Rotary tool cutoff techniques | Trains.com Director David Popp demonstrates how a rotary motor tool can be used for a variety of applications when building model railroad benchwork. In this instance, David shares how a rotary tool and a cutoff disk make quick work of errant nails protruding from wood frame components.
You can also read about this technique in the Trains.com article, “How to cut off nails with a rotary tool.” Plus, you’ll want to be sure to find other helpful videos like this in the How-to category on Trains.com Video.
Might want to emphasize wearing eye/face protection. The thin cutoff disc can explode an send debris everywhere.
Suggestion ….. ditch the thin fragile and somewhat “explosive” cutoff disks and use the fiber reinforced cutoff disks instead. While they will not cut a thin as the one shown, they will also last for a long time; I have some that are several years old (perhaps as old as 30+ years) and still intact. The only problem is that they do eventually wear down into smaller and smaller diameters. The ONLY reason I have ever had to replace a disk.
FWIW and IMO, of course.