Trevorleach
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Oxy torch making holes in 6/8/10mm plate, and for the life on me I cannot get neat round holes, all mine seem to be less than round!
Holes are approx 25mm dia.
Holes are approx 25mm dia.
Invest in a plasma cutter?Oxy torch making holes in 6/8/10mm plate, and for the life on me I cannot get neat round holes, all mine seem to be less than round!
Holes are approx 25mm dia.
I also have the Panther. It is awesome. And made in Britain.If you need to do neat usable 25mm holes in 6/8/10mm plate then mag drill is the way forward.
We recently bought a Rotabroach Panther with a selection of cutters, it does a really good job on this kind of thing.
SixHow many holes have you got to make?
Hire or buy a mag drill.
Hole saw and lube.
A mate tried mine for drilling holes in press tooling. They bought 2 Evo drills. Took them both back due to excessive runout and bought the Panthers instead. This was 4 years ago so they may have improved.A few folk on the Buildhub forum have I think bought the Evolution mag drill for doing stuff in their structural steelwork and seemingly rate it as OK.
A mate tried mine for drilling holes in press tooling. They bought 2 Evo drills. Took them both back due to excessive runout and bought the Panthers instead. This was 4 years ago so they may have improved.
Yep I’d hire one or see if someone’s local to help outHire or buy a mag drill.
If you can get it in the web it’ll be a much easier and neater job
I have a Rage 2 chop saw. First one died after 11 months. Had a new one under guarantee with a brand new blade. This one seems to be doing fine. Very noisy though - ear protection essential.I had a very early Rage 3 255mm sliding chop saw. Although I wouldn't be without it, both nephews have bought later models of the same one and I'd say they more accurate thought the motors sound "cheaper".