Shooter63
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| posted on 29/5/18 at 06:14 PM |
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Best tool for cutting grp
I've just started modding the car and need to cut large lumps of bodywork ( more than I thought actually) I have various means of cutting it
including an air recip saw, what do you guys recommend
Shooter
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Bigheppy
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| posted on 29/5/18 at 06:16 PM |
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1mm cutting disc or a jigsaw using a ceramic tile blade.
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bonzoronnie
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| posted on 29/5/18 at 06:36 PM |
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Either recip saw or jigsaw will do the job fine.
Mask the cutting area up with tape, it will help protect the gel coat/paint & help to prevent the gel coat from chipping.
Just be sure to use a fine tooth blade.
Used both of those tools till I was bought a cordless Multi-cutter ( Now my go to tool ) 
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russbost
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| posted on 29/5/18 at 06:52 PM |
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Cheaper version of the Worx type multi tool, much more accurate & controllable than the disc cutter & less messy than recip saw or jigsaw,
also won't judder & star the fibreglass, nor will it chip gelcoat
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 29/5/18 at 07:12 PM |
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wear gloves, and a dust mask if possible
[Edited on 29/5/18 by gremlin1234]
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Ugg10
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| posted on 29/5/18 at 07:17 PM |
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Jigsaw with a carbide style bit, these are like emery paper on a blank blade so basically files rather than cuts.
Something like this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-BOSCH-3-inch-T150-CARBIDE-50-GRIT-T-SHANK-JIGSAW-BLADE-3pcs-of-Set-Stock/162921239892?hash=item25eedcd554:g:yT4AAOSwUjp
ajy-n
[Edited on 29/5/18 by Ugg10]
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 29/5/18 at 07:48 PM |
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I found saw blades of any type disappear very fast with fg. I couldn't afford to use a mult-tool at £1.50 a blade. I do use a thin grinder disc,
but it does make A LOT of dust. Very effective though.
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Badger_McLetcher
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| posted on 29/5/18 at 08:05 PM |
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The best tool I found was a cutting disc in a dremel - just beware the dust! If you can have someone hover around the cutting area with a hoover, that
helps massively.
If disfunction is a function, then I must be some kind of genius.
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chris
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| posted on 29/5/18 at 08:49 PM |
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a zingerette is the correct tool to use but well expensive basically a recipricating air tool that uses hachsaw blade there are cheap copies out
there that will do just as well also anything you use needs to cut on the downstroke that way it dont chip the gellcoat
[Edited on 29/5/18 by chris]
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 30/5/18 at 09:44 AM |
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The dremel diamond toothed wheel at full chat 30k rpm). It doesn’t chip and makes an incredibly clean cut with no effort. You can buy cheap wheel sets
from eBay but I’ve found the dremel one to be most balanced.
You get what you pay for, I find.
When all you have is a hammer, everything around you is a nail.
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Charlie_Zetec
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| posted on 30/5/18 at 01:53 PM |
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For gelcoated GRP at the thickness used for car panels of this type, an oscillating multi-tool is definitely the most accurate (albeit not the
fastest).
Don't use an old/blunt blade - treat yourself to a new one for the task at hand!
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity!
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 30/5/18 at 10:19 PM |
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Diamond cutting disc in a Dremel, like a hot knife through butter. Use it on aerospace carbon regularly.
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