'Routing the Keld method' (Dremel saw)
Posted: Thu 10. Jan 2013 19:11
From Slotcar I know how to route a slot, but this small 0,7 mm. / 22 swg. wire don't need a slot, it will disappear So how can it be done, I am not the type using card and plaster the track, I have to fill out.....
The wood is the right surface to drive on just need a little paint, so I took a look at the Faller routing tool, its a little expensive for a test, and how fast does it go? in 1/87 car system the tracks are small so maybe it is to slow, never fund out.
I discovered by chance that Dremel are making this little saw to their machine, I already have a Dremel, so that is a little investment to do.
Then i properly can made a tool that can adjust the height, that was my thought.
The tool arrived 2 days later, and I started looking for some stuff I could use, I think 2 thin plates on top of each other and put it together with screws then I can adjust the height with small spacers, I have some in 0,13 mm. to my slotcar.
I didn't find these thin plates but a piece of wood 6 mm thick, I took the new Dremel saw and cut it out to fit the bottom of the saw, then drilled out a hole and glued it on. so only 1,3 mm of the disc is visible, that gives the perfect deep of the slot.
to route with a Dremel saw is so easy, that all I has to do is draw a line with a pencil, turn on the Dremel and cut the slot in freehand, absolute no need for any tool to help for a straight line, the Dremel never try to go sideways, only forward, but since the slot is only 1,3 mm deep there are no traction in the saw, you can hold it with one hand.
The slot is perfect not 1,3 mm wide but 0,7 mm so the piano wire bought from MAGracing is fitting perfect, in fact, doing the test there was no need for gluing the wire. off course when making a track always glue the wire and if you using too much glue you must use a tool to get the wire down and sand of the glue not used.
a piece of wood a little hammer and a sand paper is the other tools I use laying the wire.
Even that there are almost no dust using this saw, you must vacuum the track before you glue .
On the video you can see how much dust their are
(the camera/iPhone was standing on the table, sorry the jumping
The wood is the right surface to drive on just need a little paint, so I took a look at the Faller routing tool, its a little expensive for a test, and how fast does it go? in 1/87 car system the tracks are small so maybe it is to slow, never fund out.
I discovered by chance that Dremel are making this little saw to their machine, I already have a Dremel, so that is a little investment to do.
Then i properly can made a tool that can adjust the height, that was my thought.
The tool arrived 2 days later, and I started looking for some stuff I could use, I think 2 thin plates on top of each other and put it together with screws then I can adjust the height with small spacers, I have some in 0,13 mm. to my slotcar.
I didn't find these thin plates but a piece of wood 6 mm thick, I took the new Dremel saw and cut it out to fit the bottom of the saw, then drilled out a hole and glued it on. so only 1,3 mm of the disc is visible, that gives the perfect deep of the slot.
to route with a Dremel saw is so easy, that all I has to do is draw a line with a pencil, turn on the Dremel and cut the slot in freehand, absolute no need for any tool to help for a straight line, the Dremel never try to go sideways, only forward, but since the slot is only 1,3 mm deep there are no traction in the saw, you can hold it with one hand.
The slot is perfect not 1,3 mm wide but 0,7 mm so the piano wire bought from MAGracing is fitting perfect, in fact, doing the test there was no need for gluing the wire. off course when making a track always glue the wire and if you using too much glue you must use a tool to get the wire down and sand of the glue not used.
a piece of wood a little hammer and a sand paper is the other tools I use laying the wire.
Even that there are almost no dust using this saw, you must vacuum the track before you glue .
On the video you can see how much dust their are
(the camera/iPhone was standing on the table, sorry the jumping