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what to use? - notching tube

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Post by defender kev »

antt wrote:
Mytqik wrote:Has anyone tried this one before???

It is an actual notcher, not a hole cuuter.

http://www.steeraust.com.au/steer/notcher.htm

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only 2 probs i see with that, only does up to 2.9mm wall, and can it do angle notches? or only straight?
I looked at one of these and even tried it out.Not the greatest and i can buy a lot of holesaws for the price of one of those.
To do anything over a light wall pipe you need to put a extension on the handle and swing off the bastard.Then if it gets a regular work out there is the price of getting the blades sharpened.

Give me a holesaw and a grinder anyday,well at least till i can afford a plasma :armsup:
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Post by runnin4life »

wouldnt those things crush the tube
or do you only cut on wall of the pip then turn it over
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Post by fool_injected »

Mill is a top idea
Little out of the range of a home workshop though

If your handy in the workshop you could knock up one of these
http://vansantent.com/tube_coping_machi ... otcher.htm

Basically a gear reduction drive though a bearing block with a collet on the end
Mounted 90 degrees to this is a dividing head on a xy table with a vice atop

You could probally use an old lathe. Cutter in the cuck and vice and vertical slide on the toolslide, just take small cuts
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Post by spazbot »

sam at overkill set this up on his lathe for a while make a vice to attach to the tool post and put the mill cutter in the chuck
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Post by customhilux »

hey fella's, just wanna know hoe much are the speedwerx notchers
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Post by UZJ40 »

whats a plasma cutter worth?
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Post by antt »

UZJ40 wrote:whats a plasma cutter worth?
i very vaguely remember my mates one being somewhere around the 3k mark, its a 3 phase one that cuts up to 20mm, btw, its a liquidarc brand one

found it-> http://www.mylincolnelectric.com/Catalo ... sp?p=21612
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Post by jeep97tj »

around $1500, there are some cheaper ones out there but there are also alot that are more expensive out there as well.
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Post by Cheezy4x4 »

Speedwerx knotchers are cool. I have 5 people using it all day 6 days a week. I have been using it for 4 years and have only changed the bearings twice.
Use a fine tooth holesaw and we get over 200 knotches EZ.
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Post by Ice »

Strange Rover wrote:

Some hole saws are better than others. We always use a cutting compound (trefolux (sp?)).



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this is why trefolex was taken off the market... it makes bad stuff to breath when you use it with machiene tools... its only designed for using by hand
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Post by customhilux »

Ice wrote:
Strange Rover wrote:

Some hole saws are better than others. We always use a cutting compound (trefolux (sp?)).



Sam
this is why trefolex was taken off the market... it makes bad stuff to breath when you use it with machiene tools... its only designed for using by hand
haha i noticed that to, but don't tell em, nsw will take over qld, when they all go :armsup:
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Post by jeep97tj »

Has any one rang Peter Antunac to see what sort of $$ he is bring in the benders for?
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Post by spazbot »

Ice wrote:
Strange Rover wrote:

Some hole saws are better than others. We always use a cutting compound (trefolux (sp?)).



Sam
this is why trefolex was taken off the market... it makes bad stuff to breath when you use it with machiene tools... its only designed for using by hand
trefolex is still on the market, crc still makes it and most places still stock it
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Post by Ice »

spazbot wrote:
Ice wrote:
Strange Rover wrote:

Some hole saws are better than others. We always use a cutting compound (trefolux (sp?)).



Sam
this is why trefolex was taken off the market... it makes bad stuff to breath when you use it with machiene tools... its only designed for using by hand
trefolex is still on the market, crc still makes it and most places still stock it
up to you then if you want to use it...
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Post by ausyota »

Trefolex is not as toxic as it used to be...

...but they still dont recomend breathing the fumes.
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Post by Strange Rover »

ausyota wrote:Trefolex is not as toxic as it used to be...

...but they still dont recomend breathing the fumes.
Yep - the old trefolex was really bad stuff.

Apparantly you can eat this new stuff no problems - tastes like shait though. :D

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Post by Ice »

sam i had a look at the msds for it

150grams is considered fatal
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Post by just cruizin' »

Crocodile 'Sam' Dundee :armsup: :armsup:

How much were you considering eating Ice :?: :D
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Post by Ice »

just cruizin' wrote:Crocodile 'Sam' Dundee :armsup: :armsup:

How much were you considering eating Ice :?: :D
we've got this red oil one thats much tastier at work :D
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Post by RoldIT »

Anyway, back on topic.

What brands and tpi count of holesaws do people use that seem to last a decent while and give a clean, accurate notch?
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