I'm thinking about getting a Morso EH, the electric & hydrolic model that's fully automated. Does anyone have experience with this model? Any advice on what to look for before buying a used model?
Since I started making my own frames in 2009 I've used a chop saw w/ measuring fence set-up, which has served me well, but I'm thinking about an upgrade. Mostly, I'm tired of the dust/noise and the fact that with my current set-up, even though I have two saws locked in at 45 degrees, I still need to do significant sanding on the wider frames to get good joins.
I've heard that with the guillotine choppers like the Morso you rarely need to sand the joints to get a perfect join. Is this the case, even with the less forgiving smooth/flat profiles that are less forgiving of small gaps? What if there's a slight curve or warping on the moulding?
Also, I've heard the choppers don't work well on compo/gesso frames. I've mostly gotten away from those now anyway, but you never know what a customer may want. (I just opened a landscape photography art gallery and do my own framing, so not primarily a custom framer, meaning I can almost always choose my own frame options that are framer friendly/cost-effective and only offer those to my customers).
Do choppers work well on float frames? Any moulding shapes that they don't work on? I cut a lot of stretcher bars for gallery wrapping canvas and imagine a morso should work just fine for that. Also, does anyone have experience cutting 90 degree chops with them? They say they'll do that as well, which I need for making cross bar supports on my larger canvases.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
Since I started making my own frames in 2009 I've used a chop saw w/ measuring fence set-up, which has served me well, but I'm thinking about an upgrade. Mostly, I'm tired of the dust/noise and the fact that with my current set-up, even though I have two saws locked in at 45 degrees, I still need to do significant sanding on the wider frames to get good joins.
I've heard that with the guillotine choppers like the Morso you rarely need to sand the joints to get a perfect join. Is this the case, even with the less forgiving smooth/flat profiles that are less forgiving of small gaps? What if there's a slight curve or warping on the moulding?
Also, I've heard the choppers don't work well on compo/gesso frames. I've mostly gotten away from those now anyway, but you never know what a customer may want. (I just opened a landscape photography art gallery and do my own framing, so not primarily a custom framer, meaning I can almost always choose my own frame options that are framer friendly/cost-effective and only offer those to my customers).
Do choppers work well on float frames? Any moulding shapes that they don't work on? I cut a lot of stretcher bars for gallery wrapping canvas and imagine a morso should work just fine for that. Also, does anyone have experience cutting 90 degree chops with them? They say they'll do that as well, which I need for making cross bar supports on my larger canvases.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
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