Therapy Lounge Accessories

Need Cut

Here are some more information for Need Cut:

An Air Shear Can Cut Through Almost Anything

When you have some heavy duty metal that needs cutting, and a regular power saw is not up to the job, then the first place to turn is an air shear. This powerful air tool is designed to be used when you need a precision cut through the thickest metal without having to use sophisticated milling equipment.

An air shear works by using the compressed air feed in your workshop to power a motor within the hand held tool. In turn, this forces a blade to move thousands of times per minute in order to cut through whatever is pushed into it. Air shears work like incredibly powerful scissors, only they cut through things a lot tougher than sheets of paper.

Provided you have used a power cutter before, actually using an air shear is quite a straightforward task. As with all metal work, you do need to take some sensible precautions before you start. It is absolutely essential to wear safety glasses, because it is entirely possible that the fast moving blade can shoot sharp splinters of steel and debris out of the cutting area, and these can cause a lot of pain and damage if they get into your eyes.

Safety should always be paramount when cutting with a powerful tool like an air shear, and it is absolutely essential to make sure that your work area is completely tidy before you start. This prevents you from accidentally cutting through something such as a power cable when you are doing the work.

You should always mark out the area of metal that you are planning to cut before you start, leaving enough excess to allow you to file off any sharp edges and unevenness that you leave when you cut.

When cutting with an air shear, it is important to move at a steady pace through the metal. It can sometimes feel as though the blade is getting away from you and that you need to cut faster, but by keeping steady you will end up with a much better finish, and avoid getting into trouble.

Because most of the time you will be preparing panels for body work when using air shears, getting an excellent finish is essential, and this means being well practiced in getting the right result, so spend time learning how to cut effectively and efficiently with an air shear before you start on the real thing. Every different tool will have slightly different characteristics when you use it, so try cutting a few lines and curves on some scrap metal before you begin to use the tool on an actual job.

Typically, you will pay around $175 for a professional standard air shear. The kit will normally include everything you need to connect the tool straight into your existing compressed air feed and start work. A good example to consider when purchasing your air shears is the CPT785S from Chicago Pneumatic. These shears feature a powerful ½ horsepower motor that has enough torque to avoid any stalls midway through a job, and will reliably cut through anything up to 18 gauge steel with a minimum of fuss. Despite weighing only two and a half pounds, which makes it easy to use and hold for long periods, this air shear has a blade that moves at up to 2,400 strokes per minute, which means that cutting through even the toughest material is easy.

When using your air shear, you still find that getting the right shape will often mean making multiple cuts, as the tool is generally unable to cut curves until the scrap has been removed, although with practice and forethought, excellent results are possible every time you use it.

About the Author

Jason has been in the construction equipment and industrial sales business for over 10 years. He owns and operates Red Hill Supply to better serve the automotive and industrial industries. -
Air Compressors

Need to cut square hole for outside electrical outlet?

What's the best tool or method? It is on the outside of a garage which is not drywalled or insulated, but of course has vinyl siding on the outside. This is for a small pump for a water fountain. I am OK on the wiring part of it, just need advice on cutting the hole though the wood (particle board, naturally), and the vinyl and have good looking results. I do have access to a "sawzall" at work, but am worried about what that might do to the siding.

Ok,
There are couple options here, first off depends on how you want it to look, and the ease of installation,
1. Mounting block-take an outlet box on put the face of the box against the wall sheathing where you want the outlet to be and mark this with a pencil. Take a 3/8" drill bit and drill hole from the inside at each corner of your marks, keep the drilling inside your lines, that way when you mark from outside you don't make the opening bigger than necessary. From outside Take a jigsaw and with a wood blade starting at the corner cut along your lines. A recipicator and the blade is too big to monouver and its base is small, a jigsaw has a much bigger base to keep the siding from jumping and its small blade is easily moved. Buy an UL listed electrical box and nail/screw to the stud keeping the box flush to the outer edge of the vinyl siding( if you need it located away from a stud install a nailer between the studs at the height of where the box will be then screw from top of box into nailer, If there may be alot of pulling/force against the outlet you might want to install another one below the box as well.) install your outlet and buy a gasketed outlet cover
you can not even worry about straight cuts into the siding, and buy a mounting block that will hide any imperfections you may make, here is a link for a picture that I used to show my clients what it looks like. This will eleminate the need for metal outlet box sticking out.
http://www.dinesolbp.com/mounting_blocks_Standard.html

2. exposed box-do not have to install a mounting block but have the box extending about 1/2" past the siding, then installing waterproof gasket on outside. To do this cut above the same way. But extend the box 1/2" past siding instead of flush, brace the same way BUT use a METAL box, use a clear silicone caulk and caulk around the edges against the box and siding, more precise cutting would matter here as you dont' want a 1/2" gap between box and siding.
3. Conduit-you can use rigid conduit on outside of your siding, eliminating all cutting all together.

NOTES:
1. Metal boxes are best used, and some codes require them,use grommets when using metal to protect the wire sheathing
2. Do NOT use regular outlets, a GFCI must be used, make sure its properly grounded
3. It will be advisable to use uf wire as the kraft paper on romex can act as a wick if any moisture(which will happen) is present. Tw wire if used in conduit is ok, but codes differ
4. use 12 gauge wire
5. a utility knife can be used easily on vinyl, but only if your able to take the siding off. It can be done while on but is much harder, and the laps of the vinyl is hard to cut. If the box lines up on the flat surface of the vinyl and you want a clean cut then go for it, may need to score it several times and be carefull as the siding is slick on your knife can jump on you scratching the vinyl. But if its going to fall in the lap joint, just use a jigsaw for the cut, you have to cut the sheathing regardless might as well do it in one step.

Redskins cut 10 veterans on eve of free agency
Guard Randy Thomas, receiver Antwaan Randle El and kick returner Rock Cartwright are among 10 players cut by the Washington Redskins on the eve of free agency. Cornerback Fred Smoot, defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin, running back Ladell Betts and quarterback Todd Collins were also released as the Redskins cleared salary cap space in the first major moves under new coach Mike Shanahan.

Thanks for visiting!

Tags: cut, grass that doesn't need cutting, i need cute clothes, reference, speed, tools, webdesign

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 at 2:41 pm and is filed under Phone And Sim Cards. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.