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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AES" data-source="post: 1548419" data-attributes="member: 11151">Spectric, IMO (and that of several other members here), YES, the Pegas/Excalibur saws are indeed pretty special - in several important ways.Until about a couple of years back, you could buy those exact machines from Axmister Tools (they were/are the UK dealers for Pegas/Excalibur/General International). But as said, about 2 years ago, maybe more now, I forget, Axi brought out their own version of the Excaliburs, which apart from the colour and the name, appeared to be identical with the "originals". But based on the number of complaints, breakage, and outright warranty replacements which have been reported here on UKW, those Axi clones are NOT the same internally. So it appears that if you live in UK (I don't) and want to buy the Pegas/Excalibur originals then you have to import from a different country. The only real alternative (new machines) of the same quality is the Hegner range of scroll saws which are sold in UK (Hegner themselves have their own "office" in UK). But machine for machine, the Hegners are more expensive than the equivalent Pegas/Excaliburs, and some would argue (me included) that you get more bang for your buck when buying Pegas/Excalibur.</blockquote>

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