ORIGINAL: JoeEagle
Thanks to all for the quick response. i am sitting here at work killing time and wanted to get an answer to this question (1st round trip cancelled, nothing to do but catch up on email stuff). i like the hot pin technique. maybe i'll drill after the hot pin.
since you guys are so helpful, how about another question.
when cutting CF/FG/Kevlar with a 409 wheel, do you guys lightly "score" the long cuts (like the nose gear door) 1st then do a series of smaller "plunge" cuts or do you just do plunge cuts or do you try to just get the 1st cut started then just move it along the desired cut line? i've cut FG before with the plunge method, but the nose area has CF and Kevlar apparently i have to cut thru as well. i was thinking a series of plunges could leave you with some unevenness in the cuts. i know, i'm thinking about this too much but i really don't like it when i do something, it turns out sloppy and THEN i learn a better way from someone.
thanks
When cutting out a door where I need to use the part I am cutting out, I like to do the following, and it is not as hard as it sounds.
Break about 1/32" off the end of a #11 xacto blade, then use the small square edge you just created to scrape your way through. Use a straight edge to guide it. You can go through even Kevlar fairly quickly, and you are left with a clean, straight and narrow cut. You can also make panel lines in fiberglass with this tool, or clean up the molded in panel lines on a kit.
Steven