Ouch. Those'd hurt. When I replied earlier, I had in mind some thin abrasive discs that are used at my employer on a Dremel. The do a great job cutting sheet metal, but are as brittle as all get out. They break with just a hard stare. Them little saw blades you point out would do some wicked damage to flesh and not break.
I haven't gotten around to mixing the too. The neighbors might not appreciate the added noise
o cmon u cnta be seerius. I mane wat u sya is importnt nota how u say ti
At least they did something useful for humanity. I can hardly think of a 7
1/4" blade on a grinder a scientific experiment (outside of genetics).
I look at my grinder... I look at where the switch is on the grinder, and where my hand is when I am ready to activate the switch... I imagine a 7.25" blade on the grinder...
djb
If you're going to use "tiny sawblades" hand-held, then look at a Fein Multimaster. It oscillates, rather than rotating. Cuts hard things beautifully (they're used to take plaster casts off in hospitals) but the worst you get from skin contact is a line of pinpricks.
I'm trying to production-engineer these right now:
"Young Carpenter" wrote in news:3f68c602 snipped-for-privacy@corp.newsgroups.com:
That was Bill Engvall (his goofy sidekick from the TV show). He came out with a CD a couple of years ago called "Here's Your Sign". My wife played that thing till it practically wore out. While it was popular, you couldn't listen to a country station here in Phoenix for more than about 10 minutes without hearing it.
have whole box of them. My Bro. in law got them as "rejects".
I heard it once a semester at college. Played it during white Glove on the campus Radio station
Yup. Nasty scar running across four fingers attests to that.
I now use them _rarely_, and with serious consideration aforehand.
Still, there are a very few jobs where nothing else will do.
Otherwise I use the cut-off wheels, sanding drums, and plethora of other decidedly more safe Dremel attachments.
There are two main varieties of cut-off wheels for Dremels, the 'plain' type and the reinforced type. The differences are readily seen; the reinforcing fabric in the latter is quite obvious. The 'plain' wheels shatter in a New York Second, but the reinforced variety are pretty tough customers. I use 'em to slice up stainless sheet and tube when building control fittings for the models. Cheers, Fred McClellan the dash plumber at mindspring dot com
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If you wilfully listen to a country radio station, you get what you deserve.
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Mekon
My surgical colleagues use some nice oscillating saws to cut bone. Low risk of damage to soft tissues, plenty of control. Nice example at:
Agreed. Unfortunately, 98% of radio stations play country now. Gotta love this "new country" where they play rap beats on acoustic drums and say "yeehaw" a lot.
That's why I listen to NPR, preferably stations of the all-news variety.
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