Homebrew PCBs

If it is the version with gears you should hear that quite distinctly.
the gears are (were) louder than the motor on my saw.
But i think since they use 220V motors they also use the belt version.

But to the topic again:

You said you use the diamond blade.
How rough/smooth is your cut?
When i used the diamond padsaw blade the cut was quite rough.
With the carbide blade the cut is almost like polished surface, nice sqare 
and all.

I assume you too never tried one of the carbide equipped carpenters blade 
in a big table saw?

Regards
Stefan

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 00:04:43 +0100, Markus Zingg <m.zingg@...> wrote:

> Hi Stefan
>
>> @markus:
>>
>> Do you have the 220V version?
>
> yes
>
>> the saw i bought (at ebay for 30eur with carbide blade and two other 
>> blades ;-) )
>> is the old 12-18V version.
>> The damn thing had no power at all.
>
> Well, mine is also not the strongest, but for the kind of boards I
> make it's sufficient. I bought fairly huge copper clad material from
> Bungard which I cut with this saw. Works fine if you take some time
> and don't get impatient. Since I use ~60 boards a year that's no
> problem for me. I figure those doing fewer boards will find the saw
> quite handy.
>
>> The cuts were very perfect but i kept turning up the voltage until there 
>> was only smoke left of
>> the motor....
>> It has gears between the motor and the blade shaft.
>> Does your version already have the toothed belt?
>
> Hmm, I haven't disasembled it yet so I don't know.
>
>> I plan building my own saw now, with a more powerful motor of course.
>
> So far no need for this on my end yet. That said I'm still busy enough
> with my other projects :-))
>
> Markus
>