these things? I used one today on some chipboard
- it was a joke. Do they have genuine uses?


Yes but, dear God, not chipboard! Any thin rigid material that wants a
hole
or trimming or profiling. Acrylic for shed windows springs to mind - the
rotary saw was the only thing that would do the job.

Okay, not exactly daily use but occasionaly the right tool


Bob


I'll bear that in mind, though I would have thought the steep spiral
cutting edge would grab and break the acrylic. About the only time
it made any progress at cutting the chip was when it grabbed and
tried to kick the tool back. I doubt I'll ever use it tbh, you live
and
learn..


It was the only tool that *didn't* grab and break the bloody acrylic! Clamp
it to a workmate with a guide to slide along and it did the job perfectly.


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