RogerP
Established Member
I have a constant need to cut brass, sheet and bar, in smallish sizes got fed up doing it by arm power. At a local car-boot I saw a very old original Burgess BBS20 MKI 3 wheeler in excellent condition. We settled on a tenner.
This is the machine on which the ubiquitous B&D of the 1970/80's was based - except B&D changed everything that mattered and made in a nightmare machine. (Even the Burgess went downhill with their later models).
This Burgess has 450 watt motor, steel wheels with thick rubber inserted tyres, proper accurate HSS guides with multiple adjustments, just a single speed giving about 350 fpm which is only just a little higher than the ideal for my purpose. It's also all metal construction - no plastics. A small but tough machine with a very wide table.
Fitted a new blade from Ian (Tuffsaws) and it slices the brass like butter. No blade breakages, the blade runs true, has never thrown off and it's very quiet offload. Just goes to prove 3 wheelers can be good when properly made.
This is the machine on which the ubiquitous B&D of the 1970/80's was based - except B&D changed everything that mattered and made in a nightmare machine. (Even the Burgess went downhill with their later models).
This Burgess has 450 watt motor, steel wheels with thick rubber inserted tyres, proper accurate HSS guides with multiple adjustments, just a single speed giving about 350 fpm which is only just a little higher than the ideal for my purpose. It's also all metal construction - no plastics. A small but tough machine with a very wide table.
Fitted a new blade from Ian (Tuffsaws) and it slices the brass like butter. No blade breakages, the blade runs true, has never thrown off and it's very quiet offload. Just goes to prove 3 wheelers can be good when properly made.
