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.
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.
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.
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 th-cam.com/users/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.
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.
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 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.
@@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 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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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
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..."
"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.
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.
This saw is suitable for model making, building houses, planes and boats and dioramas, balsa wood and other soft woods, greetings from Portimão Portugal.
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.
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. :(
"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!!
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.
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 do keep one of these micro saws in my service van, strapped on top of my larger Makita table saw. This micro saw works perfectly with quarter round shoe molding on floor jobs and other lite PVC molding projects. Rather than lugging in the whole table saw or miter saw set up, I have this micro saw screwed down to a 12" x "12" x 3/4" scrap of plywood. I just grab this under one arm, and bring it right to the floor of the site without weigning me down. I do a lot of bathroom & kitchen floors, so most of the time, I can carry scraps of molding to the site to finish the molding around vanities, etc. As long as you play with it beforehand and know its limits, it possibly could have a useful purpose for the right jobs.
You will be quite surprised how strong this little saw is, when fitted with a forward chuck assembly from an old burnt out 18v. cordless drill. Sure, you need to make an auxiliary saw table to handle the larger projects. With the gear reduction unit hooked up, it should run between 3500 to 5000 rpm. Torque increase will certainly surprise you. Try 1 to 1 1/2 minutes to cut those same tiles. 4 inch carbide blade loves gobbling up any wood you throw at it. I did the rework, and let me tell you, if you think in terms of a sewing machine, this little motor would be an extra heavy duty replacement for many sewing machines, as well. Yes, it's cute...but don't sell it short.
Just made for tabletop craft projects using soft wood. A German company makes tabletop power tools that are very precise but are quite expensive. It comes with a rip fence, tilting blade & adjustable miter gauge. Costs as much as a portable contractor saw.
In a place where I used to work, we had a similarly tiny table saw made by a company called Proxxon. We used it with a carbide tipped blade to cut PCB prototypes (before components were placed of course). It had quite some bite, but you had to be careful, as sometimes the tips went flying off the blade. Quarter inch plywood was also no problem at all.
I have one, it's kind of awesome for the size. I've ripped a full sheet of 3mm ply down with it once, by making a "tablesaw table" with that in the middle. Served me well for ~10 years because I never had enough space for a full size tablesaw. Proxxon at least has a decent mitre guage, the blade tilts and it really is "just like a tablesaw, but smaller". Also ten times the price of the toy above.
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 :-)
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.
Lacking a table saw, not being the most dexterous with a skill saw, and after having my jigsaw blade keep getting stuck melting it's way through the cut, I almost bought one of these just for making a few cuts in quarter inch acrylic. But my inner voice told me if I had even a diminutive underpowered 'table saw,' I'd just want a real one. I ponied up the $200 for an entry level table saw and I'm glad I did. This video just confirms it. The $40 I didn't spend on this bought me a couple of cheap but serviceable crosscut blades.
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! ;)
Excellent video! When you first showed it, I was thinking...wow, I need one of those! I live in a small apartment with no space for a regular table saw. I use my little 9" bandsaw for cutting everything, and it's really annoying not being able to rip to a consistent width, to crosscut beyond a very limited length, or to be able to make dados. I thought this tiny saw would be my solution, but you quickly showed me that was not the case haha.
We actually had one of these - different name, almost identical format - that one of my Scoutmasters bought thinking it'd be great for Pinewood Derby, some 30+ years ago. It handled balsa wood great. It choked on the pine blocks for the racers. Thanks for the nostalgia bump!
Two things. It's made for light duty cutting and thin ceramics. On every cut you had the blade to high. You were cutting with the least amount of blade contact possible by having it raised. Give the mite a break. Perfect for 3mm ply modelling.
Got one a couple of years back specifically for model work, and more specifically to make hatch gratings. I thought to make an actual functional "mini-tablesaw" usng the motor, but even for my light weight purposes, I doubt it has the power to cut cardstock. Here's a link to the gratings adventure: todd.mainecav.org/model/constellation/model25.html
I own it. I do small modeling work, do it does come in handy. I have no need for anything larger, nor do I have the space. It's far from perfect, and in hindsight I might have been better off with mini chop saw for my work, but It has definitely paid for itself, especially when it comes to repeated cuts.
this table saw is actually meant for use with balsa wood and other soft woods for modellers and crafts, it's not a carpenters saw or contractors tool for heavy work.
If you make dollhouses or architectural models out of balsa, that seems like a great tool. Although, wood that soft can easily be cross-cut with a small hand saw and a miter box/jig, so maybe ideally just for ripping.
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?
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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 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
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
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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!
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.
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'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...
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.
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
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 th-cam.com/users/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.
"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.
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...
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 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 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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
He has become my new spirit animal. "Small chicken for scale" 🤣🤣
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!
It is meant for thin hobby woods. 3/16” and thinner. Doll houses and building wood cars. It works just fine for these.
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!
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
I have never found a woodworking tool cute. Before today.
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!
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.
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.
I bet it could trim a whole stack of paper at once! And leave it all with a trendy simulated deckle edge.
Now you need to build a model shop, to go with the table saw.
Perfect for a Barbie doll house!
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....
"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.
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.
I was really hoping you would smoke that motor by the end of the video. I'm shocked the mahogany did not kill it.
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.
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.
I use this to cut fret slots for Cigar Box Guitars with a .023 Jewelers blade and a little sled I made for it.
This saw is suitable for model making, building houses, planes and boats and dioramas, balsa wood and other soft woods, greetings from Portimão Portugal.
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.
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. :(
"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!!
6:58. Good damn thing I wasn't drinking coffee...! Hilarious add-in!
I bet that thing would do great for thin balsa for table top / diorama / doll house builders.
who would win: an entire comment section asking for bus content, or one small slicey boi?
Thank you for posting this so we can enjoy the novelty without having to own a useless “tool” 😆
Excellent gift for your young nephew. The one you really don't like...
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.
Hmm, make it into a handheld saw weapon.
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.
it's a nice but dangerous novelty toy and a conversation piece. It is maybe designed for Snow White's friends.
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
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've seen scale model ship builders use that and it's actually perfect.
I am always delighted to find other people who are suckers for Cutes.
Wait, is there really TWO VIDEOS THIS WEEK? HELL YEAH!
Please please for the love of god, install a massive motor on it and see how it runs after
I do keep one of these micro saws in my service van, strapped on top of my larger Makita table saw. This micro saw works perfectly with quarter round shoe molding on floor jobs and other lite PVC molding projects. Rather than lugging in the whole table saw or miter saw set up, I have this micro saw screwed down to a 12" x "12" x 3/4" scrap of plywood. I just grab this under one arm, and bring it right to the floor of the site without weigning me down. I do a lot of bathroom & kitchen floors, so most of the time, I can carry scraps of molding to the site to finish the molding around vanities, etc. As long as you play with it beforehand and know its limits, it possibly could have a useful purpose for the right jobs.
Watching you stand there staring into space while cutting that tile is a whole ass mood.
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?
Next video: I built a new table for my crappy little table saw!
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.
You will be quite surprised how strong this little saw is, when fitted with a forward chuck assembly from an old burnt out 18v. cordless drill. Sure, you need to make an auxiliary saw table to handle the larger projects. With the gear reduction unit hooked up, it should run between 3500 to 5000 rpm. Torque increase will certainly surprise you. Try 1 to 1 1/2 minutes to cut those same tiles. 4 inch carbide blade loves gobbling up any wood you throw at it. I did the rework, and let me tell you, if you think in terms of a sewing machine, this little motor would be an extra heavy duty replacement for many sewing machines, as well. Yes, it's cute...but don't sell it short.
Mod that with a new Dremel!
Just made for tabletop craft projects using soft wood. A German company makes tabletop power tools that are very precise but are quite expensive. It comes with a rip fence, tilting blade & adjustable miter gauge.
Costs as much as a portable contractor saw.
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!
For small scale modelling this would be pretty useful.
In a place where I used to work, we had a similarly tiny table saw made by a company called Proxxon. We used it with a carbide tipped blade to cut PCB prototypes (before components were placed of course). It had quite some bite, but you had to be careful, as sometimes the tips went flying off the blade. Quarter inch plywood was also no problem at all.
I have one, it's kind of awesome for the size. I've ripped a full sheet of 3mm ply down with it once, by making a "tablesaw table" with that in the middle. Served me well for ~10 years because I never had enough space for a full size tablesaw. Proxxon at least has a decent mitre guage, the blade tilts and it really is "just like a tablesaw, but smaller". Also ten times the price of the toy above.
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.
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 :-)
I have had one of these saws for years. Great for small projects...
This made me very happy, thank you for the laughter.
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."
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.
"I wanted to" is always a good enough reason to buy something.
Lacking a table saw, not being the most dexterous with a skill saw, and after having my jigsaw blade keep getting stuck melting it's way through the cut, I almost bought one of these just for making a few cuts in quarter inch acrylic.
But my inner voice told me if I had even a diminutive underpowered 'table saw,' I'd just want a real one.
I ponied up the $200 for an entry level table saw and I'm glad I did.
This video just confirms it.
The $40 I didn't spend on this bought me a couple of cheap but serviceable crosscut blades.
These are actually great for model makers using plastics and balsa wood.
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.
6:57 That's the face of regretting some life decisions right there 🤣
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! ;)
Excellent video! When you first showed it, I was thinking...wow, I need one of those! I live in a small apartment with no space for a regular table saw. I use my little 9" bandsaw for cutting everything, and it's really annoying not being able to rip to a consistent width, to crosscut beyond a very limited length, or to be able to make dados. I thought this tiny saw would be my solution, but you quickly showed me that was not the case haha.
right. It can barely rip anything up to 4" long.
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
We actually had one of these - different name, almost identical format - that one of my Scoutmasters bought thinking it'd be great for Pinewood Derby, some 30+ years ago.
It handled balsa wood great. It choked on the pine blocks for the racers. Thanks for the nostalgia bump!
Even with the blade guard on, watching you use your fingers as a push stick gives me the heeby-jeebies.
It works ok for small pieces of wood, like 1/8" thick, the kind of stuff you might use for jewelry making or other craft projects.
Horror Fraught must have released this tool on April Fools day.
Two things. It's made for light duty cutting and thin ceramics. On every cut you had the blade to high. You were cutting with the least amount of blade contact possible by having it raised. Give the mite a break. Perfect for 3mm ply modelling.
I have this saw. It is great for hobby builds like rc models, balsa wood, and dowels!
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
Got one a couple of years back specifically for model work, and more specifically to make hatch gratings.
I thought to make an actual functional "mini-tablesaw" usng the motor, but even for my light weight purposes, I doubt it has the power to cut cardstock. Here's a link to the gratings adventure: todd.mainecav.org/model/constellation/model25.html
The one guy that gives his child this..Wish him luck.
I own it. I do small modeling work, do it does come in handy. I have no need for anything larger, nor do I have the space. It's far from perfect, and in hindsight I might have been better off with mini chop saw for my work, but It has definitely paid for itself, especially when it comes to repeated cuts.
this table saw is actually meant for use with balsa wood and other soft woods for modellers and crafts, it's not a carpenters saw or contractors tool for heavy work.
If you make dollhouses or architectural models out of balsa, that seems like a great tool. Although, wood that soft can easily be cross-cut with a small hand saw and a miter box/jig, so maybe ideally just for ripping.
It is no good ripping balsa wood thicker than 1/8"