Hi All,
I found a miter jig at an amazing price. This is a tool I can’t live
without. $87!!!
http://www.contenti.com/products/saws/400-093.html
Contenti is an advertiser and raffle supporter for Ganoksin.
Tell them you saw the ad on Orchid.
-k
Karen Christians
M E T A L W E R X
50 Guinan St.
Waltham, MA 02451
Ph. 781/891-3854 Fax 3857
http://www.metalwerx.com/
Jewelry/Metalarts School & Cooperative Studio
Hello Karen,
I found a miter jig at an amazing price. This is a tool I can't live without. $87!!!
I too have and love (need?) this wonderful little tool, though I must
admit that I paid a heck of a lot more for mine. I not complaining
though, I’ve but several years of hard use into it and the thing is a
rock.
I wonder, are there any brand or maker marks on yours? Mine has “ASIC
France” stamped into the bottom of it (the part that goes in the
vice). If the Contenti version is the same maker then this is a real
steal!
Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light
Visit TouchMetal.com at http://www.touchmetal.com
Karen,
I bought one about three weeks ago and have been playing with it.
It’s a great price, but can you fill me in on some of its uses? I
have got the whole perfect angle and beveled edges on sheet, wire, or
tube, but have never seen what else its good for? Score and fold?
other applications? Why can’t you live without it? Tell me more!
Nanz Aalund
Associate Editor / Art Jewelry magazine
21027 Crossroads Circle / Waukesha WI 53187-1612
262.796.8776 ext.228
Trevor
I wonder, are there any brand or maker marks on yours? Mine has "ASIC France" stamped into the bottom of it (the part that goes in the vice). If the Contenti version is the same maker then this is a real steal!
The Contenti one, I have, has no name stamped on it. The instruction
sheet that comes with it was written by Contenti. It seems to be well
made, works great for me anyway!
They also just introduced a jump ring maker, the kind that works with
a flexshaft, for $164.90. I do not have it, but its tempting!
jena
It snowed in Boston yesterday, just the pretty fluffy kind, and then it
was gone!
Nanz,
When I need a really, really straight bezel to fuse, I use this
great little tool. Although I can pierce like a whiz, I can’t file
straight to save my life. Good fitting is essential to good
soldering. When you put tubing, wire or bezel strips into this little
gem of a tool, it makes soldering a breeze.
The 45 degree angle is perfect for making angled corners solder with
a minimum of solder.
-k
Karen Christians
M E T A L W E R X
50 Guinan St.
Waltham, MA 02451
Ph. 781/891-3854 Fax 3857
http://www.metalwerx.com/
Jewelry/Metalarts School & Cooperative Studio
Hello Nanz,
It's a great price, but can you fill me in on some of its uses? I have got the whole perfect angle and beveled edges on sheet, wire, or tube, but have never seen what else its good for? Score and fold? other applications? Why can't you live without it? Tell me more!
If you don’t mind me chipping in here I can offer a few words on this
since I’m a big fan of the jig too.
Good solder jobs need close fitting joints. The faster you can make
those joints fit perfectly --“light tight”-- then then sooner you can
get to the soldering part of the job and move along with your
fabrication. In many applications this is where I find the mitre jig
shines.
Let’s say you’re making a heavy gauge ring (I make a lot of those)
and you need to square up the ends of your strip of metal before you
bend it up, butt the ends together and solder. That squaring part of
the job takes about 20 seconds with this jig. You slide the strip
into the jig --usually using the guide that runs across the jig’s
jaws to square things up-- tighten up the jig, run a file across the
face of the jig a few times and bingo!, you know without even looking
at it that the end of your blank is perfectly square. Do the same to
the other end and you’re ready to go. No fussing around and no
corrections required once you’ve bent the shank around.
For stronger joints on thinner material one is well advised to use a
lap joint --angled faces instead of square-- so that the resulting
joint is stronger. Again the jig makes this a 20 second job. Every
time, all the time, and you don’t even need to check it because you
know it’ll be an accurate, tight fit every time.
For fabrication work that that require close fitting parts I find the
mitre jig worth it’s weight in gold: fast, accurate, consistent
results and that goes a long way to helping you produce quality work
quickly.
Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light
Visit TouchMetal.com at http://www.touchmetal.com
They also just introduced a jump ring maker, the kind that works with a flexshaft, for $164.90. I do not have it, but its tempting!
I have the Jump Ring Maker and love it. It features a keyless chuck
on the hand-winder and twenty mandrels. It was better quality than I
expected.
Marty A.
I wonder, are there any brand or maker marks on yours? Mine has "ASIC France" stamped into the bottom of it (the part that goes in the vice). If the Contenti version is the same maker then this is a real steal!
I called Contenti a while ago when I first saw this jig on their
website a month or so ago to ask where it was manufactured. They said
they couldn’t tell me. My question to all of you who have bought one
of these Contenti miter jigs, is this less expensive jig the same
quality as the European version that costs so much? Like what Trevor
said, if it is it’s a real bargain.
Jeff Georgantes