ARR, BMS or Apogee cannot slot 6" Blue Tube, so I was toying with the idea of trying to slot it myself. It is a 48" long 6" dia. Blue Tube, and I want to make four 1/4" wide slots, cutting through the bottom of the tube and stopping at a 7" long slot.
My thought was to use a Rotozip tool, use two 1 x 3's clamped to the Blue Tube to make a sort of channel for the Rotozip guide, clamp the tube to my work table, and do the slotting.
I only have four slots to make, so I want to keep this as simple and as inexpensive a process as possible. I don't have a table saw or any other power tools, other than a cordless drill.
Would this method I dreamed up work? What type of Rotozip bit would you recommend for cutting Blue Tube? Would you recommend an alternate method of slotting the tube? I'm not a good "freehand" guy, so that's why I came up with the idea for a guide channel. I have cut Blue Tube with a razor saw before, and I'd prefer to automate the process this time.
Thanks!
Mike Momenee
TRA #12430 L3
My thought was to use a Rotozip tool, use two 1 x 3's clamped to the Blue Tube to make a sort of channel for the Rotozip guide, clamp the tube to my work table, and do the slotting.
I only have four slots to make, so I want to keep this as simple and as inexpensive a process as possible. I don't have a table saw or any other power tools, other than a cordless drill.
Would this method I dreamed up work? What type of Rotozip bit would you recommend for cutting Blue Tube? Would you recommend an alternate method of slotting the tube? I'm not a good "freehand" guy, so that's why I came up with the idea for a guide channel. I have cut Blue Tube with a razor saw before, and I'd prefer to automate the process this time.
Thanks!
Mike Momenee
TRA #12430 L3