As noted a few days ago, I recently, last week, cut a baseboard, that was 8 inchhes high and a full one inch thick. This cut was made in about 30 seconds, using the Roto Zip with a wood cutting bit.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] roter zip I think what you are referring to is a router. The Roto Zip is basically a palm router. It can cut through some things but I don't think it has the power to cut out an opening for a door. I guess it's possible but it's kind of like trying to drive a spike with a tack hammer. You would normally use a bigger hammer for the spike and you would use a larger router to make a cut out. Roto Zips are more like a Dremmel tool on steroids. You can cut out things like electrical boxes through drywall or lighter duty things like quarter inch plywood. I think of them more as a new gadget and some people will buy new gadgets because of the gee wiz factor they bring with them. I would think the best uses for a blind person wanting one of these would be as a laminate trimmer or something along those lines. While they aren't super powerful, they could make a mess of something if you didn't have some sort of guide to use. ----- Original Message ----- From: Blaine Deutscher To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:26 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] roter zip Hello there. what is the differents between this and a regular roter? when we built a shed in grade 12 we took the roter to cut out the door and window. I did it using the hand over hand method so not really sure how someone would go about cutting a hole out of wood. It was a sighted teacher that was really good at accomidating, or finding a way that I could use the plainer and saws by myself. I had a braille measuring tape and used masking tape (the one on the role that you rip off) to mark my measurements and then did my work. The only thing that I didn't use, and would love to k know how, was the radial arm saw. Blaine [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]
