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Dunno if cooling is the place for this or if case mods would be better, though you're cutting a hole for a fan, so it does relate to cooling... Anyway, I was wondering what everyone uses to cut their blowholes, ductholes, etc. Holesaw? Dremel? Jigsaw? Duct cutter? Die cutter? have them laser cut? something else?
I have tried Holesaws, Dremels and Jigsaws, and if you have a steady hand (also kind of required for the dremel) I'd highly recommend the jig saw with a good bosch metal cutting blade on it. Over the course of the last few years, I've cut probably 25-30 blowholes in my own and other people's cases, and the jig saw is by far the smoothest and quickest that I have done.
I have heard about some kind of AC Duct cutter that you put on a drill press that spins around with a cutting wheel and cut's a perfect circle, but they're a bit more expensive than I'm willing to fork out right now. (around $80-200US if I remember correctly) Anyway, yeah, just wondering what other people have used and found to work well..
Peace
John
I have tried Holesaws, Dremels and Jigsaws, and if you have a steady hand (also kind of required for the dremel) I'd highly recommend the jig saw with a good bosch metal cutting blade on it. Over the course of the last few years, I've cut probably 25-30 blowholes in my own and other people's cases, and the jig saw is by far the smoothest and quickest that I have done.
I have heard about some kind of AC Duct cutter that you put on a drill press that spins around with a cutting wheel and cut's a perfect circle, but they're a bit more expensive than I'm willing to fork out right now. (around $80-200US if I remember correctly) Anyway, yeah, just wondering what other people have used and found to work well..
Peace
John