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Post by GhostFist on Jan 21, 2014 5:53:48 GMT -5
You're very right, didn't think of that. So that guide you slap on the rail can be adjusted? What is the maximum depth you can cut with this tool? As I don't do a lot of drywall I'm more interested into how it performs in wood
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jan 21, 2014 8:29:56 GMT -5
The tool cuts a depth of 26mm on the rails and off the rails 32mm. The scale on the tool only goes to 26 as mafell are designing to the tool to be predominately used on the rails. When using the tool you have to use some type guide be rails, parallel guide, roller edge guide, or old fashioned straight edge and the parallel guide turned upside down. Last night when I was downloading to youtube I had a mess about with it using the slotted cutters where you gave 3 blades and was able to bend a price of 9mm ply and also a piece of 25mm ply very simply. Would be handy for something like a bull nose step on a stair.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jan 21, 2014 13:33:24 GMT -5
Here is a scrap piece of 25mm MDF that has being made bendy using the slotted cutters
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jan 21, 2014 13:44:02 GMT -5
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Post by jalvis on Jan 22, 2014 11:07:28 GMT -5
Thats really efficient for bending. I've seen guys use a cross cut sled on the table saw to get Bended Ply. Takes much longer.
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Post by woodie on Jan 22, 2014 16:23:38 GMT -5
Very cool saw! If they had only given it a bit more cutting capacity, with a normal blade, it would have made for a much more versatile kit.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jan 31, 2014 18:24:32 GMT -5
Here is vid using the groove cutter
When using the groover the 35mm hose really needs to be used as the 27 will not cope with amount of shavings
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Post by GhostFist on Jan 31, 2014 20:37:48 GMT -5
How adjustable is the cutter and how do you adjust it? Also, how clean does it cut?
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Feb 1, 2014 7:47:33 GMT -5
The cutter is adjustable 15.4mm to 25mm it is made up of 2 parts which you place metal shims ranging from 0.1mm to 5mm very similar idea as what you get for a spindle moulded cutter block the only difference being the block has a 20mm bore instead of 30mm. The cut is on a par with using a spindle to cut grooves as the cutter doesn't spin around at 20000 revs you don't get the same burn marks you can with a router. I was able to take out a 25x26mm groove in one pass you could use it for making tenons on door rails. At the moment there is limited cutters for the machine I have spoken to nma and they have someone who went to a tooling company and got a special block made up also I know that leitz tooling does groovers that fit a 20mm bore which go below 15.4 mm which would be handy. Also here you get mdf of pine panels that have like half round beads on them to make them look like v lining or bead and v linning also you could have cutters to make like chanel lining. It would be a case of a special block then a bit imagination. I've returned the machine the only real negative with the machine I think is missing that when you need to do a plunge cut in the middle you can't tell where the blade is a simple couple of marks on the roller guide ones at 26mm and the other at 12mm there the 2 sizes I recon would be mist common. I've spoken to mafell on this and how found the machine. Also at the moment the machine is only available in 240 but mafell have told me they can make it in 110 as a special order. The machine would be handy to the likes of interior shop fitters that fit out shops hotels cinemas. The multi groove cutter us really handy for making simple curves it is a specialist machine but so are a lot of mafell machines
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Post by jalvis on Feb 1, 2014 12:34:41 GMT -5
Leitz could make any cutter you want for that machine. They custom make cutters for all kinds of machines but it better be worth it. Being that there tooling is top quality you pay dearly as one would expect.
That machine looks so close to the MT55 I would think you could buy an MF 26 replacement hood and a cutter and swap it out on the MT55. Presto! I'm sure its not that easy but thats what goes through my mind.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Feb 1, 2014 13:04:59 GMT -5
Yeah it is very similar to the mt55 the features that where nice is the way you lock the blade and open the door to change a cutter and also the power of the machine if the mt55 is as powerful it must be one powerful machine. I have leitz blades for the Erika.
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Post by luzzy on Aug 2, 2014 8:26:34 GMT -5
I wanted to see if the theory behind the MF 26 would work for bending drywall around a tight radius. I took the Ts 75 and CT36 we had on site and it works. Since the 3 blade setup would work much faster and the kerf spacing would be more accurate - I am pretty certain this would be a great saw to own.... Attachments:
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Aug 2, 2014 11:31:22 GMT -5
Yeah doing something like that in a funny way let's you try a tool without trying it it let's you get an idea of the concept
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Post by MrToolJunkie on Aug 24, 2014 18:54:33 GMT -5
Anyone know what the pricing is on this tool in North America? Has there been any talk about new blades/profiles becoming available? I could see this being useful for all kinds of molding work if there were blades for it or an insert cutter head.
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Post by Tom Gensmer on Aug 25, 2014 20:43:25 GMT -5
Anyone know what the pricing is on this tool in North America? Has there been any talk about new blades/profiles becoming available? I could see this being useful for all kinds of molding work if there were blades for it or an insert cutter head. My understanding is that the MF 26cc/400 will sell in the $1900 range in North America. Spendy, but when you look at what you're getting it's not out of the question. What I mean by that is, to my knowledge, there aren't any other track guided saws capable of cutting dados, let alone swapping out to other cutting heads like the triple blade setup or the V-groove cutters. Speaking with Timberwolf Tools, it sounds like a 120v version will be available later in 2014. Something I realized that really appeals to me is that, on the expanding groove cutter, the blades are of the four-sided, removable carbide variety, so when the cutting edges dull I can just swap or rotate the cutters, versus sending out the whole assembly for sharpening. I'm VERY interested in the option for a more narrow groove cutter, particularly one that is sized for undersized 1/2" plywood. Does anybody have a link to a ready-made product that can be adapted for use with the MF-26? |
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