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lo2u
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 Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject: Olfa ! Really Great Tool! |
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After using my Olfa for a while I am more impressed everyday. I got mine directly from OLFA .
http://www.olfa.com/Products.asp?C=4&P=58
and extra blades
http://www.olfa.com/Products.asp?C=11&P=59
For most work it is much much easier to use and produces cleaner cuts with less waste. For long cuts I find it better than either a power or hand shear. I wish I had owned it from the beginning.
I wish Zenith had listed it in their recommended tool list..
One caution ..be sure to use a heavy gauge edge and cut with the part you want to keep on the protected side. I use various size squares, the kind you would use on wood or metal. They are thick enough and if held securely produce a nice cut. I find 8 to 10 medium pressure passes does 0.016 easily. A piece of scrap under the area where the blade emerges from where the piece being cut ends helps as well..
Hope this helps the noobies ..( hell pretty much a noobie here myself )..*^) ..
Ron Culver
CH701 Scratch Builder ( most aluminum now cut but not formed)
ps..anybody know a better source for that flanger made with roller bearings? I ordered mine from Aircraft Spruce in April and they haven't delivered it yet..claiming still on "back order" .arrrrgh
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ter_turn(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: Olfa ! Really Great Tool! |
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Ron, try sawing a 1/2 in. deep slot in the end of an 8 in. piece of old broom handle. Place the slit over the aluminum to be flanged and push down, going around the lightening hole until you have the desired flange profile. Ain't as pretty as a die but it's cheap and it works.
Terry
601 XL (scratch)
Ron Culver <rculver(at)nycap.rr.com> wrote:
[quote] After using my Olfa for a while I am more impressed everyday. I got mine directly from OLFA .
http://www.olfa.com/Products.asp?C=4&P=58
and extra blades
http://www.olfa.com/Products.asp?C=11&P=59
For most work it is much much easier to use and produces cleaner cuts with less waste. For long cuts I find it better than either a power or hand shear. I wish I had owned it from the beginning.
I wish Zenith had listed it in their recommended tool list..
One caution ..be sure to use a heavy gauge edge and cut with the part you want to keep on the protected side. I use various size squares, the kind you would use on wood or metal. They are thick enough and if held securely produce a nice cut. I find 8 to 10 medium pressure passes does 0.016 easily. A piece of scrap under the area where the blade emerges from where the piece being cut ends helps as well..
Hope this helps the noobies ..( hell pretty much a noobie here myself )..*^) ..
Ron Culver
CH701 Scratch Builder ( most aluminum now cut but not formed)
ps..anybody know a better source for that flanger made with roller bearings? I ordered mine from Aircraft Spruce in April and they haven't delivered it yet..claiming still on "back order"
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lo2u
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
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Location: Upstate New York
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject: Olfa ! Really Great Tool! |
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Thanks Terry. Does the thickness of the slot matter much and would I have to use silicon or some other lubricant?
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ter_turn(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:06 am Post subject: Olfa ! Really Great Tool! |
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The blade should cut just wide enough to slip easily over the material. Also, the harder the wood the better. Just make a new one when the old slot widens with wear! No lube needed.
Terry
Ron Culver <rculver(at)nycap.rr.com> wrote:
[quote] Thanks Terry. Does the thickness of the slot matter much and would I have to use silicon or some other lubricant?
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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: Olfa ! Really Great Tool! |
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Ron-
Try the SM0032 Flanging Tool from www.planetools.com. I sold mine to Gary Boothe because I was past the point in building where I needed it- you might check with him for a customer satisfaction report.
Bill
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grs-pms(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:37 am Post subject: Olfa ! Really Great Tool! |
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Bill, try Cleaveland Tool.
Do not archive.
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