Day 10 of 180 Days of A/P Cars - #1 Flat Car - New Tools

The lumber that I'm going to need is not standard.  So after many years of wanting one I discuss the matter of purchasing a mini table saw with my wife.  She said she was fine with it as we have money coming back from the IRS and that I should go buy one.  YEAH!  I love my wife!  We're talking $400 for a saw and parts.

The saw I chose is Micro Mark's MicroLux Mini Tilt Arbor Table Saw for Benchtop Hobby Use.
This is a popular saw and the same as the Proxxon version.  While I could have bought others I like the fact that Micro Mark gives me a 30 day guarantee so that I can return it if I don't like it.  The guys on the Traintools egroup give it pretty good review.  


I also bought these items....

This is a set of ripping gauges that help you set up the cut.  Since they are in common sizes good for O scale I went ahead and got them.

These blank plates allow you to make precise cuts of small lumber without the wood slipping into the gap.


Here is what it cost:

ORDER SUMMARY
Order Submitted: 03/13/11 06:53PM
Shipping Method: FEDEX
Payment Method: VISA
Item#	Item Description	Qty	Unit Price	Ext. Price
80463	MLX TILTING ARBOR SAW	1	$349.95	$349.95
70224	RIPPING GAUGE SET	1	$18.95	$18.95
84904	MLX BLANK BLADE PLATES (4)	1	$23.50	$23.50
Bill To: SCOTT PERRY Ship To: SCOTT PERRY 2142 DEBEERS DR 2142 DEBEERS DR SANDY, UT 84093 USA SANDY, UT 84093 84093			Sub Total	$392.40
			Shipping & Handling	$21.95
			Tax	$0.00
			Total	$414.35

I've been wanting one of these for a long time.  After I bought the wood for my O scale bridge (over $200!) I thought that this would pay itself back in two years or less.  I'm so glad to be getting one!

This may delay the start of building the flat car a few days, so I may jump ahead to the gondola and proceed to start setting it up for production.

Home made scale timber, here I com!