liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 16/1/04 at 04:41 PM |
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cheers splitriv,
many thanks
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Liam
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| posted on 16/1/04 at 06:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
I use a modified Screwfix steel cutter, the one with the 14" blade, but it doesn't cut the compound angles. It's noisy but
it's fast and it's accurate once you get the hang of it.
Pete - I think I have the very same cutter from screwfix (grey Ferm one). How the hell do you get that thing to cut accurately?! What do you mean by
'modified'? The blade tends to wander off for me and never cuts square.
Nothing can beat a well wielded hacksaw with a coarse blade for accurately ripping through inch tube and thin plate, if you ask me.
Liam
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/1/04 at 07:25 PM |
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Mines the older model.
Test the cut with a square, then slacken the bolts that hold the cutter bit to the base and shim them where necessary to make it accurate. Once the
blade is going through straight it doesn't tend to wander. File the slot in the moveable guide to get angles greater than 45 degrees.
Don't force the blade through the flat top surface of the RHS too quick and don't cut too near the end of a tube. I also welded a piece of
bar to the top of the bolt in the slot to make like a big wingnut. Makes it quicker to adjust.
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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zenarcher
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| posted on 19/1/04 at 07:37 PM |
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I've got one of those Ferm thingys too, I put a big angle grinder on it, 10in blade.
(See archive basic_chassis_start2_.jpg)
Cuts through steel like the proverbial..............
But, I only use it to chop up lengths now, because it produces so much crap and dust when cutting.
I just use a hacksaw with a bit of WD40 on the blade, which is just as quick as using the saw, by the time you've farted about with clamps etc.
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