I heard some people tell me about tools to use on my hood. I can get any tools really I need from work. My question is what tool do you guys think would be best for cutting a small hole in the hood to bond on a vent ? jig-saw, side grinder, or dremel tool w/ cut off bit?

Air powered Die-cutter, They sell some paper thin stones for those..

Also look for the air-powered hacksaw thing.. its like a jigsaw blade at the end with a metal hoop around it..

Its on harborfreight.com

Rob
http://www.ammoman.com/fiero

5" cut off disc on grinder. Cuts like butter and leaves a nice smooth cut line.

Reinfoced dremel will cut like butter and not go too deep. For a lot of hood vents you only want to cut the top layer and the dremel gives you precise control.

I went jig saw / dremel on mine

If you want to just hack up......well it is just fiberglass...

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Small explosive devices. You'll get a very artsy design that you can sell for millions.

i used a jig saw and a dremel on mine and it turned out great... good luck

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The grinders and cut-off wheels will work really well but will produce a lot of fiberglass dust in the air. A jigsaw or sawsall will cut almost as well and produce less dust in the air but won't leave a nice smooth edge. The suggestion to use small explosive devices would probably be the most fun out of them all.

Be extremely carfull when useing a Dremmel,I was useing one of those paper thin cut off wheels that come with a dremel,I had 4 explode,with fragments getting stick in some plastic I was cutting.

quote Originally posted by James Bond 007: Be extremely carfull when useing a Dremmel,I was useing one of those paper thin cut off wheels that come with a dremel,I had 4 explode,with fragments getting stick in some plastic I was cutting.

I only use the heavy duty cuttoff wheels - but for the hood a dremmel is just too small IMO
so i've used a jigsaw and a highspeed grinder with a cutting wheel both worked well

did some with a grinder and jigsaw but a dremel with 2 cutting discs works fine and even more precise.. I did Yellowstone's hood with only one single disc and it would snap within a minute. Went through a lot of them after starting to use 2 of them they havent snapped..

Rio,
Get the fiberglass looking dremel cut off wheel. they don't break and cuts way better than the ceramic ones !

Dremel.

Like the others said, use the fiberglass cut-off wheels only. The regular brownish ones are garbage. fiberglass ones have a waffle-looking texture on them, and I've never had one shatter yet.

I re-sided a house using a dremel and a LOT of fiberglass cutting disks. (Don't ask why).

Depends on how much glass work you're going to do in the future and if you want a tool that will actually do the job for the next 20 years or so. If you want the best there is, get the Fein Multimaster with the HSS Segmented Blade.

Multimater starter tool kit, $144.00

High Speed Steel Segmented Blade

I get my Fein stuff from Walter Tool

I'm telling you guys that if you ever try one you'll never use anything else. It can do everything from removing windshields and their sealant to cutting fiberglass and carbon fiber and sanding in areas that you can't get to with anything else. Not only that, but it works with extremely high speed vibrations and not a rotary motion. You can literally turn it on, lay your hand or arm on it, and it will NOT cut you. It's the same tool most doctors use for removing casts from limbs without cutting the flesh underneath. I've cut E glass, S glass, Carbon Fiber, Kevlar, Ceramic Tile, Plastic, you name it. As long as it's SOLID, it will cut it.

I'm going to be buried with mine in case I want to work on another car or airplane in the afterlife.

John Stricker

I used the dremil because it fits in my hand and was very easy to control. Like the others said, use the fiber cutting blade.

John

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quote Originally posted by Fie Ro: but a dremel with 2 cutting discs works fine and even more precise....

I tried this the other day and if you can't get the fiberglass reinforced blades, then two of the little brown ones stuck together work great. They won't shatter and seem to last forever.

a router that you can set the depth on, especially when you're trying to cut down to just one layer. use a good 1/8" bit. i've done dremel and jigsaw, but i borrowed one once and it was so much better i got one myself.

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