Help please with cutting the axle of the Pharos

#1: Post by **SJM** » March 28th, 2013, 3:00 pm

I am stuck.
I thought I was stuck because I needed a new mandrel for the Dremel, but....it's worse than that.
The reinforced cutting wheel for the Dremel is only 1 1/2" in diameter and it's impossible to get an angle that will allow me to hold the axle in the vice and cut a straight line across the axle.

So....what do I do next?
It's raining; it's a perfect day to get back to modding the Pharos, but....I need the right tool for the job and I don't know what it is.....

#2: Post by **bostonbuzz** » March 28th, 2013, 3:13 pm

A hack saw to cut, and some coarse sand paper to clean it up. Get a good blade, stainless steel is hard. A vice will help as well.

#3: Post by ds » March 28th, 2013, 3:13 pm

You can also search for local machine shop and take it to them... They'll probably do it free of charge or for very low fee...

#4: Post by **Randy G.** » March 28th, 2013, 3:14 pm

carbide hacksaw blade?

March 28th, 2013, 3:28 pm

Cool.
Thanks....
Back to Home Depot...
Susan

#6: Post by **rpavlis** » March 28th, 2013, 3:29 pm

Stainless steel alloys are notorious for work hardening. That means you must have sharp tools that cut rather than deform the surface. Dull bits are a disaster! Stainless steel alloys are hard anyway.

March 28th, 2013, 4:23 pm

Got it cut....hacksaw did the job.
Thanks for your help.

#8: Post by **spressomon** » March 28th, 2013, 7:45 pm

Sorry Susan I was gone this afternoon...but as you now know a standard fine tooth hacksaw blade sails right through the Pharos shaft. There are different stainless alloys and relative hardness...fortunately not too hard on the Pharos.