On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 08:08:31 +0100, Nick Nelson
wrote:



Gnube wrote:

Thanks to every one for their help over the last few days.

I've ordered a Freud 7 1/4" saw and 40T Freud Pro blade. Also an
Axminster mitreboard.

Good choice, I'm particularly fond of Freud blades myself.

Nick

It arrived about an hour and half ago! And it looks great so far.

These things are absolutely huge - even the most fervent imagining of
a 7 1/4 inch saw and blade simply can not do the reality of them
justice.

How the hell am I going to be careful with such a huge item!? g

Dremels are my more my normal area & scale of operations - but THIS!
by crikey!


Take Care,
Gnube

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:17:38 +0100, "RichardS" noaccess@invalid
wrote:

bet you're glad you didn't buy a 230mm saw then!

Too right, and I had a 10" SCMS on my list at one point too, must have
been barking that day TBH! ;O)

Incidentally, I bought the same 40 tooth freud pro blade a couple of weeks
ago and have been happily slicing through veneered mdf with it ever since.
The cut quality is excellent, even on the top side. I reckon you'll be
happy with it.

Well I had a bit of fun and games getting the old one out and the new
one in (instructions could have said THAT's how you do it, but they
don't!) I got the blade stuck fast and could not discover where it was
binding, so that I could solve it for a while! Was dead worried I was
going to screw machine and blade before making a single cut!

Figured it out in the end, there is just one particular but not all
that obvious way to approach it, or so it would seem.

Finally tried it and you are so right, a very nice blade producing a
fine finish to the cut. The mitreboard also arrived later on in the
day. It's a bit of a disappointment in that the build quality could so
easily have been much better than it is, but it only affects it in a
cosmetic way, tried a cut with it and this is going to work for sure!
I may make a couple of copies of it in MDF or similar as I can see way
to us this concept on the router and a few other tools may get
modified versions of it too. Good value in terms of doing the job
rather poor value in the presentation sadly. The price was £40 the
presentation suggested half that would be more than fair, and I
suppose £30 would be fairer all things considered. Unless they tidy
them up, in which case £40 is just about ok, given how easy it makes
a really good cut possible for even a genuine novice making their
first cut ever. The best news is that once you have one, you got a
template for as many more as you can dream up variations for! ;O)

All in all great stuff I think!

Take Care,
Gnube