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Just wondering if anyone on here has ever tried using a Dremel with the multipurpose cutting bit number 561 for cutting out gun ports?
It makes it look so easy, but was wondering if it's maybe too rough, if you catch my drift.
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Hi RobT I don't have a 'real' dremel, just one of its many cheaper clones so I'm not sure what the dremel tool you mention looks like. The tool I used to cut out my gun ports is in the photo below. Its just a standard ball shaped cutter but I found it very good for doing the gun ports. The method was to drill a hole a little bigger than the cutter in one corner just in from the penciled shape of the port and then carve out the entire square starting and finishing at the starting hole. I found it best to have a solid surface to rest my wrists on, either a block of wood or a pile of heavy books and to use both hands to hold and guide the cutter. One handed, it can be a bit too rough as you said and could jump out of the intended path but with both hands its fairly easy to guide it around. Aim to cut up to about 1mm in from the drawn lines and work out to them by file, any closer is a bit risky!  Hope this helps! Robin Plymouth57 attached the following image(s): First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Thanks for that. Ah!, I actually have that piece. I thought it more for carving wood than cutting. I was thinking of this bit http://www.dremel.com/en.../ToolDetail.aspx?pid=561
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Hi, I've actually got one of those but unfortunately, like a number of Dremel gadgets, it sounded brilliant, but in practice I couldn't get on with it. The main thing, is that it obscures your view of the cut. It also is only really useable on a very flat surface which is well clamped. This is my gadget for cutting out;  
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That's a nice looking tool there Andy!  Rob, you're right about that round bit being for carving, that's literally how I cut out the ports, carving a groove into the wood all the way around and then repeating the action going a little deeper each time until the end broke through and then 'cutting' out the waste piece in the middle. Like I said though, you definately need two hands and a steady balancing point! Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Hi Robin, I'm a bit of a tool addict I'm afraid  or so the Wife keeps telling me, only today I was to be seen at Axminster Tools, much to the delight of their Sales people. The Minitool Sabre saw is a really nice bit of kit. It has twin counter blades, so doesn't drag or pull on the cut. But it is 12V, so anyone if anyone is thinking about buying one (and they are not cheap) you will need a 12V Power Supply. Minitool's PS's are ridiculously overpriced and I've bodged mine to fit a PS I already had.
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