Larry Edgerton
10-03-2010, 7:25 AM
This question is for guys that have used "a lot" of Azek.
I have ended up in a niche market restoring historic homes using Azek as a medium. For example on the job I am just finishing up the Azek bill is over $60k, so a lot of material.
Here's my question: I currently have three Hitachi slide saws, love them on wood, absolutely hate them on Azek. The problem is that the slides pick up Azek dust and it builds up on the linear bearings causing stiction. I have to clean the slides about every ten cuts. On this job there has not been too many cuts that my 12"Makita miter saw could not handle, but enough, and my next job has more wide pieces, so......
I want to buy another slide saw, but one that will not bind up quite so fast from the Azek dust. I looked at a Makiita with the slides under the table which would seem better, but if they bind up it looks like it would be harder to clean. I don't want one of those huge saws that are on the market if possible, they would be too hard to use/transport on the jobsite. I love the Hitachi's but I have not found a solution to the stiction problem.
What are you using, and how often do the slides bind up. Just with Azek use of course, wood is no problem for what I have.
One thing I have been thinking of investigating is being as Azek dust has such a static charge, maybe there is a way to polarize the saw so it will repell dust? I'm not all that sharp on anything electric so if someone has some input on this please chime in....
Thanks, Larry
I have ended up in a niche market restoring historic homes using Azek as a medium. For example on the job I am just finishing up the Azek bill is over $60k, so a lot of material.
Here's my question: I currently have three Hitachi slide saws, love them on wood, absolutely hate them on Azek. The problem is that the slides pick up Azek dust and it builds up on the linear bearings causing stiction. I have to clean the slides about every ten cuts. On this job there has not been too many cuts that my 12"Makita miter saw could not handle, but enough, and my next job has more wide pieces, so......
I want to buy another slide saw, but one that will not bind up quite so fast from the Azek dust. I looked at a Makiita with the slides under the table which would seem better, but if they bind up it looks like it would be harder to clean. I don't want one of those huge saws that are on the market if possible, they would be too hard to use/transport on the jobsite. I love the Hitachi's but I have not found a solution to the stiction problem.
What are you using, and how often do the slides bind up. Just with Azek use of course, wood is no problem for what I have.
One thing I have been thinking of investigating is being as Azek dust has such a static charge, maybe there is a way to polarize the saw so it will repell dust? I'm not all that sharp on anything electric so if someone has some input on this please chime in....
Thanks, Larry