Unless you enjoy the cutting out part, why don't you buy the wheels already made. I've picked bags of 100 or more for a lot less than I think my time is worth... I have 2 bags of different diameters, one set looks like a radial tire with no tread and the other look like the traditional tire, with squared off side walls and treads. Both came in bags of 100 and I don't think I paid more than about $12 for the larger bag. I'd have to look again for sure but there are a couple places on the web that sell them for a few cents a wheel. When you look at the time to set up and cut then sand and so on, I'd have to think real hard about making my own. ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Hole saws
Hmmm? Your comment about the part which helps to remove the bit from the wood intrigues me, but I doubt it would work in my toy making, as it involves a lot of repetitive cutting out of plugs with the drill press, not a drill driver which has a reverse. My press does not have a reverse so far as I know.. I do use different sizes for different things. When I am cutting wheels for my trucks and cars, I use two. A 2 inch to saw half way through the wood before flipping the piece and matching up the bit with the hole and then sawing half way through again to reach a middle and get the plug out while still leaving enough of it hanging out of the hole saw so that I can work it back out and salvage it to make the weal out of. Then I take the plugs and go back with a smaller 1 and a half hole saw and set my drill press table to where I can just score a decretive ring in the wheel on both sides. Then I sand the edges. I need to work out the spacing so that I can do the scoring first, and the major cutting last, that would save a lot of potential loss of hand hide from holding the small plugs to do the scoring. I'm still working out all of the kinks and getting involved in the making process again, so I am noting things as I go. I tell you, the maestro trekker gadget is of major use with a mind like mine. I am able now a days to either record by voice or take down in text, notes as I go, and save them to a cf card which I can also edit from the computer in here, and it puts all of my info on a belt or hanging from a pants pocket as needed while I am in the thick of the work. Thanks for the info and tell me about that feature about backing out of the wood or cut. But, as I say, I think it is not applicable to drill press work. ----- Original Message ----- From: chiliblindman To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Hole saws Greeley makes a very nice hole saw set. There are others also that have good sets and most will use the other brands bits. If you use only one size, just buy the shaft and the bit you use. I have had mine for over 30 years and still have most original bits plus other sizes needed since. The half inch has been replaced at least twice. If you do a lot of wood, get the shank that removes the plug from the bit by reversing the drill direction. ...............bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
