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radjeeper

"Why You Say"
Location
Salty City
I've been looking at purchasing the Low Buck Tools tubing notcher ($325.00 with one set of dies). I know they are limited in what angles they can cut but they're a lifetime tool. Any feed back or other recommendations on a quality tubing notcher? Thanks for your help.
 
rockreligious

rockreligious

NoEcoNaziAmmo
Location
Ephraim
Ive got an even cheaper one at $175 a JD2 that used hole saw bits, not as nice and doesnt do as hard of angles as the die/type but works good, and seems to be good quality. really noisey, but they probably all are. I bought it from m-tech
 
lewis

lewis

Fight Till You Die
Location
Hairyman
I bought the harbor freight one for around $50 and it has notched alot of tube and I have only went through 2 hole saws. I can also notch up to solid tubing with it.
 
neagtea

neagtea

Well-Known Member
Supporting Member
Location
farmington
I used to use a lowbuck tools notcher but the fit up wasn't as good as a hole saw set up. I would go with the holesaw set up. Get one with bearings on the shaft instead of a bushing set up if ya can find it.
 
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Zombie

Random Dead Guy
Location
Sandy Utah
Do you guys have a loca supplier for the hole saws? I never think far enough ahead, and always end up having to put a project on hold to wait for shipping. If I had a local line, then I'd only lose hours, not days, and I might finish something.
 
I Lean

I Lean

Mbryson's hairdresser
Vendor
Location
Utah
Holesaw notchers sure are easy. Cheaper ones (with bushings) will wear out fairly fast with steady use, then you'll be spending more money on a better one. Once the bushings wear to a certain point, they won't hold the holesaw in line, it'll start to chatter and break teeth.

JD2 makes a few nice options and some can notch through a bend (most can't), Pro-Tools has a couple nice ones, the JMR notcher is supposed to be really cool.
 
I Lean

I Lean

Mbryson's hairdresser
Vendor
Location
Utah
Zombie said:
Do you guys have a loca supplier for the hole saws? I never think far enough ahead, and always end up having to put a project on hold to wait for shipping. If I had a local line, then I'd only lose hours, not days, and I might finish something.
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You can get 'em from any tool place, including Home Depot, etc.
 
rockreligious

rockreligious

NoEcoNaziAmmo
Location
Ephraim
I Lean said:
You can get 'em from any tool place, including Home Depot, etc.
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yep, and it pays to buy the higher quality ones, cheap ones will get eat up and suck. I keep mine cool with soapy water use windex bottle, when im notching, make them last longer, also while your at home-depot pick up some earmuffs cause its miserably loud.
 
Kiel

Kiel

Formerly WJ ZUK
I just bought the jd2 notchmaster, so far so good, and it does offset holes also!:cool:
 
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radjeeper

"Why You Say"
Location
Salty City
I'm glad I asked. Very helpfull comments. Sounds like the quality hole saw type with ball bearings is the way to go. I'll check them out. Thanks guys. Anything else you have on these let me know.
 
I Lean

I Lean

Mbryson's hairdresser
Vendor
Location
Utah
radjeeper said:
I'm glad I asked. Very helpfull comments. Sounds like the quality hole saw type with ball bearings is the way to go. I'll check them out. Thanks guys. Anything else you have on these let me know.
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For production work, we ended up with a set of 6 or so holesaws from Cornwell Tools. They were pretty expensive, but with the lifetime warrantee they were worth it. Any time we wore one out they'd bring a new one to replace it, so we usually had nice sharp holesaws. :D
 
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