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Post by GhostFist on Sept 5, 2013 22:39:58 GMT -5
Cool,i expect it to do well, what I wonder is how much better if at all than the trion.
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Post by fidelfs on Sept 7, 2013 9:53:12 GMT -5
I am so glad that I stopped my Carvex purchase. You have to go thru hoops and loops to make it work well. I would say too much gimmicks and not enough real functionality. It is a fine jigsaw but not for the price and with the title "Best jigsaw available".
IMHO there are better jigsaws out there. I was going to get the P1CC next, but I will save money to get the Erika. Erika first, then P1cc.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Sept 7, 2013 10:14:23 GMT -5
Fine choice what sort of work do you do?
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Post by jonathan on Sept 7, 2013 10:21:50 GMT -5
I agree with wrightwoodwork, fine choice. The Erika is the best possible portable tablesaw that money can buy!
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Post by GhostFist on Sept 7, 2013 12:19:08 GMT -5
Ya I need one of those....
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Post by fidelfs on Sept 7, 2013 12:51:48 GMT -5
I am remodeling my house before I put it on the market. I am making furniture. I am removing walls to make it more functional, gates in the backyard, etc.
This is a hobby for me, I have "collected" a lot of big tools, but I am planning to move to another state. It will be easier to sell my big tools (Unisaw, Jet 12" jointer/planner, bandsaw) before I move. I will downsize on "size" but not in quality or power.
The P1cc will replace my bandsaw (not for everything), the Erika will replace the Unisaw. I won't buy rough wood anymore, so I won't need the jointer.
The Mafell quality and power will keep me set for long time (I hope life time). My festool TS55 is being replaced for MT55, I know that I don't need all the different features than the MT55 has, but It has more power. I was planning to buy the TS75, but the Mt55 will work for both (I hope).
That is in a nutshell,what I am planing to do in the near future.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Sept 7, 2013 18:45:50 GMT -5
That's good I don't know about America or Europe but the dressed wood u get here is normally what we call 5ths which is the lowest quality with large knots twisted and bowed etc where sawn timber (redwood) tends to be a better quality. Personally the dressed wood you get on the UK I wouldn't use for furniture, a lot of the problem is how they store the wood in the merchants. Stood on its ends in the rack for it to twist and buckle, you do get what we call furniture boards in generally pine, oak, etc is most common, you can the pine out of the large day superstores but it's expensive and lower quality to what you can buy from the trade places and typically twice the price. Then in the UK when it comes to hardwoods most of it is only available sawn with the exception of oak, meranti (poor man's mahogany from Indonesia). I blame a lot of the rubbish we get in the UK on the diyers they but on price where I want the best quality I can get
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Post by 7 on Sept 16, 2013 23:58:01 GMT -5
FYI- I just received the P1cc in the mail today. Haven't tried it yet but will get to it soon. I have 3 jobs ready to go that it will help out with a lot so it was an easy justification.
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Post by jonathan on Sept 17, 2013 0:31:07 GMT -5
I look forward to hearing your feedback, 7
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Post by 7 on Sept 18, 2013 0:29:52 GMT -5
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Post by 7 on Sept 18, 2013 0:39:32 GMT -5
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Post by 7 on Sept 18, 2013 0:51:54 GMT -5
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Post by 7 on Sept 18, 2013 0:56:46 GMT -5
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Post by 7 on Sept 18, 2013 1:06:39 GMT -5
Only 2 more posts...sorry...I am slightly impressed & would have loved to see this crap before purchasing. A picture of the mafell next to the Bosch 1590 EVS and the thin off cut of the final cut where I used the burned bosch blade on the mafell saw. It's interesting how it shows more detail because it is so thin.
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Post by 7 on Sept 18, 2013 1:14:42 GMT -5
Last and definitely least it looks like the mafell blades are identical to the bosch. I haven't checked others against each other but at least these two are identical. May not be news to most. After these tests I am interested to try the special welded blade. I need an actual valuable project before I bust that one out though. Mafell should consider making the W1 cunex welded blade in longer lengths with as much power as this saw has. I can't imagine it having trouble even with the extra thickness of the blade in thick wood. Let me know if anyone would like to see cuts in anything specific.
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