1. Home
  2. Woodturning Crafts
  3. cut off wheels??

cut off wheels??

Hello all
Can you cut thin wood and thin corian with aluminum oxide cut off wheels,
max thickness is 1/2 inch square corian and 3/4inch sqaure wood blocks.
Reply to
Gregg
Loading thread data ...
Hi Gregg, with wood, cut no, burn through yes, it'll fill up your place with smoke so fast it'll make your head spin, loads up the wheels and makes a mess. With corian I'm not sure, but lexan etc., melts and you have a rough edge, I would use a saw, still the best way in my opinion.
Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo
Reply to
Leo Van Der Loo
nope.. that's what saws (read "cutting blades") are for...
at best, a cutoff wheel SANDS through things and generates a lot of heat... not the way to get things cut..
Don't use them on your lathe either, (hey, this IS a woodturning group), because the chunks of broken cutoff wheel going through vital organs can ruin your whole day.. YMMV
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
Reply to
mac davis
Gregg, use _any_ kind of saw, pretty much, over a cutoff wheel. As Leo correctly states, you'll have so much smoke from both of them you're head will literally spin, and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if burning Corian gives off toxic fumes, too. You should be able to cut it with a coping saw, hacksaw, scroll saw, jig saw, bandsaw...pretty much anything with a fine blade.
Reply to
Chuck

Site Timeline Threads

Related Threads

  • Making long thin wood rods

  • I had to make 55 decent miniature bird house perches in a hurry. To prepare long...

  • Ellison thin cuts

  • The majority of thin cuts on ebay are from the UK and it seems the only online...

  • Re: Spindle-turning Long, Thin Wood: Update...

  • (clip). like what if that piece starts to wobble? Then - you had better have...

  • Cheap Thin NiChrome Wire

  • Hello,I see some people use thin gauge NiChrome in your craft.PnJ Resources, LLC...

  • Up-cut, down-cut

  • When the router bit manufacturers refers to a spiral-cut router bit as up-cut...

  • cutting glass into thin sections

  • Is there anyway to cut glass into thin sections? I want to be able toget a thin...

  • thin crust of glaze

  • Hello everyone,I have small question about glazing and glazes. The problem is as...

  • Long thin turning

  • Thanks in advance for your comments re the following.I have been asked to make...

  • Thin apple pie recipe?

  • I'm looking for a recipe for a very thin apple "pie" that my fiancee...

  • thick n thin yarn

  • Do any of you have any good online sources for thick n thin yarn (noparticular...

  • Final cut

  • Here's my HSS trio, have the same in carbon as well. You can see them at ...

  • very thin bugle beads

  • I have some very small beads that are 1/4 inch or less long and so thin that I...

  • Long post about thin walls.

  • If you learn from your mistakes, I must be the smartest turner on rcw. My...

  • newbie question about thin fabric

  • I've never sewn clothing before, just a few quilts, curtains, and...

  • cut work.......

  • Leave it to my mother and me to decide we want to learn less popular needlearts....

  • Ultra thin lines in segmented turnings...

  • Veneer works nicely, and comes very thin. You can hit it with aniline (or...

  • Fussy Cut

  • Just trying to get opinions. If you fussy cut for a quilt, I know youhave to...

  • Names of the thin light costume fabrics ?

  • hello, Could someone enlighten me as to the name of (or link to ) those thin...

  • Names of the thin light costume fabrics ?

  • hello,Could someone enlighten me as to the name of (or link to ) thosethin...

InspirePoint website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.