you guys think this actually works??

[Scottland]

check out this article for cutting blow holes

http://www.techmocracy.com/extremecooling/Nibbler_1.shtml

this guy is using something he calls the "nibbler"

what are these things really called? i don't have a dremel, and i
don't feel like spending $70 on one.....

he was using a piece of sheet metal.... think that this "nibber" might work on my antec case???

[UserName]

Ya they work. All the heating and cooling guys use them on duct work. They give a pretty nice finish, unlike a pair of tin snips.

But if you ever get a dremel you will wonder how the world works without one.

[Diggrr]

Yes, they work good. But they will tire out your forearm. Every little nibble is like a good squeeze of a pair of pliers...times that 1/8 inch nibble by the circumfrence of your window and you begin to see what I mean.

They do leave a pretty good hole edge too, without warping the metal. I have an air nibbler that I do some of my mods with when I can get to my dad's place to use his compressor. It will leave burrs when used on the super thick metal of my yy-mini cube case, because it's thicker than the nibbler is really designed for.
It's .050, which is quite beefy compared to most cases.

But this kind of one does work on the thinner metal just fine.

[Scottland]

the only reason i couldn't see it working is that
in that article he is using some sheet metal which is much thiner

than a rolled steel computer case

but if they work...l great i want one

what are they called?

do they have another name other than "nibblers"??

[Scottland]

damn.... antec cases are .080 cm which is really thick......

doubt those would work huh?

[flounder43]

I have seen nibblers that are used to cut the sheet metal on the fender of a car. They can cut through pretty thick steel, if you have the right one.

[Diggrr]

Sorry about the units of measure, I used inches. My case is 1.2mm thick which equals .050 inches thick.
I used digital calipers that measure both scales.

[UserName]

they are called nibblers. Home Depo has them.

You could also use a cutting bit in a drill. These bits are for cutting sideways. If you got a drill and aren't a complete clutz than they work too and are cheaper, like 4$. You can ask the guy at Home Depo.

[Brant]

I think the cutting bits are only for wood and plastics. I bet you would wear one out cutting one hole.

[Scottland]

brant-usually unless you buy diamond edged cutting wheels... and cutting wheel will wear out when you cut steel with it.

Damn... i was just at home depot 2 days ago buying hose barbs..

oh well... looks like another trip is in order :D :D :D

[Brant]

I wasnt talking about cutting wheels. I was talking about cutting bits. I dont know if username is talking about the same thing.

It looks like a drill bit. The bits that come in the roto saw. They would be great if they could be used on steel.

[ken257]

Nibblers work great! I have been using them for case mods and other misc. electronics projects for many years and highly recomend you get a pair, acctually get several pair so you can always find one when you need it........I have a little problem at my house somebody is always hiding my nibblers!!! You can also oick them up at the Shack.

[Ozzman]

hmm would a 6 v drill be able to drill a hole so u can mod it?

[MiseryQ]

What about using a jig saw then just finishing up the cut with a dremel or fine sandpaper?!?

Nibblers, unlike scissors have three edges, with the center doing the actual cutting... For people who don't have them...

[CrystalMethod]

Originally posted by ken257
Nibblers work great! I have been using them for case mods and other misc. electronics projects for many years and highly recomend you get a pair, acctually get several pair so you can always find one when you need it........I have a little problem at my house somebody is always hiding my nibblers!!! You can also oick them up at the Shack.

Man, you must have "Popeye" fore arms by now! I've used nibblers a few times (for something other than case modding), and my fore arm was burning. I'm glad I spent the cash on my hole saws, and 2 years ago I got a dremel for christmas. If you need to mod REALLY cheap, nibblers work pretty good, but pick up a good file while you're at it. Nibblers don't exactly make the soothest of cuts.

[Phugbox]

Ooh, gotta get me some nibblers, plus they're within my budget. As for them being hard to use, shouldn't prove too difficult for me. The way I am I get bored easily, and it just so happened that one time I had a pair of normal scissors, and some pennies on hand. just normal scissors, but no dinky one's either, so I started cutting through the penny, and arounf the penny in a spiraling circle until i could cut no more, it tires you out, but I'd gotten to the point where I could cut 15 pennies in a row like this without stopping, whereas my friends couldn't even get one started, only problem is it kills the edge on the scissors, so, I stopped, especially after snapping the handles off two pair scissors.
but yeah, gotta get me some nibblers.

[Lou Natic]

Those older Cutco scissors would actually get sharper if you used them on pennies, and made very short work of them too. My older sister was a Cutco rep, so that was her little tactic to get people to buy these over-priced scissors. They could possibly cut through the metal on an Antec case, but are completely impracticle and probably impossible of making a nice rounded or perfectly straight cut.

If I didn't already have a dremmel, I'd consider getting me a nibbler. Those little niblets it makes are alot easier to clean up than tiny metal shards, and don't look half as sharp. But since the dremmel gets me in that destructive mood, I really shouldn't let my idle hands find a nibbler.

[Phugbox]

gona have to get myself some nibblers, 10-15$ you say? even at Ratshack? sounds like a plan for me, I've been on a buying spree lately, bought myself some crimpers today. yay me, gonna need those nibblers to put a chimney in my case, and to cut away those factory punch grills.