Re: NEON- Glass Saw Dust

To: neon-l@lists.io.com
Subject: Re: NEON- Glass Saw Dust
From: megavolt@io.com (John Anderson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 22:02:50 -0600
In-Reply-To: <9608080620.AA21459@ttphysik.Uni-Duisburg.DE>
Organization: Mega Volt Neon, Inc - Austin, TX
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> > Tom,  As you are aware I was one of the new users of the Roto-tool by
> > Dremel.  I have noticed some dust and some odor however I am not cutting
> > lead glass with this tool.  I am still using the standard file for
> > cutting lead glass.  The new lead-free, soda and other hard glass cut
> > very well with this tool.  I guess the question I would have is similar
> > to yours.  Are there any materials that may be released from cutting the
> > lead free and soda glass that we as tube benders should be concerned
> > with.  Have any of you that are using the dremel tool noticed what I am
> > talking about here?  
> > 


I have a crude guard on my Dremel made from 1/8" clear plex.  It looks
like a Helvetica "T", about 4" tall.  I held it above the ribbon burner
briefly to soften it, and bent the ends of the tee into a semi circle.
A hose clamp goes around the body of the dremel and holds the entire
thing in place.  Hasn't really caused any problems getting into tight
spaces.  Probably a good idea if you don't wear glasses.

In my case at least, we are talking about a very, very small amount of
glass "dust"  - the cutting wheel just barely nicks the tube, then a
thermal fracture finishes 95% of the break.


   -John

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Re: NEON- Saw Dust

From: marcus@ttphysik.uni-duisburg.de (Marcus Thielen)