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Thought you might find this interesting, if not humorous. Might be worthwhile for someone into making doll house furniture. Check out the micro planer!
http://www.proxxon.com/us/

Sincerely,

Ron

My other hobby besides working on Shopsmith is building CNC routers. Proxxon MF70 is one of the easiest to convert. Everyone who has purchased Proxxon equipment have always been happy.

Here is few videos of them at work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dvVmiKiJe0&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvzyxtm- ... re=related

Reg,

Cool videos. Is there a source for conversion kits? It looks like a less costly way to get into CNC routing!

Ron

They are extremely cute tools I must say. I have a modeler friend who has a few and loves them.

I would have to have new glasses.
Actually very nice. I could see the pen guys really loving them. You could almost make pens out of a briefcase.

Ron most just make their own kits. Basically you would have to make motor mounts, remove the handwheels and attach a coupler. You could start out by making them out of Oak and later with the machine make them out of aluminum. I wont lie this hobby is addictive. If you want a little cheaper setup you could go with a Seig X1. Its basically the Harbor Freight Micro Mill found here http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=47158

and the Mechanical kit is here http://cncfusion.com/micromill1.html

and electronics herehttp://www.xylotex.com/Econo3AxSpecial.htm

You can get this setup alot cheaper but It involves a lot more research. You can do that at the cnczone.com

And here is a complete DIY CNC Router Plans http://www.solsylva.com/
some can be built for under 400.00

I have Micro Mark's Microlux table saw (made by Proxxon). The Microlux is identical to Proxxon's FKS/E, except for the fence. It's a wonderful little table saw. I made fun of it for years until I finally bought one! Micro Mark sells some interesting accessories for it. I use their Accurizer fence, which can be easily adjusted by a few thousandth's. Despite their use of plastic, the machine is very high quality and has a beautifully machined aluminum table. Mine was made in Japan.

For a while, I was building small boxes with the Microlux saw. Here's some old photos showing the saw...
http://precisionworkshop.com/buildingsmallbox

Ray

hobbyist wrote:I have Micro Mark's Microlux table saw (made by Proxxon). The Microlux is identical to Proxxon's FKS/E, except for the fence. It's a wonderful little table saw. I made fun of it for years until I finally bought one! Micro Mark sells some interesting accessories for it. I use their Accurizer fence, which can be easily adjusted by a few thousandth's. Despite their use of plastic, the machine is very high quality and has a beautifully machined aluminum table. Mine was made in Japan.

For a while, I was building small boxes with the Microlux saw. Here's some old photos showing the saw...
http://precisionworkshop.com/buildingsmallbox

Ray

Nice stuff!
Incidentally I just received (for the first time) the Micro-Mark catalog in the mail. This is a whole world of detail tools that's very tempting. http://www.micromark.com.

Ron, i like your words, but mate, the next era belongs to those "micro planners". i have checked the link, the website is cool and detailed. you guess what! how these micro tools have done wonders for me, i mean really, their usability is just amazing, power saving features, warranty, parts replacement capability, they just rock my world, i always insist my local cordless power tools vendor to let me know, the latest news about those miniature power tools, i mean, now on going brands are making tools based on demography like, gender, weight, size, health, etc, keep sharing such resources dude!

A friend of mine set-up a whole miniature shop with these miniature tools for making scale buildings for model train layouts. He cuts the wood parts with them to make craftsman model kits and sells them online. He makes some good part-time money doing this.

The entire shop sits on an island that is the size of a piece of plywood (4ft. x 8ft.). He stores it against the wall in his garage and rolls it out when its time to work. There is no way I can duplicate what he does with my larger tools.