by waaytoomuchintothis » Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:50 pm
Sometimes I use one of my Dremels (battery or corded), sometimes, I use a diamond bladed mini chopsaw I got from Harbor Freight (be careful if you buy one- mine has been fine, but two friends whose use of tools is just as good as mine have had bad motors that burned up fast). The Micromark mini chopsaw is the same as HF, but hugely overpriced like the rest of MM. Frankly, the best system for me for doing multiple identical long parts is to cut the wrong side of my mark (which is 1/16th long), and use a nifty miniature belt/disk sander to square them up. For plate (flat goods), I cut on a mini band saw fitted with a fine tooth blade. If I could find a decent way to square the table up on that thing, I'd do precision cuts that way without sanding at all. By the way, blue aluminum oxide is an excellent sander material for the things we use in slot car land. Good luck!