I have that exact table saw (chicago electric). the diamond blade is
worthless for PCB. the toothed blade is just a miniature version of
full-size carbide-tipped saw blades. It cuts PCB like butter and hasn't
shown any signs of dulling after cutting numerous boards.
Being open-framed like that though, it throws dust all over, so it's not a
bad idea to tape some pieces of cardboard around it as a "skirt" to keep the
dust in check.
it doesn't come with a real fence or anything, just a little crappy guide,
but freehanding isn't too hard and perhaps you could make a fence if needed.
-Evan
On 3/6/06, kilocycles <kilocycles@...> wrote:
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> Bob,
> I hope that's for all of their stores. How did I miss it, I seem to
> get two catalogs a week from them. Since you said one of the saws is
> toothed, I presume it's not just a tile saw? (not that there's
> anything wrong with that, for PCB purposes).
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> Ted
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "bob_ledoux" <bobledoux@...> wrote:
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> > Harbor Freight is having their sidwalk sale this weekend. They are
> > selling a small 4 inch table saw with two blades for $29.99. Regular
> > price is $49. The unit is less than a cubic foot in size and comes
> > with a diamond and toothed saw blades.
> >
> > It looks good for cutting circuit board.
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