Tim is quite accurate in his comparison of his and Ray's strippers. Having both (and a personally made 4' long copy of the Harlan stripper), I, too, can say that the accuracy of the cuts is much more dependent on the operator than on the device.
However, the 1" micrometer heads of the Harlan stripper are not necessarly a short coming. One can just make additional aluminum straightedges from commonly available (from a local hardware store) 1" by 1/4" aluminum extrusions. Two additional straightedges can be used with the orginal to quickly strip up to a 3" wide sheet (or even a 4" sheet with three additional straight edges).
Leo
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "timgoldstein" <timg@...> wrote:
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> My somewhat biased opinion.
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> The Harlan produced item has wonder adjusters made from micrometer heads so the adjustment is super accurate. The downside is that you only have 1" of adjustment range so sometimes have to move your sheet, and readjust to get another "bite" on the sheet.
> The biggest complaint I have heard about the Harlan is that the wood blade holder wears with use and is not as effective as the rest of the device.
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> The A2Z version uses heads that we produce ourselves. Accuracy is theoretically lower than the real micrometer heads, but proabably not noticeable in the final wood strip due to all the variation introduced by wood, blade flex, user skill, straight edge deflection, movement of your wood sheet, etc. The issues are the same for both strippers and likely result in no discernable accuracy differential. The advantage is our heads allow 3" of adjustment so you can use standard hobby sheets and not have to readjust and move things to consume the entire sheet.
> The A2Z version also ships with a fully machined blade holder that is made from 6061 solid aluminum, hard anodized for wear resistance, treated with Teflon to slide smoother, and has a Turite (special hardended Teflon) insert to eliminate wear against your straight edge.
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> We get lots of customers that have upgraded the blade holder on their Harlan stripper because they were not satisfied or wore out the wood version.
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> So sort of an apples and oranges comparision. Harlan wins in the theoretical accuracy, but real world seems to be the same. A2Z wins with a better blade holder and longer adjustment range.
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> Best suggestion is support the industry, get one of each and write a review for INAV with your results. Everyone wins.
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> Tim Goldstein
> A2Z Corp
> 3955 S Mariposa St
> Englewood CO 80110
> 720 833-9300 P
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Received on Fri Dec 09 2011 - 17:16:58 CET