I took one of those EAA classes on how to work with fiberglass thinking if I could pick up something, it would help make my airplane a bit better. I got my moneys worth. One tool I discovered in the class was the vibrating sander/cutter tool. These cut fiberglass with ease with a cut that is extremely thin. Nice thing about this tool it is almost impossible to cut skin. If you buy one from Harbor Freight, don't buy the red cheap one, but the better blue one. Thinking it costs about $20 on sale or $29 not on sale. Cheap either way. I bought the red one first because it had a smaller "body" to the tool thinking I could get it into places where the bigger one wouldn't go. It lasted maybe 20 minutes before it quit! I took it back and bought the big blue one and it has been perfect so far.....maybe 4 hours on it so far. Very handy for cutting/sanding sheet rock too!
Kevin Golden Harrisonville, MO Streak Shadow -----Original Message----- From: Dan Heath <danrh at windstream.net> To: 'KRnet' <krnet at list.krnet.org> Sent: Fri, Dec 27, 2013 4:50 am Subject: Re: KR> Aluminum Band Saw Well, the formers for the turtle deck are made of foam, not wood. I started ith wood and it was a mess, so having the general shape, I marked that on a iece of foam and it was a simple task to get the shape I wanted to glass ver. Whenever I would make a fiberglass part, of course, I would make it ith some glass hanging over the edges. It was very simple to then go back nd trim the edges on the band saw. I found that using a knife would make ome cuts where I did not want them if the knife slipped. And of course, ny angle or other aluminum part that could not be cut by the shear, or when t was not convenient to go to the shear, I would cut with the band saw. I lso made several parts out of aluminum block ( old retract spring bar ) on y radial arm saw, not having a milling machine. Man, I wish I had a milling maching. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN est KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN est Interior at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN est Paint at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN est Firwwall Forward at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -----Original Message----- rom: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Larry&Sallie lesner ent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 8:44 PM o: KRnet ubject: Re: KR> Aluminum Band Saw For me, a band saw was one of the best tool investments that I made. I cut a lot of foam and even fiberglass parts as well as aluminum with it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Just curious, what fiberglass parts did you cut with the band saw? I don't emember having to "cut" any fiberglass parts. I cut all my foam with a nife. Larry Flesner ______________________________________________ earch the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. o UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org lease see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see ttp://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change ptions ______________________________________________ earch the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. o UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org lease see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ee http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change ptions
