Re: Cutting a pre-formed grip
Posted by:
roger wilson
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Date: April 19, 2011 08:42AM
Rich,
You have a lot of options:
1. If you have a lathe, you can get an excellent cut on a lathe. Put the grip on a mandrel, spin it up , and then just use dental floss to cut an EVA grip cleanly. If it is cork, you can use a hacksaw, or jig saw, or even a serrated knife to get a nice clean cut on the spinning grip.
2. If you happen to have a chop saw, you can put an abrasive wheel on the chop saw and get a velvet smooth square cut.
3. If you have a dremel tool, you can cut the grip, but on a small wheel, it is tough to get the cut square.
4. You can use a fine bladed hacksaw, or jig saw by hand, but it would work best if you could put the grip into a miter box, so that you would get a square clean cut.
5. You could use a manual miter box, with a very very very fine toothed miter saw, or you could even use a razor sharp kitchen knife in place of the miter saw to get a clean and square cut.
If you are the outdoors type - I suppose that you could put it out in the woods by a beaver pond and instruct the beaver to chew it off, but I doubt that it would be very square - (not funny is it, this early in the morning).
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Since I have several chop saws with abrasive wheels on them, that saw is my choice of saws when cutting grips.
If you happen to have a small craft style jig saw - with a good guide to keep the handle straight when cutting, the jig saw will do a fine job of cutting the grip.
If you happen to have a band saw with a fine toothed blade, it will do an excellent job of cutting a grip.
So - lots of options and all will work fine if you take your time.
If you use any type saw, a straight cut is assured by the use of a jig or guide to keep the handle straight when cutting.
Take care
Roger
