We had a room in the architecture schools wood shop with about a dozen of these and it was always fully utilized, great little saws for making tiny lightweight models out of balsa wood
@@johnrichy2k6 Hey, we didn't invent the imperial system. We adopted it from the Europeans, then we get settled into it and you change to something else. It's like the two year old that throws a piece of cereal behind the couch and giggles when you get it, then proceeds to throw it again. We've caught on to the game because we know as soon as we adopt the metric system, the Europeans will switch to something else and this ridiculousness will never end.
@@pawpawstew Exactly. It's like when they took up the Chinese game of soccer and then when we started playing it they changed the name to football and told us our football isn't real only theirs is and laugh at us when we call it soccer. And don't get me started on aluminum.
@@pawpawstew interestingly the US was one of the first nations to attempt to adopt the metric system primarily through the efforts of Thomas Jefferson but the ship carrying the set of standards from France was sunk in a storm causing a significant setback and when combined with the cause of the French revolution dissuaded the us from further attempts at converting until the US had finally become more or less industrialized and the conversion would be significantly more costly and time consuming.
I'd love it if this turned into a thing where you get a tiny shop vac, then a circular saw, and just a bunch of other tiny tools to build a tiny shop lol
Well, you can (or could) get a desktop Numatic Henry vacuum cleaner which would suit it, it has all the suction power of an inhaling gnat, so goes well with the lack of cutting power!!! :P
The tiny Veritas handtools are amazing. They work too. It’s surprisingly difficult not to buy all of them. Resisting I am, but for how long? I don’t know.
Don't do that. He doesn't get enough exercise as it is. Buy him a crosscut saw instead, and put in some tiny trees. That'll work some of that pudge off.
My in-laws use one of those and one of the mini chop saws for doll house building. Works great for their needs. The houses they make are fully electrified and sell for over $10,000 each.
I feel like this would be quite funny to have as my sole woodworking tool. I can imagine giving someone a tour of my shop and then showing them my woodworking area with just this tiny guy hanging out all alone in a corner.
I bought one recently and made a couple upgrades: built a much larger frame around it with a 16x20 surface, to which I applied a plastic grid; and replaced the blade with one from Micro-Mark. Note of caution: when removing the blade be careful to turn the nut CLOCKWISE to remove it, and do so very carefully to avoid stripping it and the arbor--they are both made of fairly soft metal.
As everyone else has said a year ago this is meant for very very small dollhouse/hobbyist balsa wood type projects. The fact it has a "finger" (lol) guard for the blade is actually really great - most of the cheap ones you can find are literally just a block with a table saw blade sticking out the top with no safety features. I'm gonna have to go through your whole channel now to see if you review any other tiny woodshop tools because you are excited as hell and I love that.
Agreed. I am a hobbyist and was looking for a small version of a table saw for cutting small wood frames and balsa wood for diorama building. I dont need a large table saw for that. But the ones I found were much better than this, but more $$ too. The best was over $300 and costs as much as a regular table saw. But all the ones I saw were slightly bigger than this too.
@@panzer948 It might be the right size for the job, but you need something you can make predictable cuts with. And a bigger table would be a good idea as well.
I got one to chop up old circuit boards. It doesn't have enough power for that either in case anyone was wondering. Gonna keep it though, 'cause it might come in handy for craft stuff - plus the cute factor! UPDATE: Ah, wait!!! The diamond blade cuts though circuit boards and ceramic body components like a hot knife through butter - really. Stay away from plastic body components like large connectors, and super long cuts - and it barely bogs down at all. The mighty-mite is redeemed!
Excellent. I was wondering about that, considering that most of the boards are glass fiber reinforced, so therefore using the tile blade makes more sense.
This saw is suitable for model making, building houses, planes and boats and dioramas, balsa wood and other soft woods, greetings from Portimão Portugal.
My shop/server room is one half of our master bathroom. We don't need 'his n hers' sinks, and never used the 'roman tub' which is just a regular tub that flares about 4 inches in the middle, with space wasting framework around it. We never used that bathroom for bathing at all. So I built my server rack over the existing tub, the shower stall became my pc carcass storage, and my workbench is the maple plywood that makes the top of the rack. I still have empty air that needs to become storage, but I'll never cut wood in there - even with dust collection it would be death for my servers.
@@Zomby_Woof you have no idea how reassuring it is to know I'm not the only one doing things like this. (My wife and I covered our balcony in glass panel windows, and we use that for cutting wood and grinding metal etc, everything that is dusty or overly smelly)
I honestly work out of my kitchen closet of my apartment. I have no other choice but to if I want to do wood working projects until I can find a garage to rent out of a work shop. So, some people really do work out of a closet.
@@OpasJDGarage gb houses for all of his chickens on Christmas, if only he could train his rooster.Maybe next video we will see his rooster with safety glasses building GB houses for his ladies. 😆
@@JosephGodwin137 safety glasses fitted for his rooster would be awesome. A leather tool belt would push into becoming a platinum member for his channel.
@@OpasJDGarage google "safety hat for chicken", I would love to see all of the chickens running around with safety helmet, vest, and glasses in one of videos.
this is a hobby saw ( found in the hobby section of harbor freight) so I don't think its meant to be used for actual full time wood working. I use it for making miniatures. and its great.
You do have to spend some time setting the saw up... blade, fence, etc. But once done, the saw is great. Fairly compact which is Nice ruclips.net/user/postUgkxXh-4_3-ZT1fFWP91ZV7iVqzElr0lEb-a I did get an Incra Miter Gauge which takes some setup as well. The stock miter gauge can be adjusted in the miter slot with a little painter's tape... this tightens up the side to side play a lot.
I've read dollhouse and miniatures magazines, and in the back of the magazine are ads for all kinds of tiny, power, shop tools made for making miniatures: Lathes, table saws, drill presses, jigsaws, etc. I even saw a tiny press brake for making tiny stuff out of aluminum cans.
I didn't know this exists, and it's clearly an awful product that's bordering on being trash, but I WANT IT SO BADLY. I wonder how well it could perform with a competent motor and blade.
@@deefdragon Most modelers I know cut balsa with a small back saw and miter box, or even just cut it with a hobby knife. A little table saw like this might be useful for making precision cuts in plywood, but I'd prefer a small scroll saw: safer and more versatile. In any case you get better results cutting by hand and finishing up on the disc sander.
I fully expect a series where you develop an entire mini workshop around this thing, together with a 2 inch disc sander, 4 inch band saw, some mini hand planes, and jigs for the table saw (crosscut sled, rip fence system, etc). The world *demands* it.
That face when cutting the tile had me dying, this review is exactly like your yugo review and your humor always makes me laugh. Keep up the great videos!
@@UnderDunnOfficial I actually have cut my lawn with scissors. I usually hit it with a weed eater, which takes about 3 minutes. But the battery was dead, and the wife was bitching. Knocked it out in about 15 minutes. I also edged it using my trusty chef's knife - came out really nice, though it took about 45 minutes. Used to use that knife as a hand planer too before I bought one. Don't ask about the egg beater I had stuck in my engine for a while.
Balsa is very sort of soft squashy texture so I bet it would be great for that, or maybe even obeche or basswood craft sheets for models and miniatures.
yes your right it works great with balsa. if he read the box before his review he would know that it says perfect for picture frames, moldings, plastics. i use it for crafting and it has made things awesome. i dont have to fire up the big stuff for small things. i
Oh heck yeah. Now the challenge I put to you: Build a fence and sled for it. Then you'll need jigs, and an outfeed table. The sky is the limit!!! Seriously, as a builder of scale miniatures, this would be very handy for guys like me.
I would not recommend it for modeling or small figures. The only thing it is good for is cutting off 3/8" sticks and 1/8" plywood not more than two inches wide as long as you do not care about accuracy. I wish I could return it. It will not rip 1/2 " balsa boards, but it will cut 1/2 in square balsa sticks nearly square!
I did build a sled for mine in order to cut fret slots in a guitar fretboard, a cigar box guitar fretboard... works well and reduces the time and tedium from hand cutting with a fret saw!
"there are faster ways to cut through a tile like this like, breathing on it or, hoping it will spontaneously cut itself" made me smile to myself like a dork amazing video dude i found you from the cyclone vid but man youre amazing! i love the humor, your build processes in general and your editing is just off the charts. keep up the amazing work!!
My wife bought me one for use in my model making. I’ve cut a bunch of balsa with it. She also bought me an even more ridiculous mini lathe. Her heart was in the right place.
You have to consider, scaled to a normal table saw, that 1/4” board is probably a 4” or 5” thick board. So it would understandably struggle. It’s probably only good for 1/8” or thinner. So, ya still useless for a woodworking workshop. Unless it’s a dollhouse workshop
I'm honestly considering something similar as I've only got a small apartment, and it'll be much lower noise. I am thinking about a few projects using strip wood glued and dowelled into composite beam style constructions, easy to get the required cuts to length
My father has been working on building architectural models. This would probably have been a lot easier on him than using the ShopSmith. Also, there's always a need to trim shims.
because of its quietness and compact size i might be picking one of those things up i’m a retired Woodworker by trade and. i live in Assisted Living facilities now and i simply just don’t have the area for a full size shop equipment any longer
"set me back $.15... don't like to be wasting that kind of money" after not only buying the tiny table saw BUT also buying an extra blade for it! ha ha ha had me just cracking up.
From what I’ve read about, and seen on this type of saw a mini table saw is intended for small projects like miniatures. Miniatures are made with bass , birch, and other thin types of craft woods.
ah yes the era where tonka trucks had sharp gears, the easy bake oven used a 60 watt lightbulb, science books included experiments like "to demonstrate newtons 3rd law of motion, stand in a wagon and throw a brick backwards..."
It did cross my mind that it looked like it's got the smaller of the two main home sewing machine motor sizes. It makes me wonder if the larger type of motor could be bodged in there? The added height would probably mean the table wouldn't lower enough to expose the blade though. :(
Absolutely historical I love it!!! I feel the need to use my in the mail 20% coupon from harbor freight to go get one just so I can have a tiny table saw too!!!!!
I inherited something similar. Tried to use it once. The blade guard was loose, hit the blade and exploded. It actually walks around if it’s not clamped down. Without the guard, it’s now absolutely terrifying. It’s basically a hobby saw for cutting microwood. 1/16” plywood and such.
for scale work, the material you are putting through it would be equivalent to two inch material on a regular table saw. Look at how much saw blade you are taking on with the material as you would a 1/2" plywood on an 10" blade. so basically, it would be best for 1/8" material at best.
You are not allowing for true scaling ratios, so your statement is incorrect. Scaling is not a simple ratio in this case, it is logarithmic . The smaller saw is actually more powerful than 1/15th the power of a regular table saw. I think the main problem with this is the blade, but you are right, it will not rip balsa wood thicker than 3/8" and a large table saw will not rip 8 inch thick balsa wood.
I see similar saws on Amazon. They're marketed to dollhouse furniture makers and balsa wood modelers, ultralight duty stuff. HF seems to just badged a generic one unaware that it's for those purposes.
It needs it own place with mahogany fence/dust collection at the miter station! Or you could by a second one and turn it into mirror dice on the bus so you can enjoy it’s cuteness in stereo :-)
How about on Balsa wood? It might be worth something to a modelmaker IF it had a decent miter gauge and a fence. But the fence you can build your own and for that matter the miter gauge too.
I've seen these used as an alternative when cutting fret slots in a fingerboard for a guitar. They have made a small sled that uses the sides of the table instead of the slots in the table top. Uses a 4" jewelers blade for fret slotting. People are just trying to get around having to pay $150 for a fret slotting blade from stew-mac. Or $140 for a precision miter box with a pull saw with a thin kerf.
When I was a kid, I would have LOVED this to cut tongue depressors and flat toothpicks to size for all the models I built. Betting that little motor would have worked for something like that ,😁
The perfect xmas gift for your kids. I'd plan a couple trips to the ER with them, just to be a "good parent". Keep those plastic baggies and ice handy, you will need them! ;)
"That went badly, let's try something harder." Now my girlfriend wants to know if you're responsible for her project schedules at work. If so you OWE, son. So much.
This saw is for crafts that use balsa wood, popsicle sticks, cardboard tubes.
Or jello, butter, tofu...
Yes I feel that’s it’s market, but no fun for our host showing that operation is there?
ProfessionalElectronics 😆😆😆
We had a room in the architecture schools wood shop with about a dozen of these and it was always fully utilized, great little saws for making tiny lightweight models out of balsa wood
Exactly. This is perfect for crafters and people who can't afford/don't have room for a full-size table saw.
"for scale, here's a small chicken"
lol - we need more Robert in these trying times :)
Americans will do literally anything to avoid using the metric system!
@@johnrichy2k6 OK, that made me laugh out loud enough that I startled the dogs.
Thanks!
@@johnrichy2k6 Hey, we didn't invent the imperial system. We adopted it from the Europeans, then we get settled into it and you change to something else. It's like the two year old that throws a piece of cereal behind the couch and giggles when you get it, then proceeds to throw it again. We've caught on to the game because we know as soon as we adopt the metric system, the Europeans will switch to something else and this ridiculousness will never end.
@@pawpawstew Exactly. It's like when they took up the Chinese game of soccer and then when we started playing it they changed the name to football and told us our football isn't real only theirs is and laugh at us when we call it soccer. And don't get me started on aluminum.
@@pawpawstew interestingly the US was one of the first nations to attempt to adopt the metric system primarily through the efforts of Thomas Jefferson but the ship carrying the set of standards from France was sunk in a storm causing a significant setback and when combined with the cause of the French revolution dissuaded the us from further attempts at converting until the US had finally become more or less industrialized and the conversion would be significantly more costly and time consuming.
I'd love it if this turned into a thing where you get a tiny shop vac, then a circular saw, and just a bunch of other tiny tools to build a tiny shop lol
That sounds like something I'd do! Now granted, mine wouldn't necessarily be functional
Wow! I'm In! LOL
LLAP
Well, you can (or could) get a desktop Numatic Henry vacuum cleaner which would suit it, it has all the suction power of an inhaling gnat, so goes well with the lack of cutting power!!! :P
The tiny Veritas handtools are amazing. They work too. It’s surprisingly difficult not to buy all of them. Resisting I am, but for how long? I don’t know.
LOL! Yes, I would buy the whole collection!
I love tiny versions of regular things!
Happily, so does my wife.
"Oh, just like a ****, only smaller!"
For both her wallets. JOKES!1.tga.tz.gif.tar
Officer, I'd like to report a suicide.
LMAO
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My gerbil is gonna love this, he takes forever to cut a board using his lil Japanese pull saw. I'm getting one!!
Give your gerbil a push saw and a bread box for a shop, would love to see what can be made.
I laughed so hard at this! 😂😂😂
Lol
Don't do that. He doesn't get enough exercise as it is. Buy him a crosscut saw instead, and put in some tiny trees. That'll work some of that pudge off.
My in-laws use one of those and one of the mini chop saws for doll house building. Works great for their needs. The houses they make are fully electrified and sell for over $10,000 each.
Robert: "Yeah, you're a good birb!"
Birb: [ESCALATING DINOSAUR SHRIEK]
Perfect for turning regular pencils into golf pencils! I half expected the Spongebob screen to pop up saying ”One hour later” in a French accent!
hehe, me too, it´s pretty much what I use when ridiculous amounts of time have to pass quick. Only I like the "one eternity later" one :)
I feel like this would be quite funny to have as my sole woodworking tool. I can imagine giving someone a tour of my shop and then showing them my woodworking area with just this tiny guy hanging out all alone in a corner.
Lol thought the same thing, would be hilarious trolling
Yes! On a custom-made steel floorstand bolted to the concrete floor.
I bought one recently and made a couple upgrades: built a much larger frame around it with a 16x20 surface, to which I applied a plastic grid; and replaced the blade with one from Micro-Mark. Note of caution: when removing the blade be careful to turn the nut CLOCKWISE to remove it, and do so very carefully to avoid stripping it and the arbor--they are both made of fairly soft metal.
Yep, I almost did that myself... couldn't understand why I couldn't loosen the damn thing! 😂
I'm pretty sure my cheap deli slicer has more grunt.
:O :O :O What a marvelous idea!!!
Oddly enough you can also get a deli slicer at Harbor Freight as well...
As everyone else has said a year ago this is meant for very very small dollhouse/hobbyist balsa wood type projects. The fact it has a "finger" (lol) guard for the blade is actually really great - most of the cheap ones you can find are literally just a block with a table saw blade sticking out the top with no safety features. I'm gonna have to go through your whole channel now to see if you review any other tiny woodshop tools because you are excited as hell and I love that.
Agreed. I am a hobbyist and was looking for a small version of a table saw for cutting small wood frames and balsa wood for diorama building. I dont need a large table saw for that. But the ones I found were much better than this, but more $$ too. The best was over $300 and costs as much as a regular table saw. But all the ones I saw were slightly bigger than this too.
@@panzer948 It might be the right size for the job, but you need something you can make predictable cuts with. And a bigger table would be a good idea as well.
The nice thing is that it can fit *inside* your dust collector.
It could be useful for 1/8" plywood, the kind we usually cut with a laser cutter...
Looking forward to the build series on cross cut sleds and jigs for this!
It must be done - along with.. something.. anything.. useful.. made with the saw. Knife blank handles maybe? Balsawood dolls house ?
no DON'T please... too much of that shit already in youtube..lol
A cross cut sled is a good idea because the miter is sorry
This thing actually looks more dangerous than a full sized table saw.
It is.
My thoughts exactly
I know right?
This thing is almost the same size as the brake cartridge mechanism in the Sawstop table saw.
Still safer than lawn darts
I bet that thing would do great for thin balsa for table top / diorama / doll house builders.
I got one to chop up old circuit boards. It doesn't have enough power for that either in case anyone was wondering. Gonna keep it though, 'cause it might come in handy for craft stuff - plus the cute factor! UPDATE: Ah, wait!!! The diamond blade cuts though circuit boards and ceramic body components like a hot knife through butter - really. Stay away from plastic body components like large connectors, and super long cuts - and it barely bogs down at all. The mighty-mite is redeemed!
Excellent. I was wondering about that, considering that most of the boards are glass fiber reinforced, so therefore using the tile blade makes more sense.
This saw is suitable for model making, building houses, planes and boats and dioramas, balsa wood and other soft woods, greetings from Portimão Portugal.
"yeah I'm a carpenter, I'm renovating my broom closet into a shop right now"
Try a bread box first. Then move up to a broom closet. One can't have all the shop space when starting out in life.
My shop/server room is one half of our master bathroom.
We don't need 'his n hers' sinks, and never used the 'roman tub' which is just a regular tub that flares about 4 inches in the middle, with space wasting framework around it.
We never used that bathroom for bathing at all.
So I built my server rack over the existing tub, the shower stall became my pc carcass storage, and my workbench is the maple plywood that makes the top of the rack.
I still have empty air that needs to become storage, but I'll never cut wood in there - even with dust collection it would be death for my servers.
@@Zomby_Woof you have no idea how reassuring it is to know I'm not the only one doing things like this. (My wife and I covered our balcony in glass panel windows, and we use that for cutting wood and grinding metal etc, everything that is dusty or overly smelly)
I honestly work out of my kitchen closet of my apartment.
I have no other choice but to if I want to do wood working projects until I can find a garage to rent out of a work shop.
So, some people really do work out of a closet.
I got an anxiety attack at 2:09 when the blade moved a little and the sound from the next shot faded in....
lmfao same
Give it to Mathias to turn it into a blade sharpening machine
Amazing 120 volts and 1 amp is 120 Watts. Great for cutting insulation on Skoolie build-out or building ginger bread houses when out in the woods.
Actually, i think it would work well to true up gingerbread parts for a gb house.
@@OpasJDGarage gb houses for all of his chickens on Christmas, if only he could train his rooster.Maybe next video we will see his rooster with safety glasses building GB houses for his ladies. 😆
@@JosephGodwin137 safety glasses fitted for his rooster would be awesome. A leather tool belt would push into becoming a platinum member for his channel.
@@OpasJDGarage google "safety hat for chicken", I would love to see all of the chickens running around with safety helmet, vest, and glasses in one of videos.
@@JosephGodwin137 I found a link to eBay of chicken helmets.
...
they already sold 7
this is a hobby saw ( found in the hobby section of harbor freight) so I don't think its meant to be used for actual full time wood working. I use it for making miniatures. and its great.
You do have to spend some time setting the saw up... blade, fence, etc. But once done, the saw is great. Fairly compact which is Nice ruclips.net/user/postUgkxXh-4_3-ZT1fFWP91ZV7iVqzElr0lEb-a I did get an Incra Miter Gauge which takes some setup as well. The stock miter gauge can be adjusted in the miter slot with a little painter's tape... this tightens up the side to side play a lot.
He has become my new spirit animal. "Small chicken for scale" 🤣🤣
I have never found a woodworking tool cute. Before today.
I've read dollhouse and miniatures magazines, and in the back of the magazine are ads for all kinds of tiny, power, shop tools made for making miniatures: Lathes, table saws, drill presses, jigsaws, etc. I even saw a tiny press brake for making tiny stuff out of aluminum cans.
It is meant for thin hobby woods. 3/16” and thinner. Doll houses and building wood cars. It works just fine for these.
I didn't know this exists, and it's clearly an awful product that's bordering on being trash, but I WANT IT SO BADLY. I wonder how well it could perform with a competent motor and blade.
I'd imagine maybe hobbyists who do miniature sculptures might find a use for it, but even then it seems completely impractical. 😄
My first thought was for modeling balsa and the like. Maybe some foam or light plastics, but otherwise, yes. COMPLETELY impractical, and I love it.
True, there are other table saws that small out there, but the usefull ones are more expensive and have things like fences
Not only impractical but even dangerous..to think they actually make these it's crazy!
@@deefdragon Most modelers I know cut balsa with a small back saw and miter box, or even just cut it with a hobby knife. A little table saw like this might be useful for making precision cuts in plywood, but I'd prefer a small scroll saw: safer and more versatile. In any case you get better results cutting by hand and finishing up on the disc sander.
You need precision for small stuff.
And this saw seems everything but precise.
I fully expect a series where you develop an entire mini workshop around this thing, together with a 2 inch disc sander, 4 inch band saw, some mini hand planes, and jigs for the table saw (crosscut sled, rip fence system, etc). The world *demands* it.
One 16th of a litter shop vac :D
That face when cutting the tile had me dying, this review is exactly like your yugo review and your humor always makes me laugh. Keep up the great videos!
These are actually great for model makers using plastics and balsa wood.
Okay that's great and all but how is it at mowing your yard?
Faster than using scissors. Just
@@UnderDunnOfficial JUST WHAT? JUST WHAT? YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME HANGING LIKE THAT!
@@Heidegaff just about......as in just about faster,,,,
i thought that was animals jobs..... mowing and fertilizing ppls lawns
@@UnderDunnOfficial I actually have cut my lawn with scissors.
I usually hit it with a weed eater, which takes about 3 minutes.
But the battery was dead, and the wife was bitching.
Knocked it out in about 15 minutes.
I also edged it using my trusty chef's knife - came out really nice, though it took about 45 minutes.
Used to use that knife as a hand planer too before I bought one.
Don't ask about the egg beater I had stuck in my engine for a while.
This looks like it would be perfect for model builders! I'm sure balsa or basswood would go through like butter!
Balsa is very sort of soft squashy texture so I bet it would be great for that, or maybe even obeche or basswood craft sheets for models and miniatures.
yes your right it works great with balsa. if he read the box before his review he would know that it says perfect for picture frames, moldings, plastics. i use it for crafting and it has made things awesome. i dont have to fire up the big stuff for small things. i
@@codyjohnson9067 It will not rip 3/8" balsa boards linger than 4 inches.
Oh heck yeah. Now the challenge I put to you: Build a fence and sled for it. Then you'll need jigs, and an outfeed table. The sky is the limit!!! Seriously, as a builder of scale miniatures, this would be very handy for guys like me.
I would not recommend it for modeling or small figures. The only thing it is good for is cutting off 3/8" sticks and 1/8" plywood not more than two inches wide as long as you do not care about accuracy. I wish I could return it. It will not rip 1/2 " balsa boards, but it will cut 1/2 in square balsa sticks nearly square!
I did build a sled for mine in order to cut fret slots in a guitar fretboard, a cigar box guitar fretboard... works well and reduces the time and tedium from hand cutting with a fret saw!
They are fantastic if you get a Jarmac blade and use it to saw zinc strips. We use them in our stained glass studio an recommend them to our students.
With a massively upgraded and thin kerf blade, i use it to cut fret slots in fingerboards. Works great with a sled of sorts to keep the board square
Same here!
When I first saw this thing online I couldn't believe the dimensions, "Wait what, 4"?"
Finally watched a review video (this) and I want it now.
I bet it could trim a whole stack of paper at once! And leave it all with a trendy simulated deckle edge.
"there are faster ways to cut through a tile like this like, breathing on it or, hoping it will spontaneously cut itself" made me smile to myself like a dork
amazing video dude i found you from the cyclone vid but man youre amazing! i love the humor, your build processes in general and your editing is just off the charts. keep up the amazing work!!
Now you need to build a model shop, to go with the table saw.
Perfect for a Barbie doll house!
My wife bought me one for use in my model making. I’ve cut a bunch of balsa with it. She also bought me an even more ridiculous mini lathe. Her heart was in the right place.
I was really hoping you would smoke that motor by the end of the video. I'm shocked the mahogany did not kill it.
I've seen scale model ship builders use that and it's actually perfect.
You have to consider, scaled to a normal table saw, that 1/4” board is probably a 4” or 5” thick board. So it would understandably struggle. It’s probably only good for 1/8” or thinner. So, ya still useless for a woodworking workshop. Unless it’s a dollhouse workshop
I'm honestly considering something similar as I've only got a small apartment, and it'll be much lower noise.
I am thinking about a few projects using strip wood glued and dowelled into composite beam style constructions, easy to get the required cuts to length
My father has been working on building architectural models. This would probably have been a lot easier on him than using the ShopSmith. Also, there's always a need to trim shims.
because of its quietness and compact size i might be picking one of those things up i’m a retired Woodworker by trade and. i live in Assisted Living facilities now and i simply just don’t have the area for a full size shop equipment any longer
0:29 minor panic that the chicken was getting sawn in two!
"Join me on my third channel, where I perform badly thought-through amateur magic tricks."
ABSOLUTELY! Nothing big, sure. But I can think of a dozen things to do for small maker projects. Small acrylic panels or wooden parts.
I use this to cut fret slots for Cigar Box Guitars with a .023 Jewelers blade and a little sled I made for it.
I am always delighted to find other people who are suckers for Cutes.
"set me back $.15... don't like to be wasting that kind of money" after not only buying the tiny table saw BUT also buying an extra blade for it! ha ha ha had me just cracking up.
From what I’ve read about, and seen on this type of saw a mini table saw is intended for small projects like miniatures. Miniatures are made with bass , birch, and other thin types of craft woods.
Awwwww it's a cute little saw.
This thing somehow has a 3.2/5 stars on their website with 404 reviews
As in actually four hundred and four reviews, or you tried to load the reviews and they couldn't find any?
Most of the positive reviews were from members of the Mollyfock County notebook paper modelers!
This is a tool for modelling, not for furniture building. Complaining about it is like whining about how useless a toothbrush is to paint a barn.
Excellent gift for your young nephew. The one you really don't like...
Back in the day, they call that a toy for kids.
You could even buy a kids science kit that had uranium.
And lead smelting kits, for the safety combination of molten metal and lead poisoning.
And mercury
ah yes the era where tonka trucks had sharp gears, the easy bake oven used a 60 watt lightbulb, science books included experiments like "to demonstrate newtons 3rd law of motion, stand in a wagon and throw a brick backwards..."
No way I would buy this for a kid. It’s dangerous for sure.
@@LoneWolf0648 I turn 61 this Sunday. I wish I were a kid again....
I have had one of these saws for years. Great for small projects...
That's exactly the same motor as my grandmother's Singer sewing machine from 1940's.
It did cross my mind that it looked like it's got the smaller of the two main home sewing machine motor sizes. It makes me wonder if the larger type of motor could be bodged in there? The added height would probably mean the table wouldn't lower enough to expose the blade though. :(
Would work well with balsa wood - model plane makers would probably love it
who would win: an entire comment section asking for bus content, or one small slicey boi?
This made me very happy, thank you for the laughter.
Thank you for posting this so we can enjoy the novelty without having to own a useless “tool” 😆
"I wanted to" is always a good enough reason to buy something.
Absolutely historical I love it!!! I feel the need to use my in the mail 20% coupon from harbor freight to go get one just so I can have a tiny table saw too!!!!!
For small scale modelling this would be pretty useful.
Please please for the love of god, install a massive motor on it and see how it runs after
Watching you stand there staring into space while cutting that tile is a whole ass mood.
This is what happens when you own a Trabant and want to get into woodworking
Oh boy, here weego with the puns. I will se my self out, I guess.
@@ducewags oh yes let's go
I inherited something similar. Tried to use it once. The blade guard was loose, hit the blade and exploded. It actually walks around if it’s not clamped down. Without the guard, it’s now absolutely terrifying.
It’s basically a hobby saw for cutting microwood. 1/16” plywood and such.
for scale work, the material you are putting through it would be equivalent to two inch material on a regular table saw. Look at how much saw blade you are taking on with the material as you would a 1/2" plywood on an 10" blade. so basically, it would be best for 1/8" material at best.
You are not allowing for true scaling ratios, so your statement is incorrect. Scaling is not a simple ratio in this case, it is logarithmic . The smaller saw is actually more powerful than 1/15th the power of a regular table saw. I think the main problem with this is the blade, but you are right, it will not rip balsa wood thicker than 3/8" and a large table saw will not rip 8 inch thick balsa wood.
I see similar saws on Amazon. They're marketed to dollhouse furniture makers and balsa wood modelers, ultralight duty stuff. HF seems to just badged a generic one unaware that it's for those purposes.
Hmm, make it into a handheld saw weapon.
There is one thing this is good at - cutting small dowel pins.
If you need to make a bunch of dowel pins, this will work pretty well.
Wait, is there really TWO VIDEOS THIS WEEK? HELL YEAH!
It needs it own place with mahogany fence/dust collection at the miter station! Or you could by a second one and turn it into mirror dice on the bus so you can enjoy it’s cuteness in stereo :-)
Obligatory "What is this, a table saw for ants?" Also, thanks for making me spend money when I'm trying to save. This is very much your fault. :P
A nut "cracker" for squirrels maybe?
I have this saw. It is great for hobby builds like rc models, balsa wood, and dowels!
Next video: I built a new table for my crappy little table saw!
How about on Balsa wood? It might be worth something to a modelmaker IF it had a decent miter gauge and a fence. But the fence you can build your own and for that matter the miter gauge too.
It will not rip 1/2in balsa. That is what I got it for, but it can't do it.
Mod that with a new Dremel!
Probably a mini-tool designed for scale modeling. Used to cut balsa and other soft and thin woods.
That is what I thought, but it will not rip balsa boards thicker than 1/8"
You can also find a mini chop saw as well.
The one guy that gives his child this..Wish him luck.
looks perfect for making furniture for a dolls house
I too bought this for funsies and I too can’t help but raise my pitch wayyyy up when I refer to this weeeee little baby table saw.
Good shit brother!
it's a nice but dangerous novelty toy and a conversation piece. It is maybe designed for Snow White's friends.
I've seen these used as an alternative when cutting fret slots in a fingerboard for a guitar. They have made a small sled that uses the sides of the table instead of the slots in the table top. Uses a 4" jewelers blade for fret slotting. People are just trying to get around having to pay $150 for a fret slotting blade from stew-mac. Or $140 for a precision miter box with a pull saw with a thin kerf.
Even with the blade guard on, watching you use your fingers as a push stick gives me the heeby-jeebies.
6:58. Good damn thing I wasn't drinking coffee...! Hilarious add-in!
When I was a kid, I would have LOVED this to cut tongue depressors and flat toothpicks to size for all the models I built. Betting that little motor would have worked for something like that ,😁
You now have THE MOST DANGEROUS tool in your shop.
The perfect xmas gift for your kids. I'd plan a couple trips to the ER with them, just to be a "good parent". Keep those plastic baggies and ice handy, you will need them! ;)
It's better than no table saw.
2:10 when the audio cut in before the video I felt everything in body clench for a second. Please don't do this to us, Robert! XD
haha really enjoyed this.. wait, seem to recall there is a little one on it's way? there you go, what a nice gift for the youngster.
No little one on the way, but the existing child can have it when he's done using his fingers.
-Wife
@@a.d.sullivan045 hahaha
This solves one of my biggest problems. I am currently incarcerated, and I think woodworking will help me pass the time. Thank you, Harbor Freight!
I actually use one of these for one thing: the diamond blade works great for cutting small printed circuit boards.
I'm wondering if it'll work good for cutting carbon arrows with that blade, or if a 4 inch cutoff blade will fit
6:57 That's the face of regretting some life decisions right there 🤣
Perfect for building gingerbread houses.
This would be hilarious for a tiny scale wood shop
"That went badly, let's try something harder."
Now my girlfriend wants to know if you're responsible for her project schedules at work. If so you OWE, son. So much.