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Does anyone know where i can get small cutting , not grinding , discs , such as might fit on a Dremel or in my case my el cheapo skil equivalent ?
Or any suggestions for how i can cut out wee bits of my windsreen surround prior to welding .
ta v much,
jaylo

found an interesting thread re this on mig welding forum, but still doesnae help me with the small cross-cut bits i have to do under the windscreen. Scissors , maybe ?
jaylo

Maplin.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... bID=1&QV=Y
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?moduleno=45922

T

Thanks, TT, but maybe i should have requested "discs that actually work " --- have tried these small ones of different types , lots, but they all separate at the arbor as soon as you want em to do any work.
The thing i wuz hoping to find would be a bit like those wire brushes which fit a drill chuck, all one piesce, but maybe noone has invented them ?
ta anyway ,
jaylo

I do all kinds of engineering from model aircraft and boats right up to full size projects of all kinds. I consider the Dremel to be the most oversold and inadequate tool ever invented due to its wimpish power and the ridiculous cutting and grinding tools it uses. These are useless even for Balsa wood. I have an early model Drawing Office eraser with more power. As for cutting discs QD cheap stores are currently selling 4.5" 1.5mm cutting disk which although marked up Stainess Steel, cut through stuff like 1" diameter steel bar in seconds if mounted in a £16 B & Q angle grinder. Two for a pound. Another very useful tool is he Black and Decker powerfile which can be rendered finacially viable by cutting down wide sander belts rather than paying £5 odd for packs of three 15mm belts. Get properly tooled up and shift some metal!:roll:
Cheers
Wolfie

Wolfie , i agree about dremel, triumph of marketing over substance or whatever , and i have bullet the bitten and done it today by 41/2 grinder with .8 mm disk, well worn down so it fits the profile , then simply bending the ends of the metal up and snipping em off like .
Then started mig welding , .6 mm wire , 5 setting on wire speed , lowest possible current , and tiny pulses of splurge so a wee tiny ickle weld ejaculates onto the awfy thin metal , workin just fine till the effin wind pipes up again.

jaylo

jaylo264 wrote:Wolfie , i agree about dremel, triumph of marketing over substance or whatever , and i have bullet the bitten and done it today by 41/2 grinder with .8 mm disk, well worn down so it fits the profile , then simply bending the ends of the metal up and snipping em off like .
Then started mig welding , .6 mm wire , 5 setting on wire speed , lowest possible current , and tiny pulses of splurge so a wee tiny ickle weld ejaculates onto the awfy thin metal , workin just fine till the effin wind pipes up again.

jaylo

I know what you mean. Over thirty years ago I bought an Arc Welder With my first couple of months money saved by packing up smoking. MIGs not being available to the hobbyist. Of course the welding current just blew holes in everything. So I aquired a large Variable (VARIAC) transformer to run it through and got SWMBO to turn it down as soon as I had struck up. I operated like this for quite a while untill the hobby MIGs came onto the market. I know what you mean about the wind and turning up the gas doesn't help either.
Cheers
Wolfie
(SWMBO used to get a bit impatient though but being an early model Essex Girl came good every time. You won't get that kind of dedication from the later models - unless someone knows diferent)