Proxxon KGS 80 Saw First Look Review

My first Proxxon tool, very high quality and certainly in the micro machine category. Very pleased with the saw for through a variety of metals.

[@LookIntoHawaii]

Reverse threaded on the blade...thought so but couldn't find that in the directions and didn't want to tighten it further by mistake. Thank you!

[@waltee3022]

Great Review, heard of this company and the stuff they sell looks good...glad you reviewed it...

[@MJRbooger]

Nice review! Thank you

[@georgehoward4400]

Great video. Thank you.

[@Cancun771]

Thanks! The usual Proxxon video on their own website is broken for this machine...

[@rr7firefly]

Noticing that the vice has some play (wiggle) on it. (5:16) Can a small shim be wedged under the outer end of the vice to keep that from happening? Advice?

[@paullehmor982]

I bought 0.016x3/4" brass shim and fastened two stripes onto the turn table, on each side under the vise jaws. Almost all wiggle disappeared. I mounted a 5 mm silver steel rod in the vise and measured 0.18 mm rise to the right of the recess in the table relative to a spot left to the vise. I will run the saw with this shim arrangement for a while and evaluate the result. The main complaint I have about this saw is the quite extensive blade deflection. It is only possible to obtain perpendicular cuts with soft materials. Proxxon's flexible abrasive cut-off disc can't even cut a 2 mm steel rod straight. I will try a 2 mm thick disc but not sure the motor power will be sufficient. The same remark goes for the saw blade. It cuts brass, bronze and aluminum easily, but not straight.

[@paullehmor982]

I cut 21 mm round bronze bar recently and see a substantial improvement of both surface smoothness and straightness thanks to the vice shims. The cuts where not perfectly perpendicular but look like within one degree. This was done with two (of 36) teeth missing in the saw blade.

[@you-tubejunkie2926]

Is the vise removable ?

[@Organise_Space]

were the last two cuts through steel?

[@hardcase1659]

Tool steel.

[@2hopskipjump2]

What's the width of the blade? Not the diameter but the actual width of the blade cut. I'm looking for fine cuts on hard wood stock.

[@konstantinosakrivos2281]

Never managed to cut square on this machine! There is some play with the vise, so the piece NEVER COMES OUT SQUARE (VERTICAL). As soon as the blade touches the piece, due to the pressure applied, there is a movement of the vice downwards and verticaly is lost!!! Additionally, the strip indicating the angle is a cheap laminated paper strip which was partially unstuck from the beginning, letting dust going under, but this is just a minor low quality defect compared to the major problem of the machine that is VERTICALITY!!!

[@groguone]

Hi. Any alternatives or competitors to cut small diameters and to create repeatable cuts?

[@bobnoble7025]

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