The Poultry Keeper

mojo · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: WOOd it be nice

any one out there know which type of hand held power tools will cut oak barrel staves please...............dont ask.........oh allright i have a wine barrel and thought i would like to make a garden armchair but havnt got the strength to hand saw it

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2221 Location: South Cumbria

you need an angle grinder, or a helpful neighbour, or sometimes my method is just keep doing a little bit get there in the end Very Happy

mojo · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject:

thanks gilly will look for a angle grinder

coco · Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 317 Location: Northants

I think you'll find an angle grinder is a bit too messy and imprecise for your needs Mojo. They tend to leave about a half inch slot and using one to cut wood results in an awful quantity of dust getting into the air. For straight line cuts I would use a circular saw and for fiddly curved bits either a jigsaw or a router.

mojo · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:03 am Post subject: hi

thanks colin will look at a jig saw i think

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2221 Location: South Cumbria

I was thinking of the metal bit Embarassed

speed reading the only problem with a jigsaw it tends to go off course and not get a nice clean cut I would try to get some strong youngster to help bribe them with a meal perhaps ?

mojo · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject:

now thats a thought .thanks

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2045 Location: North Cornwall

Lets see it when its done Very Happy

coco · Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 317 Location: Northants

A further thought mojo. If you are likely to be undertaking more construction tasks in wood it might well be worth investing in a table saw similar to those described on this page: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/categories/search/table-saws-workshop-saws-2 . I seem to remember that equipment like this tends to be less expensive in France than in the UK.