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In trying to sort out a leaky hatch, damn thing fell to bits and so have made a new one.  It's all wood, and it slides on rails of angle iron welded to the roof.  Unfortunately, as I find having made the hatch so it fitted snugly on the rails,  the rails are twisted so the damn thing sticks.  So I need a gizmo that will widen out the slots in the hatch side so it unsticks, preferably without having to dismantle the whole construction which would be a nightmare.  I can't get a router in there.  Any ideas of a useful tool?  It's got to be done in the next day or two...

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It needs about 1/8th of an inch taken off the bottom of the slot.  If it wasn't all glued together I could dismantle it and run it through the table saw again to widen it.  I was thinking that a Dremel multitool might have a cutter that would do it or a sander disc on a grinder?

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Dremel with sanding band fitting. 

https://www.dremeleurope.com/general/en/sandingbands-6060-ocs-c/;jsessionid=1F819551E9D01FBC1C4BC6D25ED8C41E.sl171-vm_1

 

If you haven't got a dremel or similar rotary multitool then at a pinch you could use the sanding band in a small power drill. 

Kits with mandrels easily available and cheap. 

Example

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/104Pcs-Sanding-Band-Drum-Sleeve-60-120-320-Grit-4-Mandrel-For-Dremel-Rotary-Tool-/132652034690?redirect=mobile

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1 hour ago, Arthur Marshall said:

If it wasn't all glued together I could dismantle it and run it through the table saw again to widen it.

Fascinating.  How do you you make anything wider with a table saw?  I can only make them narrower!

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5 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:

Fascinating.  How do you you make anything wider with a table saw?  I can only make them narrower!

 

You can make a slot or groove narrower using a table saw? 

 

I’m impressed!

 

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6 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:

Fascinating.  How do you you make anything wider with a table saw?  I can only make them narrower!

 

1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

You can make a slot or groove narrower using a table saw? 

 

I’m impressed!

 

Stop it you two or you'll spend the morning standing in the corner!  :captain:

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10 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

In trying to sort out a leaky hatch, damn thing fell to bits and so have made a new one.  It's all wood, and it slides on rails of angle iron welded to the roof.  Unfortunately, as I find having made the hatch so it fitted snugly on the rails,  the rails are twisted so the damn thing sticks.  So I need a gizmo that will widen out the slots in the hatch side so it unsticks, preferably without having to dismantle the whole construction which would be a nightmare.  I can't get a router in there.  Any ideas of a useful tool?  It's got to be done in the next day or two...

Would these be any good?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/264141571212?chn=ps

 

Dave

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8 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:

If I could track down what causes thread drift I'd use that... Angle grinder and wood wheel it is... 

Its the way forward I had to do exactly that yesterday, mine was an overlapped 40 grit thing but it made short work of the extra wood :)

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2 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

Thanks to all for suggestions and entertainment. All is now well. 

Oh good - hearing that you've done something that blocks trombone noises is sure to be music to your neighbours' ears! ;)

 

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