RotoZip CRCT2 Circle Cutter Attachment

by RotoZip

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The RotoZip CRCT2 Circle Cutter Attachment snaps directly onto your Roto Zip Spiral Saw power tool and lets you make perfect circles up to 20 inches in diameter. This circle-cutter attachment cuts clean, fast circles as small as one inches in diameter. An ideal accessory for installing recessed lighting in ceiling tile, the RotoZip CRCT2 works on most building materials, including wall tile, wood, acrylic, and drywall. This attachment works with all Roto Tip and Solaris Spiral saws.

Product Description

Circle Cutter, Cuts Clean Fast Circles From 1" To 20" In Diameter, Works With All Roto Zip Spiral Saws & Solaris Spiral Saw, Works On Most Building Materials, Including Wall Tile, Wood, Acrylic, Drywall, Etc.

Product Details

Product Manual [171kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 4 x 1.5 inches ; 5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00006AGPN
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: CRCT2
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,650 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to modify the CRCT2 circle cutter so it will hold its setting, October 19, 2006

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S. Wiley (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RotoZip CRCT2 Circle Cutter Attachment (Tools & Home Improvement)

The reviews stating that the RotoZip CRCT2 circle cutter slips out of adjustment very easy, are true. And because it slips, it makes this tool useless. HOWEVER if you take about 5 minutes of your time and about 10 cents worth of material you can absolutely fix the problem. The problem is caused by the internal plastic parts slipping and subsequently moving, even though you have tightened the adjustment knob as tight as it will go. Here is the fix: take a sheet of sandpaper (I used 180 grit wet or dry sand paper) and using a compass, mark out two - 2 1/4 inch circles. Cut the two circles out of the sandpaper and using glue (I used super glue) adhere the two pieces of sandpaper together, back to back, that is to say, glue the back sides (the non sandpaper side) of each piece to the backside of the other piece. When dry use a punch and punch a 5/8 inch size hole in the exact center of the circle (use the compass again to get this a perfect size of 5/8 inch). Remove the adjustment knob and separate the two pieces of the tool, remove the rubber o-ring you no longer need it, insert the sandpaper washer over the "hub" on the bottom half of the tool, and reassemble the tool. Guess what, you are all done and now have a useful WORKING circle cutter, that will hold its adjustment every time. I have cut many circles with mine and the homemade sandpaper "friction washer" is still functioning perfectly. Why in the world the BOSCH (RotoZip) people could not come up with this I will never know. Maybe if they read this posting they will update their tool.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Oh Goodie! Plastic!, December 9, 2005

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J. Kerr (Page, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RotoZip CRCT2 Circle Cutter Attachment (Tools & Home Improvement)

You can cut circles with this. You could cut nicer circles with a bit more confidence if the plastic arms were replaced with metal arms. Making the center of the arms, where the cut diameter markings are, larger would give better accuracy with less 'test settings on scrap piece first'.

As with the CRCT1, this attachment was made as cheaply as possible (and that's different than 'inexpensively'). Kudos to the Rotozip engineer in charge of 'How cheap can we make it and still charge people too much for it without it actually being useless and ending up in the 'returns' bin all the time?'.

Yes, it works. Use both hands. Cut slowly after first checking on a piece of scrap material. And make sure you fire off an email to Rotozip telling the how impressed you are with the 'quality' of construction of this attachment. The quality of the actual Rotozip tools is okay - but the quality of their attachments is consistently and disappointingly poor.

Whenever I can, I cut circles with a router and circle jig - the Jasper jigs are okay - even when cutting lighter materials the Rotozip and attachment(s) should be better suited for.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it!, November 28, 2002

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WILLIAM A LUCAS (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RotoZip CRCT2 Circle Cutter Attachment (Tools & Home Improvement)

I tried cutting over 20 circles in 1/4", 3/8, 1/2" plywood and in 1/2" pine stock - just won't cut a clean hole - always tends to spiral towards the end of the cut.
The attachment is made plastic and is not designed to do anything near 'precision work. Maybe its OK for drywall.
The instruction say to rotate the gizmo clockwise but the accompanying picture shows the a arrow going counterclockwise - either way the cut drifts outward as the cut goes to completion. The attachment fits nicely in the Rotozip carring case - I hope the whole thing sells well on eBay.