On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 21:38:27 -0700, "ELA"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Take a regular saw blade (no carbide tips)
>and put it in the saw backwards.
_Really_ bad idea on steel. It used to be a tolerable idea for
aluminium, but proper negative rake sawblades are now cheap and
commonplace.
>This cuts steel like a champ.
No, it cuts it like a bad tinopener. On an oil drum you might get away
with it, anything thicker and you're going to have real problems; a
saw that needs to be forced through the steel by brute force and a
huge risk of kickbacks.
Don't do it. Get an angle grinder and a steel cutting disk.
>I just put my asbestos underware on so I'm ready for the flames this
>suggestion is sure to draw ;)
Damn right,
--
Die Gotterspammerung - Junkmail of the Gods
It will trash your router bit in short order.
"FJ Shepley & JM Pfohl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I need to trim some 30 gauge barn steel on the shed I'm building. Can I
use
> a flush trim to trim the steel? Would it ruin the trim bit or the router?
>
> Thanks,
> Frank.
>
>
How about a reciprocating saw with the appropriate blade?
Gene
"FJ Shepley & JM Pfohl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I need to trim some 30 gauge barn steel on the shed I'm building. Can I
use
> a flush trim to trim the steel? Would it ruin the trim bit or the router?
>
> Thanks,
> Frank.
>
>
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 21:16:30 -0400, "FJ Shepley & JM Pfohl"
<[email protected]> Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:
>I need to trim some 30 gauge barn steel on the shed I'm building. Can I use
>a flush trim to trim the steel? Would it ruin the trim bit or the router?
>
>Thanks,
>Frank.
>
25,000 RPM's of carbide spinning nicely in a router...now imagine
those nicely sharp carbides touching some steel. . .
make sure you are using two pairs of safety glasses at worst. . .
at best you have a 20-30$ bit that is now junk.
Traves
"FJ Shepley & JM Pfohl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I need to trim some 30 gauge barn steel on the shed I'm building. Can I
use
> a flush trim to trim the steel? Would it ruin the trim bit or the router?
>
> Thanks,
> Frank.
>
>
Bad idea! Get an abrasive metal cutting blade for your skill saw.
--
Jim in NC
Something else you can try . . . Take a regular saw blade (no carbide tips)
and put it in the saw backwards.
This cuts steel like a champ. My fater-in-law used to cut the tops off of 55
gal drums doing this.
I just put my asbestos underware on so I'm ready for the flames this
suggestion is sure to draw ;)
ELA
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "FJ Shepley & JM Pfohl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I need to trim some 30 gauge barn steel on the shed I'm building. Can I
> use
> > a flush trim to trim the steel? Would it ruin the trim bit or the
router?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Frank.
> >
> >
> Bad idea! Get an abrasive metal cutting blade for your skill saw.
> --
> Jim in NC
>
>