beaver34
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| posted on 9/4/12 at 09:44 PM |
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Cutting fibreglass
Need to cut my nosecone and bonnet, it's new bodywork so don't want to make a mess
What's best to use to cut odd shapes out, have a dremel for getting the edges nice but the main cutting the I was thinking off
Thanks
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BenB
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| posted on 9/4/12 at 10:08 PM |
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I used to use a jigsaw with a metal (fine tooth) saw. Works nicely as long as you go slowly.
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femster87
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| posted on 9/4/12 at 10:11 PM |
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Draw the pattern on the item and get a 3mm drillbit, Drill the pattern out and them finish off with the dremel. Make sure you mask the area first. I
use a variable speed drill so i can control speed. I have cracked gelcoats with fixed speed drills
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Mr C
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| posted on 9/4/12 at 10:12 PM |
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Black and Decker Powerfile, best piece of kit great for radiused corners / tight spots / making holes taking off small amounts etc and belts last for
ages. Shop around though and you might find a good deal.
[Edited on 9/4/12 by Mr C]
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Chippy
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| posted on 9/4/12 at 10:14 PM |
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I use a jig saw fitted with a GRP cutting blade, (sort covered in grit), these last much longer, rather than a saw blade. Also remember to cover where
you are going to be cutting with a really good layer of masking tape, jig saws will bugger up nice shiney surfaces just from the base plate. HTH Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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SausageArm
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| posted on 9/4/12 at 10:28 PM |
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I used these tools to cut my GRP bodywork
I marked out where I wanted the cuts/holes to be, then cut close to this line, then filed the bodywork to the marked line, maybe not the quickest
method but I found it easy to make a neat job this way.
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ashg
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 12:21 AM |
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4inch angle grinder with a 1mm cutting disk is my weapon of choice
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RK
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 01:18 AM |
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I use the angle grinder too. Deadly dust though, so cover up.
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40inches
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 08:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
I used to use a jigsaw with a metal (fine tooth) saw. Works nicely as long as you go slowly.
Same here, lots of masking tape and cut very slowly.
 
Vents
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renetom
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 08:07 AM |
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cutting fibreglass
Hi
As you have a Dremel.
Use the small pointed bit, you can drill with it & cuts beautifully all sorts of intricate shapes
and is very controllable, try it on a gash bit.
This is what we used & it worked well.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 08:11 AM |
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I trimmed my skuttle with a dremmel, but I'm yet to do some proper cuts, but I always thought that this looked like a great tool for the job:
http://www.jmldirect.com/uk/exakt-diy/exakt-saw/invt/e08sa40100000001/
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 08:21 AM |
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I have done all my cutting on the bodywork using a dremmel style tool using the fibre cutting disk. For circles chain drill and dress with a sanding
'drum'.
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nick205
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 09:29 AM |
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chain drill, hack saw and file(s) with lots of masking tape and care did it for me.
Wear a mask as the dust is not pleasant. After a while I started using a garden sprayer to mist some water over the cutting area every so often to
keep the dust down. Then just rinse and polish when you're finished.
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Mistron
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 03:12 PM |
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If you have a compressor, an air hacksaw is very handy. cut down a hacksaw blade so it leaves approx 3" long usable blade, also, grind away a
lot of the back edge so it can cut tighter radiuses. this works really well on GRP and you have less risk ofscratching the surface than using a
jigsaw, and you also get a lot better visibility of the cut line. makes your fingers tingle though!
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scootz
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 03:19 PM |
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I use the angry grinder... as said, use a mask or you'll be blowing (insert GRP colour here) bogies for days to come!
It's Evolution Baby!
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