MICROLUX® MINIATURE TABLE SAW

Proxxon makes the tilt arbor saw and the expensive ($180. or so) chop saw that Micromark sells.

Matt

Puck, why would you want to ' strip ' styreene when there is the Evergreen range of strip styreene they have most every size you would ever likely use in kit bashing / mingling. I have the Dremel table saw [ out of production for 16 odd years ] that I've cut up cast plastic kits like City Classics kits [ Smallman Street Warehouse ] and you " HAVE TO USE ' a Carbide Tiped blade for this type of work. Mico Mark has carbide tiped blades for the Dremel and the microlux saws. Malcolm New Zealand.

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On the really thin sheets it tends to break first, cut second with the carbide blade - you'd be better off scoring with a knife blade and breaking. On sheets the thickness of building sides (such as Design Preservations), it's not the smoothest going through - you'd probably have to do some filing and sanding afterwards.

HTH

Matt

David Nebenzahl wrote in news:49025bd5$0$28663$ snipped-for-privacy@news.adtechcomputers.com:

Yes that's it.

When you add in a 8% sales tax, and you get $30.23.

Puckdropper

"Malcolm Donaldson" wrote in news:gdu2s1$f7h$ snipped-for-privacy@lust.ihug.co.nz:

I'm not planning on turning styrene sheets into ribbons, but out of a

5x12 sheet of styrene sometimes I need a 3x4 piece. A saw would make a faster and more accurate cut than the score and snap method does for me.

If I were doing only styrene work, I'd look into something like "The Chopper" but I want to do both styrene and basswood work.

Puckdropper

"Matt Furze" wrote in news:ngwMk.24372$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe01.iad:

Thanks for the reply. It's good to know about some of the limitations of the tool, especially when they impact some of my future plans for it.

Puckdropper

Actually only $27.99.<

Yes!

I get my styrene in large sheets (about .75mx1.5m) in the thickness that I'm interested in. Cost is about what a package of the Evergreen stuff it but I get to make dozens of Evergreen packages out of it as well as in the sizes that I need at the moment!

-- Bob May

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Micro Mark's table saw is Proxxon-made. Same saw (and lots of accessories for it) is also sold at

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I have the saw but I haven't put it through its paces yet. It seems like it will be able to cut precisely.

Peteski

For what it's worth... I was told that molded plastic has a lot of internal stresses much like glass. It doesn't scribe & snap as easily as extruded plastic does. I think that kit walls are molded; stock like Evergreen is extruded. But, as usual, I could be mistaken... not wrong, just mistaken! : )

dlm

On 10/27/2008 11:05 AM Dan Merkel spake thus:

The statement I made applies to plain sheet styrene stock. For molded pieces like kit walls, scoring and snapping doesn't work, or doesn't work well, and a good saw would probably be the right tool to use on them.

If you're looking to cut scale lumber accurately here's a saw you may be interested in. Hands down the BEST miniature table saw I've seen. It is pricey but very high quality.

kd

And the winner is... ?

fl@liner

I have a Proxxon which meets my needs, but does not do well with styrene. If I had the money and planned to use it more, I would buy one of these:

OOps.....forgot to include the link.