Thanks Tom, makes sense now.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Hodges Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:34 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] RotoZip My Roto Zip has a shoe that is about an inch and a half in diameter and can be adjusted for the depth of the bit. It's basically free hand unless you are cutting in a straight line and you could lay a straight edge next to your work for a guide. Also, when cutting drywall, your guide is the door jamb or electrical outlet box or whatever you are cutting out around. When cutting out something, I always travel from right to left with it so it will hug the guide. If I were cutting out drywall, for instance, from around a door jamb and went left to right, the roto zip wants to walk away from the jamb instead of staying right there next to it. The bits for mine are an eighth inch diameter and about an inch and a half to two inches long, total. About a half to three quarters of an inch of it go into the collet. I have bits for drywall and wood but I think they also have them for ceramic, light sheet metal, etc. Hope this helps. Tom From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Stephan Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 10:47 AM To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] RotoZip Tom: I've only tried using rotozip bits on a drill press with disasterous results, so I'm curious about how you use yours. I have a friend who says he uses one of these, but he I think just puts a bit in a high speed drill and cuts freehand. So, is there a shoe on your tool that allows you to follow a fence or jig? Thanks for any illumination. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Tom Hodges Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 08:30 To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] RotoZip Someone was inquiring about using the roto zip for cutting wood the other day and I have since deleted them. However, I had occasion to use mine yesterday to cut wood and here is the result. I'm tearing out an old closet and building a new one in a 100 year old house. The exterior wall is brick, inside and out. I had to remove the old baseboard from the wall in the new closet section only so I could put in a new one all around the interior of the closet. I put a wood cutting bit into the Roto Zip and adjusted it to the thickness of the baseboard, which was a full, one inch thick and seven and a half inches high. I cut it to about a quarter inch from the floor in about 30 seconds and chiseled the remaining quarter inch. It worked beautifully. Prior to this, I had only used my Roto Zip for cutting drywall. The trick to using the Roto Zip would be to use the right bit for the material being cut. The drywall bit will definetly not cut wood. [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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
