Soren Frimodt Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Finally after too many cages without a dedicated tool for notching I have finally bought this: http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport/workshop-equipment/demon-tweeks-tube-notcher And I'm really stoked, looks very well made and is super easy to use and 100% sturdy whilst sawing. Here's some pictures of the actual product being tested on the 48x2,5mm tubing I usually use: So if anyone is in the market for one at a decent price I can highly recommend this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangy35 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Cool, thanx for sharing, I have been looking around for a long time but they are very expensive. This is very good. Will look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 One thing.... make sure you can easily get your hand off the drill trigger for *WHEN* it catches, spins itself round and you end up in a spaghetti of wiring with a drill motor that's now smoking because you can't turn it off but you have somehow managed to stall it with said spaghetti and maybe your face. That said, they do work very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yalan Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 As above. And don't bother trying to use it with a pillar drill. However well you set it up it will rattle the hell out of your beautiful meddings and at best rattle the MT chuck off the taper or at worse knacker the head bearings. Best technique I've found is mount it sideways in a vice and lean into it with a corded drill. And lots of cutting oil to preserve saw life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I have a Baileigh equivalent of the same which was pretty good value. The problem with most of these is persuading the drill to run slowly enough. The hole saws normally burn out before they go blunt. The answer is to buy a Plaster Mixing Drill (eg from Screwfix). Mine cost less than £40 and has a max speed of 300rpm achieved through gearing rather than speed control so it has bags of torque. http://www.xtools.co.uk/silverline-mixing-drill-low-speed I also bought fine pitch hole saws (more like a hacksaw blade) which on the whole don't snatch. Thinking they would not last long, I bought ten 1 3/4" hole saws - however with this combo I'm still using the first after literally hundreds of notches! I suspect I have more than a lifetime supply of them now! The plaster mixing drill will pay for itself in hole saws pretty quick! Si 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Ranged Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 That is one very good post... thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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