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Re: roto saw

To: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: roto saw
From: Roger Gibbs <rgibbs@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 19:09:37 +0000
John,

I will second Doug's experience.  I bought one about a year ago and it does a 
very neat 
job in drywall, but that is not why I bought one.  I bought it because I seem 
to be 
putting in outlets and "in the ceiling light fixtures" with some regularity.  I 
find 
that this tool is much preferable to cutting through the plaster in my house.  
A Sawzall 
if fine for rough cutting but this is a much better tool for renovation type of 
work in 
plaster.  Doesn't separate the plaster from the lath. 


-Roger

Douglas Shook wrote:
> 
> John Mikes wrote:
> >
> > Someone mentioned the roto saw during the garage heating thread.
> > Anyone have experience with one? snip
> 
> John,
> 
> I just got one for Christmas this year and have used it to install a
> direct vent wall furnace.  It works pretty much like a router (30K rpm),
> but you can cut any line or any pattern you can draw with it in plastic,
> wood, sheet metal, and especially sheet rock.
snip
> It is great for trimming out around outlets, cutting formica, sheet
> metal or plastic, counter tops, precision work in wood -- easy to use,
> but it won't replace your Sawzall.
> 
> doug

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