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New member looking for insight on CTD D20 saw

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Wondering if anyone has some input on one of these older CTD D20 saws. I'm considering purchasing one, and am wondering about the accuracy of the cuts, is there any additional tweaking of joints that needs to be done after the cuts to ensure a gap-free joint?

Are they fairly trouble-free to own/operate in a work environment?

Thanks in advance
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Hi Popular guy and welcome to the UK's Framers Forum :D

You may well get more informed answers to you question if asked on "The Grumble" a USA based forum for picture framers.

I'm very sorry but I am not familiar with that make of saw :( however, I hope someone comes along who can help.

Very best of luck.

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Thank you, I'll be sure to do that as well.

Much appreciated.

I took a quick browse through the forum and talk about inspiration... there are some gorgeous frames and great ideas being posted here!
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Welcome Poplar guy. :D

As Peter says, the Grumble has a lot of members with vast experience. :clap:
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CTD saws are made in Loa Angelus, CA. They make reliable industrial grade saws.
If you are looking at the eBay listing of the $2,800 range saw it looks overpriced IMHO. The "head only" $500 listing looks like scrap metal.

I owned a used CTD 45A saw for many years of quality service and I paid $2,000 for it.
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JFeig wrote:CTD saws are made in Loa Angelus, CA. They make reliable industrial grade saws.
If you are looking at the eBay listing of the $2,800 range saw it looks overpriced IMHO. The "head only" $500 listing looks like scrap metal.

I owned a used CTD 45A saw for many years of quality service and I paid $2,000 for it.
Jerome, thanks for your insight, didn't even know about either of those saws.

Might I ask you how accurate the cuts were with the CTD you used? Did you ever need to do any final tweaking of the miters if you were using them for picture frames?
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It made perfect cuts every time. There are adjustments to the base of each motor mounts should angle adjustment be needed. I never touched them in about 20 years of use.

P.S. The model I had was a 45AX
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JFeig wrote:It made perfect cuts every time. There are adjustments to the base of each motor mounts should angle adjustment be needed. I never touched them in about 20 years of use.

P.S. The model I had was a 45AX
Thank you for the info
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