The poor finish will very likely be related to not high enough speeds, coupled with the cutting geometry of the tool on brass. You need a nice sharp insert, easy to achieve with HSS, but a bit specialist for cheap tips.
You might be happy to hear that 3 months warranty is total rubbish. Under SOGA you have 6 months in which the burden of proof that the vehicle was not faulty when sold is in favour of the buyer.
http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/cgi- ... 3-1011.txt
My favourite is this one on page 10...
Seems like decent gear, I had a workcentre but sold it once I got my Panel Saw since it was only used to rip down sheet stock for the lasers. I had the advantage of being a reseller of Triton / Kreg gear.
Heh, keep meaning to update. It has a lot of suck, but I feel the design of the hood for the saw itself is actually terrible. There is far more dust comes from the rear of the saw where the riving knife is and ends up airborne. I also feel the cabinet itself could do with a bit of sealing to...
Truthfully,
£3500 doesn't give you much to play with.
Either way, I know Daven would agree here: HPC Laser in Halifax. I have 2 machines from them (A 6850PRO and an LS1290PRO) and both have been faultless. I had to replace a belt, and optics when I smashed a lens, but Chris sent them the very...
So I fancy the 802 from axi, or that scheppach.
Looking to be the 802, since I can easily get the cartridge filter, and it has 2 100mm inlets, so has slight expandibility.
Can anyone recommend a damn good extractor to go with this saw? I think I may want to add cartridge filters for the small particle size (I will be ripping down MDF sheets at some point).
Budget is really as much as it needs to be, would spend upto a grand I think, but would rather spend a lot...
I can mirror the thoughts above. I have just assembled this saw yesterday and started to use it, and I am very very impressed with it. I did however, build and install the thing myself. Purely as there was no one around to help! I am now looking for some decent extraction myself.
I will see...
Yeah, now I need a better extractor . . . . My 1660 sqft unit is now covered in a layer of dust. Guess the hobby series extractor I originally bought for the laser is no good for this saw. In fact, I think its actually producing dust . . . .
Well, and update.
Bought the MJ12-1600, and just taken delivery today (4 weeks for delivery!!) and what a cracking piece of kit. All assembled and just done a few test cuts. Manual leaves something to be desired, but meh, got there in the end! One word of advice, make sure you buy a Type C...