Re: Laminate Trimmer

> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:26:42 -0400
> From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason@...>
> Subject: Re: Re: Laminate trimmer
>
> On Wednesday 11 August 2004 08:54 am, Ken Jenkins wrote:
>> I have been using a DEWALT 660 with good success.
>>
>> http://kj.cloudcitydigital.com/pages/taig_mill_d660mount.html
>
> Nifty! How thick was that material you made that mount out of?

@.375" I cut the central hole out with a rotary table on my mill, drilled
and tapped the draw bolt holes then lastly used a hack saw to cut the circle
open. The act of cleaning up the hacksaw marks takes off enough material to
be able to draw tight around the body of the trimmer. I also have a similar
setup on my Grizzly only using a Rotozip.

> I particularly liked the "inverted center punch" idea. :-)

It worked!

>> In terms of speed control, I use a @$20 one I got a while back from Harbour
>> Freight. Works fine. You could look into controlling your speed from the
>> computer though for not much more $$... Check this out:
>>
>> http://www.homanndesigns.com/
>
> I could not get that page to load properly in my browser. <shrug>

Hmmmm ... Try this one:

http://www.homanndesigns.com/DigiSpeedDeal.html

> What sort of material are you cutting with that trimmer?

Plastic (acrylic, lexan, delrin) and wood.

> I'd be interested in hearing how it goes for longer runs than 30 minutes,

should you do one...

I've done a couple now and it seems to be just fine. Doesn't overheat or
make loud grinding noises (yet! :-)

Cheers,

Ken Jenkins
kjenkins@...