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| neuromancer:
--- Quote from: _Iz- on November 11, 2004, 04:53:10 pm ---Unless the dremel base is significantly larger than the joystick recess you'd need to make the entire depth of the cutout in one pass or you don't have a continuous surface to rest the dremel on for the successive passes. --- End quote --- You can leave some of the material intact to support the base, and knock it out with a chisel later. Like you can make a grid, and route out the insides of the squares, but leave the grid showing. The base is pretty wide though. Bob |
| dmish82:
I attempted to cut out the first joystick recess with a dremel...man oh man was that a mistake. the problem is that with a dremel, it's too hard to get the recess level b/c you have to make so many passes. I ended up using a router afterwards as I had room to, and it worked like a charm. I would remove the blocks that are in the way as you can always re-glue them/screw them in. It will be worth the time and effort and agony saved from trying to use a dremel. |
| deoblo85:
I've never had much luck with a dremel in less it was drywall! but they do make a router for corners that will problably do the trick but thats just me |
| big daddy:
thanks for the tips. I ended up heeding the warnings and just removed the mounting blocks and used a regular router. Worked great! thanks again. |
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