DIY Lesson Learned: Go Wide, Or Go Home.

Discussion in 'I made this!' started by Matt Rogers, Nov 26, 2012.

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  1. Greg@LionfishLair

    Greg@LionfishLair 3reef Sponsor

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    We've all been to the "DIY PITA" department...LOL.

    I saw the trouble you had in cutting the slots in your fixtures, so I thought I'd toss in a suggestion.

    Dremel has a kind of "mini router" called a Trio (they run about $99 at Home Depot but refurbs run half of that), and altho I'm not crazy about using it on wood, I found that it works amazingly well on acrylic for cutting really clean slots and cleaning up sawn edges.

    I do recommend Vinny's suggestion of using a "rip fence" to keep your edges straight, and I use the orbital setting on my jigsaw for acrylic work as it allows the acrylic just enuff time to cool off and not melt back together.

    Nice idea Matt!
     
    Greg@LionfishLair, Nov 28, 2012
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  2. Matt Rogers

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    Thanks for the tip and support Greg. I'll look for one of those to checkout next time I am in HD.

    Glad to hear it. Send me a pic if you do. I still might go with that when I am done horsing around. :)

    matt
     
    Matt Rogers, Nov 28, 2012
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