I was sniffing around the local Woodcraft and saw a display of Proxxon
power tools. Man. They are tiny but look like excellent quality,
tools.
The store had a table saw and a drill press, both so small that the
notion of a closet woodshop makes sense! TS less than a foot high, BS
about the same, roughly a square foot footprint, maybe a bit more.
They're supposedly made for people who do small toys and other rather
specialized things.
I won't be buying them, but they are appealing to say the least! The
prices are very similar to the full-sized tools, of course.
So, anybody in this world-famous group ever have an opportunity to try
these tools?
I do some small items and use the Proxxon Hand Beltsander with very
good results. It goes plaes that even a 1" table top belt sander will
not. Quality tool, but noisy.
In article <[email protected]>, brocpuffs
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I was sniffing around the local Woodcraft and saw a display of Proxxon
> power tools. Man. They are tiny but look like excellent quality,
> tools.
>
> The store had a table saw and a drill press, both so small that the
> notion of a closet woodshop makes sense! TS less than a foot high, BS
> about the same, roughly a square foot footprint, maybe a bit more.
>
> They're supposedly made for people who do small toys and other rather
> specialized things.
>
> I won't be buying them, but they are appealing to say the least! The
> prices are very similar to the full-sized tools, of course.
>
> So, anybody in this world-famous group ever have an opportunity to try
> these tools?
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http://www.sugarbearswoodworks.com
Never have myself but I understand they are used a lot for model ship,
aircraft and dollhouse bulding.
brocpuffs wrote:
> I was sniffing around the local Woodcraft and saw a display of Proxxon
> power tools. Man. They are tiny but look like excellent quality,
> tools.
>
> The store had a table saw and a drill press, both so small that the
> notion of a closet woodshop makes sense! TS less than a foot high, BS
> about the same, roughly a square foot footprint, maybe a bit more.
>
> They're supposedly made for people who do small toys and other rather
> specialized things.
>
> I won't be buying them, but they are appealing to say the least! The
> prices are very similar to the full-sized tools, of course.
>
> So, anybody in this world-famous group ever have an opportunity to try
> these tools?
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:13:39 -0500, brocpuffs <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>I was sniffing around the local Woodcraft and saw a display of Proxxon
>power tools. Man. They are tiny but look like excellent quality,
>tools.
>
>The store had a table saw and a drill press, both so small that the
>notion of a closet woodshop makes sense! TS less than a foot high, BS
>about the same, roughly a square foot footprint, maybe a bit more.
>
>They're supposedly made for people who do small toys and other rather
>specialized things.
>
>I won't be buying them, but they are appealing to say the least! The
>prices are very similar to the full-sized tools, of course.
>
>So, anybody in this world-famous group ever have an opportunity to try
>these tools?
Have used the Proxxon mini-drill-press for drilling printed circuit
boards for about 6 years now. Still goes very well, and would buy
another if this one ever wears out. Can't comment on their other
stuff, but I would look favourably on it, if I needed something small.
Barry Lennox