We had a member demonstrate pen segmenting at our chapter meeting using this saw.
It seemed to cut a typical blank cleanly. However, I think it had a stability issue on the right side of the blank with a larger than normal low area where the cutoff falls off. It appeared difficult to hold the blank steady even with the attached clamp, especially with short blanks.
Obviously, this is a minimal observation, but I was not very impressed. I do hear that this saw is pretty good for cutting brass tubes.
Keep asking, I'm sure someone must have one.
Gordon
I tried the HF Model as well. It went back for a refund. Total JUNK.
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My son was intimidated by the 10" chop saw. I picked this up for $60 a couple years ago. It had blade safety issues and just picked up a refurb today for $55. It's compact and cuts anything 2.5" or less for us. (Anything larger and I go to my 10" saw.
Thank you Bill. I have a Hitachi 10" miter saw with a Diablo thin kerf, 80 carbide tooth blade. I have used to cut well over 400 blanks. It does a great job and will continue to sit on my workbench. I was just looking for something much smaller to play with. Thanks again!
I purchased a mini cut off saw with a 2" blade from Harbor Freight yesterday and brought it home to try it. I was sorely disappointed and will not be using it to cut blanks. It might be suitable to cut brass tubing but it has too shallow a cut to even go half way thru an ordinary sized wood blank.
I am going to look for a larger sized chop saw. I want to cut off wooden blanks using different angles for making interesting blanks.
One thing that I liked about the saw was the small kerf and the fineness of the cut itself. But, it's not suitable for my purposes.
I purchased a mini cut off saw with a 2" blade from Harbor Freight yesterday and brought it home to try it. I was sorely disappointed and will not be using it to cut blanks. It might be suitable to cut brass tubing but it has too shallow a cut to even go half way thru an ordinary sized wood blank.
I am going to look for a larger sized chop saw. I want to cut off wooden blanks using different angles for making interesting blanks.
One thing that I liked about the saw was the small kerf and the fineness of the cut itself. But, it's not suitable for my purposes.
I thought that I could get by on the cheap, too. I had looked at the small chop saw at PSI and also the Micromax catalog. The reviews said the saw could not cut through a 3/4" blank. I, too, wanted a small kerf. I also bought the little saw from HF, but didn't even use it because of the lack of cut depth. I finally bought a ryobi band saw from Home Depot for $129 (see below). I'm very pleased with it.