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Post by woodyew on Nov 12, 2008 21:10:30 GMT
Nice, airy workshop you got there but, do you really need that many tablesaws.
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Post by jonnyd on Nov 12, 2008 21:26:04 GMT
I suppose the only tooling that can work out cheaper are the standard euro knives range. I think the £600 of tooling jfc suggests you need will get you going but will only be a start on the slippery slope of spindle tooling.
jon
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Post by lynx on Nov 12, 2008 21:33:28 GMT
£600 doesn't get you much if starting out with a window and door job. By the time you minus grooving heads, a cill block, 80mm rebate blocks, tenoning heads, limiter heads.........   |
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Post by jonnyd on Nov 12, 2008 21:40:53 GMT
I know £600 doesnt go far about a cill block and adjustable groover for me.
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Post by jfc on Nov 12, 2008 22:02:07 GMT
40mm block plus cutters and limiters 55mm block plus cutters and limiters rebate block adjustable groover 1-7mm " " " " 7-12mm and so on 60mm serated block plus cutters and limiters 100mm block plus cutters and limiters Then you get into dedicated blocks  Then power feeds ............................................ I can see 98 people with a fox spindle moulder sat in the workshop unused because the missus wont let them buy the tooling ;D |
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Post by cnc paul on Nov 13, 2008 16:54:25 GMT
It arrived !!!
Got my neighbour to assemble it for me as I am still too stiff from a car crash.... took him about 30Min's.
For the money it is hard to fault. The bed and sliding table has a beautifully ground top, unlike the Jet planner that I have which look like a ploughed field.
The sliding table has no slop what soever, the instruction shows the fence mounted on the leading edge of the table which is completely wrong for a spindle... mine is now mounted on the back edge to support the wood when tenoning, this makes the angle scale on the sliding table the wrong way round.
When not tenoning the sliding table can be removed and fitted with the supplied fixed table which stands forward 320mm from the centre of the spindle. The fence is sturdy enough and fully adjustable.
Very quiet when running but as yet not yet used in anger.
For someone making cabinet doors two of these machines setup could earn them quite a bit of money.
Paul
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Post by jfc on Nov 13, 2008 17:06:09 GMT
Sounds good Paul , whats its footprint ? I know when my fox pt arrived i spent 10 mins laughing at it ;D Sorry to hear about the car crash  |
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Post by cnc paul on Nov 13, 2008 17:15:22 GMT
Jas, It is about 800 x 800. ......I did smile myself, then I just thought of the £314 inc Vat & delivery. I paid £100 for just a fence on my router table. The car is not too good either  The garage got to £15K damage and stopped counting. Paul |
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Post by stevep on Nov 13, 2008 22:03:58 GMT
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Post by jfc on Nov 13, 2008 22:25:34 GMT
Nice find Steve !  |
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Post by jonnyd on Nov 13, 2008 22:34:22 GMT
The moulder only goes too 6500rpm which is too slow for most router cutters.
jon
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Post by trousers on Nov 14, 2008 0:02:05 GMT
Why can't someone make the same with a variable (c. 16000rpm) speed motor and half inch collet for £314? Surely its a machine waiting to happen or am I missing something  By the way Jas, nice avatar - I find the cold has the opposite effect personally |
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Post by dom on Nov 16, 2008 15:58:00 GMT
this makes the angle scale on the sliding table the wrong way round. Paul Maybe the table's on the wrong way around |
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Post by cnc paul on Nov 16, 2008 16:05:35 GMT
this makes the angle scale on the sliding table the wrong way round. Paul Maybe the table's on the wrong way around Hi Dom, It only fits one way... maybe I need a bigger hammer. Paul |
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The garage got to £15K damage and stopped counting.
By the way Jas, nice avatar - I find the cold has the opposite effect personally 
