Mag Switches

[bertterbo]

Has anyone found a reasonably priced source for these in the UK?

I know you can get the DTI bases which are pretty good, but they're not quite a compact.

 

[MikeK]

I can't help you on a UK source, but I buy my MagJig clamps from Mag-Tools-EU. They do ship to the UK, but the shipping cost is brutal. I added one MagJig 150 to the cart and used a random London address as the destination. The lowest shipping option was €88 via UPS Standard for one to ten pieces. I don't think they offer free shipping outside of the EU based on purchase price. When I put 20 pieces in the cart, the shipping was €101.

I wanted to buy four of the MagJig 150 clamps, but the €55.72 for each clamp put me off. Then I noticed they offered a bandsaw featherboard kit for €79.25 that includes two MagJig 150 clamps and the hardware to make a featherboard.

I didn't understand the price difference, but I bought three kits so I could try out the featherboard and have the four clamps I wanted. Buying two of the featherboard kits saved me €64.38 over buying four of the MagJig 150 clamps separately. I had a friend 3D print the featherboard using the engineering drawing downloaded from the Mag-Tools-EU website, and it works great. I have plenty of spare bearings in case any fail during the next 1,000 years.

 

[Lorenzl]

@MikeK looks like they removed some tax as was reduced to €46.82 in the basket but as you say €88.25 shipping.

I am loathe to buy anything from Europe now as you can get hit with all sorts of costs for duty, carriers paperwork and tax.

Edit: There are some MAGSWITCH MAGJIG 60 on ebay for £29.99 at the moment
Perhaps an opportunity to setup a small business?

 

[MikeK]

@MikeK looks like they removed some tax as was reduced to €46.82 in the basket but as you say €88.25 shipping.

I am loathe to buy anything from Europe now as you can get hit with all sorts of costs for duty, carriers paperwork and tax.

Edit: There are some MAGSWITCH MAGJIG 60 on ebay for £29.99 at the moment
Perhaps an opportunity to setup a small business?

Yes, the cost for each MagJig 150 is €46.82 without VAT. Since I am in Germany, the 19-percent VAT was automatically added when I checked the basket. I don't know if completing the transaction from a UK IP address would add the 20-percent VAT or leave it to you to sort it out when the package arrived.

 

[Lorenzl]

I assumed the OP had Googled but thought I would and I found lots of results including Amazon. I assume these are not "reasonably priced".

 

[bertterbo]

I'm surprised banggood hasn't come up with a cheaper alternative, ...perhaps maybe they are just really expensive to make?

I can't justify spending £60 for two as it's only for a jig, so I guess I will have to settle for a DTI base

I assumed they were all the same size, but the one I linked as actually only 35mm, so not too bad. Althought having the switch on the top would be much more convenient.