mikelo Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 While chopping the top on one of my 32's, I decided to try to use my dremel (as my saw was broke). While setting it up I noticed that the cutting stones I use are about 1mm thick. So I had a thought. I stacked three of them on the mounting screw, tightened them up and took a wack at a scrap piece of plastic, and sure enough, the hole it left was 3mm wide. I can now say with confidence that I chopped the top of my 32 Ford 2 scale inches (as I only used two). Seeing as you only make one cut (not two) the two pieces fit back together perfectly. It saved me a lot of filling & sanding time. Just thought I would pass that on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Hmmmm, wish I had thought of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Ditto 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterman Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Same here makes a lot of sense.. DUH great idea thanks for sharing I dont think it would have dawned on me to try that.. :idea: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Metallic Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Nice tip, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 i must be very dense. i dont even know what this means: >I stacked three of them on the mounting screw, tightened them up a picture would be worth a thousand words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatheadgary Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 what's curious to me is the fact that this is nothing but a dado blade setup for routing joints in wood. how come nobody ever thought about this before? the funny thing is, i do alot of wood working too! strange huh? great idea mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelo Posted May 18, 2007 Author Share Posted May 18, 2007 Sorry jbwelda, I will try to take some pictures. I just figured that if you had a Dremel, you would be familiar with the piece for holding the cutting stones. It is a common piece as it holds several different styles of cutting stones, wheels and sanding disks. They are held on by a screw. I just realized you can put more than one disk on at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr moto Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Brilliant!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelo Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 OK, here are some pics to try to help explain. The mounting screw and disks. 3 disks on the mounting screw. Tighten the screw. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novadose71 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 good idea. Never thought of it. On a side note, I have been using the (paper?) sanding discs to to cut and slice plastic. Works pretty good and a makes a nice thin cut. Now, what do I have that needs a 3" chop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramaniac Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 The stones you are talking about are flat circles used for cutting metal. Dremmel comes with some 'stones' that are actually spherical, conical, cylindrical and other shapes. Does the speed matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelo Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 Yes the stones are supposed to be for cutting metal, but have you ever tried it? They cut a little, then explode! They work much better on plastic. I have found that the speed depends on the plastic. For a cleaner cut, go a little faster. If you go too slow, the plastic just melts and gets "clumpy". When you have the right speed, it will, pardon the expression, be like cutting warm butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James W Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Great tip. 8) It occured to me looking at your pics that the same could be accomplished by putting a spacer between two steel cut off blades. The ones I use are about .005 thick. I get them at Coastal. Make the spacer out of sheet Styrene of the desired thickness. The thin blades should cut down on heat build-up and the amount of plastic being cut. That means we can chop tops even FASTER. Now, how to speed up the finish work. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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