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| Author: | Lillian F-W [ Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:45 am ] |
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Have you tried the dremel cutoff wheels? |
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| Author: | Dave-SKG [ Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:22 am ] |
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bandsaw,handsaw, table saw...anything really. |
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| Author: | Terry Stowell [ Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:39 am ] |
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something expendable, Dremel gets my vote too! |
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| Author: | JJ Donohue [ Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:34 am ] |
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Hacksaw worked for me. |
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| Author: | Howard Klepper [ Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:08 am ] |
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Hacksaw. |
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| Author: | Louis Freilicher [ Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:36 am ] |
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Has anyone ever tried these band saw blades from McMaster-Carr? They are designed for thin metal work. They run about $100 for a 14" saw blade, which seems like overkill if you are only cutting a few neck reinforcement pieces, but seems like it would do the trick if you use a lot of CF. Grit-Edge, Continuous Style For use on especially brittle materials and whenever chipping is a concern. Also for use on super alloys and abrasive materials less than 1/4" thick. Also for use on especially brittle materials and whenever chipping is a concern. Search for "band saw blades" and you should see them when you scroll down. Louis |
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| Author: | Billy T [ Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:00 am ] |
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Carbon is very hard and abrasive it will eat up just about any steel. Working in grapite, we had to be very careful to work clean, as the carbon would wear out a machine quickly. I vote for hot saw/Dremel. |
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:39 am ] |
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Abrasives are probably the best, be it dremel cut off wheels, or the grit edge blades work really well. I certainly wouldn't use a new bandsaw blade for it as it'll trash it about 5 seconds. An old blade however will cut it about as good as new blade (read not very well). |
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| Author: | Anthony Z [ Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:51 am ] |
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Terry, whatever you use please wear a face mask when you do it. The dust from carbon fiber is pretty nasty. I vote for the dremel cutoff wheel. |
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| Author: | Bob Garrish [ Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:54 am ] |
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If you're to be cutting much of it, you can always use the cutting wheel's big brothers. Either an actual angle grinder with a cutting wheel (about $35 total if you look around) or a small cut-off saw (the ones with the black abrasive blades for cutting metal), I got one of those from Princess Auto on sale for less than $30 and it's useful for cutting small rod or flat stock made out of just about anything. |
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