On 2/1/15 1:34 AM, OFWW wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:47:48 -0600, -MIKE-
wrote:
On 1/17/15 4:14 AM, G.Dubois wrote:
"-MIKE-" a écrit dans le message de
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I've noticed a trend at Woodcraft of diminishing selection as
their Festool stock rises. I've been looking for a Bora
MiterMaster...
http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/153...uplicator.aspx
They stopped carrying them, around the time Festool came out with
this...
http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/494...er-device.aspx
I have no doubt the Festool is a better product, however it would be
nice to still have the choice considering the Bora is 1/3 the
price of the Festool.
I would consider it coincidence if it weren't for the lot of
other branded tools that have suspiciously disappeared from the
Woodcraft shelves a short time after getting in bed with
Festool.
If both prices were not true ( Bora: 59.90€ y Festool: 160€) they
would seem addressed to naive. people.
Look at (I'm sorry, but it is in French)
http://www.smartool.fr/fr/produits-b...antes-smartool
this angle measurer has the same functionality and it costs just 9.90€.
You could even do it yourself, it's not necessary to feed the
blood suckers!!!
Good luck,
GD
The tool you linked to isn't the same thing. The two tools I showed
automatically bisect the angle giving you an adjustment point for
the miter saw without having to measure it or divide the full angle
in half.
Doesn't this tool at 5.97 do the same thing? plus side is no heart
attack if lost somewhere.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Johnson-P...0000/204513502
I have 2 of those and while they do show a measurement for a bisected
angle (if you can actually read those tiny lines and numbers) you still
have to transfer that measurement (did I mention how tiny those lines
are?) to your saw.
And as Bill mentioned, the legs on that little protractor are just too
short to be of any use. It does an ok job of measuring the angle on an
already cut piece of wood, but that's about it.
Probably 85% of wall corners I've ever trimmed are not straight enough
at the corners for that little protractor to be of any use. Because of
corner bead and taping, wall corners always have at least 2 to 4" inches
on each side where they bow out. In order for a protractor to be
useful, the legs have to bridge that section to read the true angle at
which the walls intersect, not the bowing of the last few inches.
The real point in all of this that seems to be getting lost here, and
what really sets the Bora and Festool apart from every other angle
finder, is the center line on each that allows you to just line up your
saw and cut.
There's no transferring a measurement. Heck, there's no reading a
measurement. The angle reading is actually irrelevant. You place the
tool on the wall (or whatever), tighten the knob, place it on the saw,
line up the blade with the bisection line, then cut. There's no room
for error.
I used the Bora Angle Master on my last crown job and it worked as
advertized. It saved a lot of time and was very accurate. There are
some design quirks that I would prefer be different but those are just
my preferences.
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