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Building TV sets
A joint venture between ITV and the BBC, the company provides scenery and other resources for television production companies. Over the years Tony and his team have worked on shows including Coronation Street, Jeremy Kyle, A Question of Sport, Cold Blood and Mastermind. The work involves cutting large quantities of MDF, plywood, blockboard, perspex and acrylic.

The company typically gets through several tonnes of sheet materials each week, and during busy times, cutting throughput can reach 40 sheets per day.

Tony knew that the right tool for the job would be a vertical panel saw. "Manhandling a large sheet of 30mm MDF onto a table, cross-cut or dimension saw is awkward and potentially dangerous," he observed. "A decent vertical panel saw would make the task much easier, as well as improving general safety and making accurate repeat cuts a far simpler exercise."