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David Nebenzahl
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 Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:34 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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On 10/23/2008 4:45 PM Matt Furze spake thus:
| Quote: | http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=80463
Quite a bit more expensive than the MicroLux, but I've had this saw
for 15 years, and just used it again today - it's been a real
workhorse over the years for all sorts of things, and ranks right up
at the top of tools I've purchased for hobby use over the years...
(watch word wrap on the link). Excellent saw!
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Well, it *is* a MicroLux, but clearly a step up from the non-tilt-arbor
version. Plus this one looks to have a decent rip fence, instead of the
dinky little truncated one on the cheaper version. A bit pricey, but
probably worth it if you need it.
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Jim
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:26:03 -0700, Larry Blanchard
<lblanch@fastmail.fm> wrote:
| Quote: | On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:28:23 +0000, Puckdropper wrote:
My first project will be cutting ties out of basswood. Future projects
include cutting sheet styrene for kit mangling. (It's bashing or
mingling if multiple kits are involved, mangling if only one is.)
I'll definately go with a Microlux or similar saw, rather than mess with
the HF one.
They're a little on the spendy side, but take a look at the Proxxon tools.
http://www.proxxon.com/us/
PS: I'm NOT impressed with their website.
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I downloaded their catalog on the "Customer Service" tab. Much
better information.
Jim |
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Jon Miller
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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HF has a small chop saw that will do much finer work. It's not a table
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Puckdropper
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:01 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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"Matt Furze" <mattfurze@cox.net> wrote in
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| Quote: | http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Cat
alog&Type=Product&ID=80463
Quite a bit more expensive than the MicroLux, but I've had this saw
for 15 years, and just used it again today - it's been a real
workhorse over the years for all sorts of things, and ranks right up
at the top of tools I've purchased for hobby use over the years...
(watch word wrap on the link). Excellent saw!
YMMV
Matt
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Have you tried cutting much styrene with it?
Puckdropper
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Puckdropper
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:11 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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Larry Blanchard <lblanch@fastmail.fm> wrote in
news:pan.2008.10.24.16.26.00.409048@fastmail.fm:
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They're a little on the spendy side, but take a look at the Proxxon
tools.
http://www.proxxon.com/us/
PS: I'm NOT impressed with their website.
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Thanks, it looks like the Microlux tools are very eerily (it's Halloween
after all) similar to the Proxxon tools. I see Woodcraft carries the
Proxxon tool line.
The Proxxon website is useless in anything but Internet Explorer, and not
that great in the first place.
Puckdropper
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To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
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Puckdropper
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:15 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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"Jon Miller" <atsf@inow.com> wrote in
news:5KSdnWkL0sySzp_UnZ2dnUVZ_rHinZ2d@posted.imaginoninc:
| Quote: | HF has a small chop saw that will do much finer work. It's not a
table
saw however so ripping is out of the question.
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It's a great tool, I've got one. It's a great tool for any model
railroader who's in to building or throwing out the kit directions. At
$30, it's a tool well worth having.
Puckdropper
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If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles.
To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
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David Nebenzahl
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:36 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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On 10/24/2008 4:15 PM Puckdropper spake thus:
| Quote: | "Jon Miller" <atsf@inow.com> wrote in
news:5KSdnWkL0sySzp_UnZ2dnUVZ_rHinZ2d@posted.imaginoninc:
HF has a small chop saw that will do much finer work. It's not a
table saw however so ripping is out of the question.
It's a great tool, I've got one. It's a great tool for any model
railroader who's in to building or throwing out the kit directions. At
$30, it's a tool well worth having.
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Is this it?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42307
Actually only $27.99.
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powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
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Puckdropper
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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"Matt Furze" <mattfurze@cox.net> wrote in
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| Quote: | On the really thin sheets it tends to break first, cut second with the
carbide blade - you'd be better off scoring with a knife blade and
breaking. On sheets the thickness of building sides (such as Design
Preservations), it's not the smoothest going through - you'd probably
have to do some filing and sanding afterwards.
HTH
Matt
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Thanks for the reply. It's good to know about some of the limitations of
the tool, especially when they impact some of my future plans for it.
Puckdropper
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Puckdropper
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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"Malcolm Donaldson" <malcolmd@ihug.co.nz> wrote in
news:gdu2s1$f7h$1@lust.ihug.co.nz:
| Quote: | Puck, why would you want to ' strip ' styreene when there is the
Evergreen range of strip styreene they have most every size you would
ever likely use in kit bashing / mingling.
I have the Dremel table saw [ out of production for 16 odd years ]
that
I've cut up cast plastic kits like City Classics kits [ Smallman
Street Warehouse ] and you " HAVE TO USE ' a Carbide Tiped blade for
this type of work. Mico Mark has carbide tiped blades for the Dremel
and the microlux saws.
Malcolm
New Zealand.
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I'm not planning on turning styrene sheets into ribbons, but out of a
5x12 sheet of styrene sometimes I need a 3x4 piece. A saw would make a
faster and more accurate cut than the score and snap method does for me.
If I were doing only styrene work, I'd look into something like "The
Chopper" but I want to do both styrene and basswood work.
Puckdropper
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If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles.
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Puckdropper
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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David Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:49025bd5$0$28663$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:
| Quote: | On 10/24/2008 4:15 PM Puckdropper spake thus:
"Jon Miller" <atsf@inow.com> wrote in
news:5KSdnWkL0sySzp_UnZ2dnUVZ_rHinZ2d@posted.imaginoninc:
HF has a small chop saw that will do much finer work. It's not a
table saw however so ripping is out of the question.
It's a great tool, I've got one. It's a great tool for any model
railroader who's in to building or throwing out the kit directions.
At $30, it's a tool well worth having.
Is this it?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42307
Actually only $27.99.
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Yes that's it.
When you add in a 8% sales tax, and you get $30.23.
Puckdropper
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Matt Furze
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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On the really thin sheets it tends to break first, cut second with the
carbide blade - you'd be better off scoring with a knife blade and breaking.
On sheets the thickness of building sides (such as Design Preservations),
it's not the smoothest going through - you'd probably have to do some filing
and sanding afterwards.
HTH
Matt
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:490253bb$0$12409$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
| Quote: | "Matt Furze" <mattfurze@cox.net> wrote in
news:gioMk.7827$V35.6760@newsfe14.iad:
http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Cat
alog&Type=Product&ID=80463
Quite a bit more expensive than the MicroLux, but I've had this saw
for 15 years, and just used it again today - it's been a real
workhorse over the years for all sorts of things, and ranks right up
at the top of tools I've purchased for hobby use over the years...
(watch word wrap on the link). Excellent saw!
YMMV
Matt
Have you tried cutting much styrene with it?
Puckdropper
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If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles.
To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
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Malcolm Donaldson
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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Puck, why would you want to ' strip ' styreene when there is the
Evergreen range of strip styreene they have most every size you would ever
likely use in kit bashing / mingling.
I have the Dremel table saw [ out of production for 16 odd years ] that
I've cut up cast plastic kits like City Classics kits [ Smallman Street
Warehouse ] and you " HAVE TO USE ' a Carbide Tiped blade for this type of
work. Mico Mark has carbide tiped blades for the Dremel and the microlux
saws.
Malcolm
New Zealand.
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:034b5d78$0$2174$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
| Quote: | Does anyone have this saw?
http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229
&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=50304
How's the quality? Are there other miniature table saws I should
consider?
I'm looking to cut styrene sheets and bass wood, and maybe a few dowels.
Harbor Freight offers one for $40, but my local store apparently doesn't
carry it, and I don't know if they could order it (and save on shipping)
if
I asked.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=
93211
Puckdropper
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If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles.
To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
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Matt Furze
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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Proxxon makes the tilt arbor saw and the expensive ($180. or so) chop saw
that Micromark sells.
Matt
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Larry Blanchard <lblanch@fastmail.fm> wrote in
news:pan.2008.10.24.16.26.00.409048@fastmail.fm:
They're a little on the spendy side, but take a look at the Proxxon
tools.
http://www.proxxon.com/us/
PS: I'm NOT impressed with their website.
Thanks, it looks like the Microlux tools are very eerily (it's Halloween
after all) similar to the Proxxon tools. I see Woodcraft carries the
Proxxon tool line.
The Proxxon website is useless in anything but Internet Explorer, and not
that great in the first place.
Puckdropper
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If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles.
To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
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Jon Miller
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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| Quote: | Is this it?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42307 |
Actually only $27.99.<
Yes! |
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Bob May
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:53 am Post subject: Re: MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW |
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I get my styrene in large sheets (about .75mx1.5m) in the thickness that I'm
interested in. Cost is about what a package of the Evergreen stuff it but I
get to make dozens of Evergreen packages out of it as well as in the sizes
that I need at the moment!
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Bob May
rmay at nethere.com
http: slash /nav.to slash bobmay
http: slash /bobmay dot astronomy.net
Malcolm Donaldson <malcolmd@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
news:gdu2s1$f7h$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
| Quote: | Puck, why would you want to ' strip ' styreene when there is the
Evergreen range of strip styreene they have most every size you would ever
likely use in kit bashing / mingling.
I have the Dremel table saw [ out of production for 16 odd years ] that
I've cut up cast plastic kits like City Classics kits [ Smallman Street
Warehouse ] and you " HAVE TO USE ' a Carbide Tiped blade for this type of
work. Mico Mark has carbide tiped blades for the Dremel and the microlux
saws.
Malcolm
New Zealand.
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:034b5d78$0$2174$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
Does anyone have this saw?
http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229
&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=50304
How's the quality? Are there other miniature table saws I should
consider?
I'm looking to cut styrene sheets and bass wood, and maybe a few dowels.
Harbor Freight offers one for $40, but my local store apparently doesn't
carry it, and I don't know if they could order it (and save on shipping)
if
I asked.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=
93211
Puckdropper
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If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles.
To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm
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