Rebadged Orteguil (ORC55) Bench top guillotine problems / questions
Posted: Fri 20 Nov, 2020 3:00 pm
Hello all,
I'm new to using these machines and I've only just purchased one second hand via ebay. I've had the blades sharpened at Saw and Tooling and the alignment on it seems accurate throughout. I understand that to use them you cut a sliver off an already cut mitre.
It will cut MDF and HDF fine, beech is ok and some soft woods are ok but not all. On some of the softwoods it will crush and tear the wood really badly and I wonder whether this is to be expected with these machines or whether there is a setup issue. It seems to be worse on the left side but I haven't tested extensively. So besides blades not being sharp what other factors might cause this sort of behaviour? Image attached for reference.
Thanks in advance,
Jim
I'm new to using these machines and I've only just purchased one second hand via ebay. I've had the blades sharpened at Saw and Tooling and the alignment on it seems accurate throughout. I understand that to use them you cut a sliver off an already cut mitre.
It will cut MDF and HDF fine, beech is ok and some soft woods are ok but not all. On some of the softwoods it will crush and tear the wood really badly and I wonder whether this is to be expected with these machines or whether there is a setup issue. It seems to be worse on the left side but I haven't tested extensively. So besides blades not being sharp what other factors might cause this sort of behaviour? Image attached for reference.
Thanks in advance,
Jim