🔥 But can I use it in a HAND DRILL? (Becomes member-only content in One Week!)
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- SHOP NOTES: This is a follow-up to this video: • Safely & Effortlessly ... If you missed it, be sure to catch it for much more details on this handy drilling tool.
I found two similar tools on Amazon. The first one below looks almost identical to mine, but the second one looks promising too and might be the better value:
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Glad you have spent the time to do an in depth instructional video. I never would have thought of a counter balance. Thanks again for going the extra mile.
Happy to share. Thanks for watching!
On my mothers air tank rack/holder I was actually able to drill press all the holes (@ 4 3/8") as the boards ended up being a trapezoid (wide in the back and narrow in the front) and by putting one of the front corners between the Shopsmith tubes I drilled the center two holes. I also made two rings (for the two small tanks on the top shelf) but I only scored the 6 3/8" outer diameter then cut that out on the bandsaw. Such a versatile tool. The rings are held up with 3/4" dowels so the tanks can't be knocked off if someone bumps it.
That's an awesome tool, Scott. Thank you for sharing this with us. 😊
As a woodworker who owns metal work equipment, I have a metal work fly cutter. I can appreciate that the metal cutting fly cutters can look scary to the average woodworker, but in use are not so scary. Just take light cuts. I am amazed how a single cutter can make a good finish when removing metal from a surface.
Interesting that the circle cutter has balancing weights.
My metal fly cutters are not so large, and so not a lot of out-of-balance vibration.
I also have a milling machine boring head. This can and does create out-of-balance vibration as the head is extended.
Your fly cutter has a very nice heavy duty cover.
Dave.
It really is amazing.
What an interesting way to solve a problem using counter weights! Thanks for the in depth video!
They are hardly mentioned in the instructions, but yes, they do solve the shake.
That's an awesome tool, Scott. Thank you for sharing this with us.
That counterbalance detail makes all the difference and alleviates all the concerns I had. Great Job!
Yeah, I’m still not sure why I didn’t mention it before!
Watching fly cutters on industrial equipment, the fly cutters have one cutter. I’m sure it is to make sure the hole is as perfect as it can be.
I meant to add - I absolutely agree with your comment. However, during the fall of the year I use fly cutters with as many cutters as I can find. Hah!!
You produce interesting, of different topic videos. Good on yuh!
Thanks, John.
Scott, Nice follow up video! After seeing both your videos on the fly cutter I've decided to try one the next time I make a set of corn holes. When you were drilling free hand, your were able to keep the drill fairly steady. This is not the case for me when I use a 6 inch hole cutter, probably because I have difficulty maintaining the hole saw exactly perpendicular to the wood and the saw teeth catch frequently. With a single cutter fly cutter, it is lees critical to keep the drill perpendicular.
The use of a router pivoting to make the 6 inch hole is certainly a technique that I've used successfully in the past. I like the hole saws which I use very often to make the smaller holes for birdhouses( on the Shopsmith).
As an aside, I've used the cutout circles of the corn holes and the birdhouses to make shop mallets, which can be "customized" by some turning on the lathe. I was on a role a couple of years ago and made about a half dozen! A nice fun project... jim
Thanks, Jim. Yes, I've had similar experiences with large hole saws. The rigid body of this tool is what really makes it shine.
The only time I've successfully used my fly cutter is in a drill press with the work solidly clamped. Generally, using a fly cutter in a hand drill is a guaranteed recipe for disaster because you can't hold the drill solidly enough to keep the bit from grabbing (like a catch on a lathe). What makes this tool work is the serious dust collector / guard / pilot that acts like a quill bearing. As I type this, now I want to try it in my lathe tailstock! Thank you for making me think.
That should work, so give it a try and report back!
Very cool!
I use fly cutters for metal working. Absolutely no shielding other than what I rig up. I'd have no concerns about using a fly cutter like this. The shield is great but not really required.
I totally get it. I’m most impressed with the framework that makes it possible to use this tool freehand.
On Amazon I looked at the reviews. One only had 10 global reviews. The other one had a big fish hook in the reviews, meaning that the 1 star had more than the 2 & 3 star. I normally read everything about the item before I read the most critical reviews. Sometimes the bad reviews are because they didn't read anything about the product. This time it looked like most of the bad reviews were like of instructions, missing items, or only could use cutter once. This is not to say it is bad. I just want people to be safe and know what they are getting into. I would like to have one and maybe I will buy one. Scott this is not meant to be any reflection on you either way. In fact I am glad you put it up. I mean well.😀
I get it, and if I didn't have a bunch of experience with it I doubt I could have made heads or tails for the instruction. This is what prompted me to do the video int he first place. This particular tool seems to be poorly understood and therefor underutilized. Scott
@@MyGrowthRings Thanks for the reply. I really enjoy your video. BTW I don't own a shopsmith. The first time there was an infomercial on TV as a kid I always wanted one. I started my woodworking handing tools to my Dad that he just laid down and could not find. I remember my first cut on a table saw. Dad and I practiced many times on how to do it. I didn't know at the time how nervous Dad was and I was quite proud when I finished. More or less that was 60 years-ago.
@@arbyars.chicksawdust That’s awesome. I wasn’t raised with Shopsmith tools and I also remember my first cuts, but it was with my dad’s Skill saw. Dad was in the Air Force so whenever he had any heavy woodworking to do he went to the base hobby shop, where I wasn’t permitted. I finally started using the giddy shop in my teens and fell in love with it. That was all over 50 for me and man, time sure fugits!
I use to do autobody and paint, once in a while I would have to cut a large hole in the metal,no not with a fly wheel used a hole saw, thing is that by hand after drilling the hole the saw wobble chewing up the sides of and the drilled hole and the hole would get larger and resulting as a mess. The trick was to drill the hole, example with a 1/4" drill, then put a 1/4" rod in the hole saw, the pre drill hole would be a guide and the rod would follow the hole making a clean cut. I have q smaller fly wheel and e use this method. If anyone wants to use this to make corn holes I recommend this method if using a hand held drill
That's a very wise technique. Thanks for sharing.
The heavy guard and alignment bracket makes your fly cutter function much safer than the one I have that does not have that feature.
It sure does. Thanks for watching.
Have you thought about popping a hole in the side for a vaccum hose?
@@lewparsell Not really. I’ve never been bothered by it, but I suppose you could.
I have a smaller fly cutter for the drill press that does not have a protective "salad bowl" and I would never use it handheld!
Yes, the salad bowl makes all the difference.
Great video sir!
Thanks!
A hole in one?
That’s true.
Never ever EVER use a flycutter by hand, ALWAYS and ONLY use a flycutter in a drill press. Using a flycutter can and will cause severe wrist injury. Maybe you WANT to break off the end of your ulna, that's up to you.
Use forster bits or hole saws to bore by hand.
It's (arguably) 9kay for drywall, as sheet rock has a known consistent density and is free of foreign materials.
I agree. I don’t consider using this tool properly to be “fly cutting by hand”. I’ve got about 25 years experience with it, and when used properly, it works safely and accurately.
Always wondered how good those cutters worked. Looks like it works good.
if working with tools scares someone that much, it's time to switch to finger painting
For sure they need some form of instruction at the very least.