PRODUCT Choice Koolkut just right for Kingsbury Joinery
Businesses relying on trestles or table saws for cutting sheet material will be interested to know that there is a much easier way, available at a highly affordable price. Nottinghamshire, UK based Kingsbury Joinery upgraded to a vertical panel saw and quickly realised the difference it made to the business. When he started the business, Bob Kingsbury, owner of the
joinery, used a hand-held circular saw and trestles to cut boards to size, trimming down smaller pieces on a table saw. Because of limited space in the workshop, the initial cutting on the trestles had to take place outside. This approach, used by joiners, carpenters and others has
three key limitations, as Bob recalled. "When you're cutting sheets outside, you're completely at the mercy of the weather. Secondly, cutting a board on trestles accurately with a hand-held circular saw
is not the easiest or quickest thing in the world, especially when doing repeat cuts. And thirdly, manhandling heavy 8' x 4' MDF sheets onto trestles is difficult, and probably quite dangerous." Given these limitations, Bob knew he needed a better solution for cutting sheet materials. Checking out the machines available on the web led him to Sagetech's website (
www.sagetech.co.uk) and the company's Koolkut range. "It came down largely to size and price," he noted. "Limited
workshop space was one of the reasons I needed a vertical panel saw in the first place and the new machine had to fit and be usable in a particular, rather tight, space." Sagetech's Koolkut KK12 proved the ideal match for Bob's
requirements. A moving column unit, the KK12 fitted perfectly in the space Bob had available, and remains exceedingly compact even in use. It also carries a head-turning price tag as Bob observed: "I did look at some cheaper units, but they were all fixed-column machines, which would have required more working space." The KK12 is one of four units in
the Koolkut range, which have been designed for light to medium industrial use, particularly by those with limited workshop space. Despite being very competitively priced (from under £4,600) these are high quality machines, built to last, delivering years of accurate, fast and easy cutting. The range caters for sheet sizes
from 8' x 4' through to 4.2m x 2.1m, capable of taking 'jumbo' sheets and worktops. For those with very limited space or low workloads, Sagetech's sister company Zapkut Limited (
www.zapkut.co.uk) offers a unique range of vertical panel saws, which they claim includes the only genuinely portable unit available on the market today. Features offered by the Koolkut
range include the ability to cut bevels, simple and compound angles to the full width and length of the sheet (with the optional angle-cutting kit). Each machine comes with quickstop, built-in scales for easy dimensioning, and a midway fence for smaller workpieces. Koolkuts can cut timber products and non-ferrous metals, as well as sign- making materials including acrylics and composites like Dibond. Asked about how the Koolkut has
improved things at Kingsbury Joinery, Bob was enthusiastic. "Rain never stops play now, and the entire cutting process has become easier. Getting sheets on and off the Koolkut's vertical cutting platform is much easier than with trestles, repeat cuts are a doddle, and there's much less wastage.” Further details on the Koolkut
wall saw range are available at the Sagetech website,
www.sagetech.co.uk, or telephone 0118 970 1950.
18 Sign Update ISSUE 134 FEB/MARCH 2012
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