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Old 12-11-2013, 08:09 AM
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Default Femi NG120 Mitering Bandsaw

Anyone have hands-on experience with this saw?



http://www.trick-tools.com/Femi_NG12...1#.Uqhw6_RDsXs

Watched a cutting demonstration at SEMA......it's fast through 2" round bar.

Curious as to it's mitering accuracy.

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Old 12-14-2013, 10:12 PM
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Default I have one

Love it, great saw. Best of all when not in use it doesn't take up a lot of room. Bought mine through Trick Tools.
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Old 12-15-2013, 08:01 AM
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HA! Now I feel like Charley… Out there making you spend money!
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Old 12-15-2013, 11:38 AM
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HA! Now I feel like Charley… Out there making you spend money!
............You Suck.


........now I feel like Charlie too!

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FWIW, there was an article on it on the Street Rodder website:

http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/...ng120_bandsaw/

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Old 12-15-2013, 02:22 PM
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FWIW, there was an article on it on the Street Rodder website:

http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/...ng120_bandsaw/

Thanks Joe. Didn't know they'd been around that long. Now I just need to figure out how to make it pay respectable dividends.
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Thanks Joe. Didn't know they'd been around that long. Now I just need to figure out how to make it pay respectable dividends.

All you need is a couple shops that will sell your frames -- 'cause I think with a little bit of tweaking -- you could have a "line" there with 6 or 10 styles and sizes.

Not sure they're gift shop frames… and not sure they belong in art galleries because they just have too sophisticated traffic… but there are places that sell automotive art and you wouldn't need many places to stock 3 or 4 models.

75 or 100 retail -- so 37.50 to 50 cost.. can you make one in an hour if you were making a few at a time? Cut the pieces - jig - weld - clear coat…
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All you need is a couple shops that will sell your frames -- 'cause I think with a little bit of tweaking -- you could have a "line" there with 6 or 10 styles and sizes.

Not sure they're gift shop frames… and not sure they belong in art galleries because they just have too sophisticated traffic… but there are places that sell automotive art and you wouldn't need many places to stock 3 or 4 models.

75 or 100 retail -- so 37.50 to 50 cost.. can you make one in an hour if you were making a few at a time? Cut the pieces - jig - weld - clear coat…
Once jigs and templates were made I'd say 2 hours at best. Consider miter joint prep, clamping, cooling, sanding, head-scratching, *@$# tungsten grinding, etc.

I don't have a good corner clamp yet or enough decent clamps for that matter so all the joints are hand fit.......slow going right now.

I did this one today and it was at least 4 hours.

















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I have so many more than Joe Average and I could conservatively spend $20K in a heartbeat.
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The frame looks pretty cool!

As for the band saw, I find myself working with smaller pieces that have no legs at times. (mandrel bends, 16-18ga)

I think ideally there would be an option to have an ID clamp system that terminated right before the blade so you could hold short sections without crushing them while cutting.
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I like the frame Sieg… but at Brizio labor rates of $105 an hour - that would make that frame RETAIL for $850.


You've got some work to do before I pay ya $850 for that!



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA




These are fun projects and doing stuff like this always teaches a guy something. Warpage (heat control) - clamping - cutting - measuring - tacking - looks like you're doing some "finishing"… So I love the whole process and you're having fun with it too.

Hope you're putting little felt feet on the one you give your Mother in Law so it doesn't scratch her coffee table.

Amy order that FEMI saw yet?


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