On Monday 01 December 2008, Andrew Ayre wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Tuesday 25 November 2008, Doug Goff wrote: >>> Andy, >>> The motor tool Gene was (probably) trying to recall is the Proxxon IB/E >>> Professional Rotary Tool. I'm using one on my smallest machine, and it >>> does a great job. Very nicely machined nose allows mounting, the motor >>> is fairly quiet (compared to the Porter-Cable routers on two of the >>> other machines). The max cutter shaft diameter is .125. It uses a >>> collet similar to the Dremel, but it is split in thirds rather than >>> quarters. >> >> That's the one I believe, Doug, thanks. And no, I don't yet own one, but >> will. Chris (LMS) even has a cute little toolpost holder for it for a 25 >> dollar bill. But the lowest price in a quick google search is at >> <http://www.minicrafttools.com/38481.html> >> >> He (Chris Woods at LMS) also has a complete kit to hang one on the >> mini-mill. >> >>> Feel free to contact me off-list if you would like to see how this works >>> for me. > >Gene - I'm now going off the idea of a router. I don't have a separate >workshop, so the best I can do is a foam lined dust box to keep the >noise down. Don't think that will work well for a router. > >Andy
You may want to have the guys at Lowes plug in one of Hitachi's std size units with the variable speed and soft start. It, even cutting, is probably 10, maybe 20 db quieter than my similarly sized PC, and 30 db quieter than any of my old B&D;'s or Skil's. I've been using a 9/32" dovetail bit in mine to run the grooves for some sliding dovetail joints and it is hard to tell when its cutting air, or cherry wood at times. Sweetest router I ever laid a pair of hands on. Absolutely zero run out on my copy. Turn it down to the 10k range and bit burns seem to be a thing of the past if the bit is sharp. Just keep it under control when running that slow and doing climb cuts. :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) As of next Tuesday, C will be flushed in favor of COBOL. Please update your programs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
