matthew
Established Member
Thinking about buying a new SCMS sometime. (Actually, thinking about buying lots of things, whether I actually do or not is another matter )
I have a fairly cheap SCMS, got it ages ago from B&Q - it's more than paid for itself doing studwork, decking etc so I've no real complaints about it, but it's a bit lacking for doing furniture work. I bought a finer blade for it which has helped, but I'm not very confident in its accuracy - the whole thing seems to have play and/or flex in pretty much every axis so I can't really trust it for spot-on crosscuts.
It's very handy and I use it a lot (perhaps because bar jig, it's the only saw I have, no table/band/circular yet ) so I'm thinking I may get a better one. I was wondering how good and rigid a decent SCMS is? Is it wishful thinking, does the S and/or the C of it inherently limit it? Is it better to get a CMS (or even a MS) and find another solution for longer crosscuts? Or is a good SCMS much more accurate than I'm used to?
And any particular recommendations?
MTIA, Matthew
I have a fairly cheap SCMS, got it ages ago from B&Q - it's more than paid for itself doing studwork, decking etc so I've no real complaints about it, but it's a bit lacking for doing furniture work. I bought a finer blade for it which has helped, but I'm not very confident in its accuracy - the whole thing seems to have play and/or flex in pretty much every axis so I can't really trust it for spot-on crosscuts.
It's very handy and I use it a lot (perhaps because bar jig, it's the only saw I have, no table/band/circular yet ) so I'm thinking I may get a better one. I was wondering how good and rigid a decent SCMS is? Is it wishful thinking, does the S and/or the C of it inherently limit it? Is it better to get a CMS (or even a MS) and find another solution for longer crosscuts? Or is a good SCMS much more accurate than I'm used to?
And any particular recommendations?
MTIA, Matthew