cut off wheels??

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

Gregg wrote:

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

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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.