Can i live without a BYRNES TABLE SAW

[VTHokiEE]

At this stage in my model building career I have no need for a Byrnes saw but boy do I like new toys and I’m so happy for all of you that are getting saws!

[Mike Y]

On 12/16/2019 at 4:38 AM, mtaylor said:

There it is, in a nutshell.  I have a MicroMark saw which tilts the blade.  I think I've used that feature once in maybe 10 years.

Not for modelling purposes, but as soon as you start making small woodworking projects, or even a display case for the model...  

[billt]

3 hours ago, Mike Y said:

Not for modelling purposes, but as soon as you start making small woodworking projects, or even a display case for the model...  

I agree that for just modelling you don't need the tilt arbor much.  I use mine for other small projects too like cigar box guitars,   small boxes and other things. I have larger saws for bigger projects.

[Hermanito]

 Byrnes still in business? I don't get answers on email, the ordering form doesn't work (with me) and the telephone has a voicemial ... 😞

[mtaylor]

Try PMing him.... jimbyr 

[Kusawa2000]

Also note they are just gearing back up from the holidays so there maybe a bit of a back log.. keep trying.. they will get back to you. 

 

Mike Draper

[bruce d]

On 1/22/2023 at 10:07 PM, Hermanito said:

 Byrnes still in business? I don't get answers on email, the ordering form doesn't work (with me) and the telephone has a voicemial ... 😞

Hello Hermanito and welcome to MSW.

I exchanged PM's with Jim in the last 24 hours. Jim is well known for first-class support so as Mark suggests two posts above a PM may help.

[Bob Cleek]

Like everyone else, I, too, have always experienced excellent service from Byrnes Model Machines. As an aside, I will share that I am now at the stage of my career when I'm easing into retirement, and am now operating a limited professional practice as a "solo" practitioner rather than as the managing partner of a firm with associates and support staff. Like the Byrneses, I am sure, I find myself under the continual pressure to meet my clients' unreasonable time expectations. It isn't that they are intentionally unreasonable, but they just don't understand that I don't have "operators standing by to take your call." The current communications technology has created the expectation of instant responses and instant gratification. A small family business, or, as in my case these days, a small solo professional practice, cannot provide instant email or phone responses nor guarantee "overnight shipping." It's just not possible. Sometimes there's just more of it than there is of you. Sometimes you need to take a vacation. Sometimes you catch a cold or just need a damn day off. There seems a continual parade of posts on MSW from forumites asking (or complaining about) why they haven't heard back from one or another "micro-business" supplier (e.g Model Machines, Syren Ship Models, Seawatch Books, Alexy Domanoff, etc.) because they haven't received an immediate reply to their email or phone call. Specialty ship modeling suppliers are often very small niche businesses. Reports are that the customer base for modeling products is less than a million nationwide in the U.S. and quickly decreasing because most hobbyists are over the age of 55. Let's try to remember that we are often dealing with "little guys" who are doing the best they can to keep up selling to a very small customer base with often quite small profit margins. Good things are worth waiting for! Let's give 'em a break! Amazon they ain't.