I will try this again. I posted it in the wrong newsgroup;
I was watching This Old House today. Tommy Silva always has the newest
tools and toys.
He had this fence for his sliding miter saw. It had an electronic box that
allowed him to compute the fence settings. He then pushes a button and the
fence stop rolls on some kind of track, powered by and electric motor, to
the computed position.
I have no idea who makes it, how much it costs or how durable it is. But it
was very nice. I can think of a few situation where that would have come in
handy
Doe anybody here know anything about this new tool/toy?
On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:55:00 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote:
>
>
>"Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> They seem to work great in the several videos I've seen.
>> http://www.finehomebuilding.com/item/10751/sawgear-automatic-length-measuring-for-your-miter-saw
>>
>> If they didn't have a Festering price tag, I'll bet they'd sell a
>> whole lot more of 'em. SawGear, $2,695-2,995? <thud>
>>
>Which raises an interesting point.
>
>If Festool made something like this, how much would it cost?
$67,826.45 down and $400/mo for...
--
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
-- Margaret Lee Runbeck
On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 17:40:46 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote:
>I will try this again. I posted it in the wrong newsgroup;
>
>I was watching This Old House today. Tommy Silva always has the newest
>tools and toys.
>
>He had this fence for his sliding miter saw. It had an electronic box that
>allowed him to compute the fence settings. He then pushes a button and the
>fence stop rolls on some kind of track, powered by and electric motor, to
>the computed position.
>
>I have no idea who makes it, how much it costs or how durable it is. But it
>was very nice. I can think of a few situation where that would have come in
>handy
>
>Doe anybody here know anything about this new tool/toy?
They seem to work great in the several videos I've seen.
http://www.finehomebuilding.com/item/10751/sawgear-automatic-length-measuring-for-your-miter-saw
If they didn't have a Festering price tag, I'll bet they'd sell a
whole lot more of 'em. SawGear, $2,695-2,995? <thud>
--
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
-- Margaret Lee Runbeck
"Paul T." <[email protected]> wrote in news:qRIBo.11453$lL3.118
@newsfe08.iad:
>
>
> Amazon has it for $2195. Regular price $2695.
>
> Paul T.
>
You can guy a brand new angle iron fence, stop block and quick clamp, and
SawStop table saw for that kind of dough.
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Paul T." <[email protected]> wrote in news:qRIBo.11453$lL3.118
> @newsfe08.iad:
>
>>
>>
>> Amazon has it for $2195. Regular price $2695.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>
> You can guy a brand new angle iron fence, stop block and quick clamp, and
> SawStop table saw for that kind of dough.
>
You can buy a Festool miter saw for that kind of dough. Or a lot of other
goodies.
"Pistol_Pete" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> There was an 'Ask the expert' column in the paper recently where
> somebody wrote in to ask about something he had seen on This Old
> House. The expert replied that "If you saw it on This Old House, you
> can't afford it!"
>
How true.
Those guys have the tool manufacturers lining up to give them tools. It's
called "sponsorship".
Nobody ever did that for me.
"Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> They seem to work great in the several videos I've seen.
> http://www.finehomebuilding.com/item/10751/sawgear-automatic-length-measuring-for-your-miter-saw
>
> If they didn't have a Festering price tag, I'll bet they'd sell a
> whole lot more of 'em. SawGear, $2,695-2,995? <thud>
>
Which raises an interesting point.
If Festool made something like this, how much would it cost?
On Nov 7, 9:58=A0pm, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net> wrote:
> "Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...> "Paul T." <s=
[email protected]> wrote in news:qRIBo.11453$lL3.118
> > @newsfe08.iad:
>
> >> Amazon has it for $2195. Regular price $2695.
>
> >> Paul T.
>
> > You can guy a brand new angle iron fence, stop block and quick clamp, a=
nd
> > SawStop table saw for that kind of dough.
>
> You can buy a Festool miter saw for that kind of dough. =A0Or a lot of ot=
her
> goodies.
A tool like that wouldn't even cut it in a high production
environment. I think it is the answer to the question nobody asked.
Lee Michaels wrote the following:
>
>
> "Pistol_Pete" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> There was an 'Ask the expert' column in the paper recently where
>> somebody wrote in to ask about something he had seen on This Old
>> House. The expert replied that "If you saw it on This Old House, you
>> can't afford it!"
>>
> How true.
>
> Those guys have the tool manufacturers lining up to give them tools.
> It's called "sponsorship".
A lot of the materials, equipment, and appliances are similarly donated
for sponsorship consideration.
>
> Nobody ever did that for me.
>
>
>
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I will try this again. I posted it in the wrong newsgroup;
>
> I was watching This Old House today. Tommy Silva always has the newest
> tools and toys.
>
> He had this fence for his sliding miter saw. It had an electronic box
> that
> allowed him to compute the fence settings. He then pushes a button and the
> fence stop rolls on some kind of track, powered by and electric motor, to
> the computed position.
>
> I have no idea who makes it, how much it costs or how durable it is. But
> it
> was very nice. I can think of a few situation where that would have come
> in
> handy
>
> Doe anybody here know anything about this new tool/toy?
I saw it... my reaction was that it un-does all the efficiencies that the
framers figured out years ago... i.e., cutting one stick at a time rather
than cutting the width of the unit in one cut with the blade low enough to
score the layer below.
John
Actually a tool like that is similar to the production shop I was in
recently. Except theirs was hooked to a computer. I believe they enter
the job number... And it knows what lengths to cut.
On 11/8/2010 11:11 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Nov 7, 9:58 pm, "Lee Michaels"<leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
> dot net> wrote:
>> "Puckdropper"<puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:[email protected]...> "Paul T."<[email protected]> wrote in news:qRIBo.11453$lL3.118
>>> @newsfe08.iad:
>>
>>>> Amazon has it for $2195. Regular price $2695.
>>
>>>> Paul T.
>>
>>> You can guy a brand new angle iron fence, stop block and quick clamp, and
>>> SawStop table saw for that kind of dough.
>>
>> You can buy a Festool miter saw for that kind of dough. Or a lot of other
>> goodies.
>
> A tool like that wouldn't even cut it in a high production
> environment. I think it is the answer to the question nobody asked.
There was an 'Ask the expert' column in the paper recently where
somebody wrote in to ask about something he had seen on This Old
House. The expert replied that "If you saw it on This Old House, you
can't afford it!"
On Nov 7, 5:40=A0pm, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net> wrote:
> I will try this again. I posted it in the wrong newsgroup;
>
> I was watching This Old House today. =A0Tommy Silva always has the newest
> tools and toys.
>
> He had this fence for his sliding miter saw. =A0It had an electronic box =
that
> allowed him to compute the fence settings. He then pushes a button and th=
e
> fence stop rolls on some kind of track, powered by and electric motor, to
> the computed position.
>
> I have no idea who makes it, how much it costs or how durable it is. =A0B=
ut it
> was very nice. =A0I can think of a few situation where that would have co=
me in
> handy
>
> Doe anybody here know anything about this new tool/toy?
I'm sure what you saw is probably the SawGear:
http://www.sawgear.com/
It has been shown in Tools of the Trade and JLC. I have not used
one, nor do I know anyone that has.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DanG
Keep the whole world singing . . .
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
>I will try this again. I posted it in the wrong newsgroup;
>
> I was watching This Old House today. Tommy Silva always has the
> newest
> tools and toys.
>
> He had this fence for his sliding miter saw. It had an
> electronic box that
> allowed him to compute the fence settings. He then pushes a
> button and the
> fence stop rolls on some kind of track, powered by and electric
> motor, to
> the computed position.
>
> I have no idea who makes it, how much it costs or how durable it
> is. But it
> was very nice. I can think of a few situation where that would
> have come in
> handy
>
> Doe anybody here know anything about this new tool/toy?
>
>
>
>
On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:40:46 -0500, Lee Michaels wrote:
> I will try this again. I posted it in the wrong newsgroup;
>
> I was watching This Old House today. Tommy Silva always has the newest
> tools and toys.
>
> He had this fence for his sliding miter saw. It had an electronic box
> that allowed him to compute the fence settings. He then pushes a button
> and the fence stop rolls on some kind of track, powered by and electric
> motor, to the computed position.
>
> I have no idea who makes it, how much it costs or how durable it is.
> But it was very nice. I can think of a few situation where that would
> have come in handy
>
> Doe anybody here know anything about this new tool/toy?
Amazon has it for $2195. Regular price $2695.
Paul T.