> $150 if nobody else bids -  2.2. kW motor and drive
> http://www.trademe.co.nz/business-farming-industry/industrial/engines-mot=
ors/electric/auction-519761125.htm

Sounds a bargain, but I wonder if the speed control is mechanical,
like a continuously variable transmission, rather than electronic. The
housing suggests CVT

> FYI
> http://www.trademe.co.nz/building-renovation/tools/power-tools/saws/aucti=
on-519177000.htm

As you'd expect, tools in that price range are not comparable
to those around $1000+, like the Excalibur. You can put up
with a lightweight drill but a saw with no 'substance' is like
an under-powered soldering iron. Although mine was given
to me and is of the lesser variety, I've beefed it up (heavier
plate, bolted to a concrete block, good blades and adaptors
etc) so it feels and behaves more like an expensive one, in
some respects better

AFAIK all scrollsaws have dimmer speed controls BTW.
Some are OK, some aren't. The fiasco with the Silicon Chip
VFD is very exasperating, I really was looking forward to
having one. I've got a big DC motor that my eye wanders
to every now and then, would make a good scrollsaw drive
and speed control would be a snip

Joe

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