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The saw is set up with a fairly fine blade (24 tpi) suitable for metal sheet, plastics or PCB material. The slowest cutting speed is recommended for use with this blade : do not speed it up. It will cut wood, but will be tediously slow. I do have blades suitable for cutting thicker wood but they're a lot more dangerous - I'm going to see how many fingers are lost to this one before I fit those.
The saw is set up with a fairly fine blade (24 tpi) suitable for metal sheet, plastics or PCB material. The slowest cutting speed is recommended for use with this blade : do not speed it up. It will cut wood, but will be tediously slow. I do have blades suitable for cutting thicker wood but they're a lot more dangerous - I'm going to see how many fingers are lost to this one before I fit those.
--[[User:Artag|Artag]] 22:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC)