Which Table Saw

[Bammer]

I have recently gained amazing brownie points with the boss

Birthday coming up in August and I quite fancy a new table saw.

I have a very crappy Clarke 2nd hand one at the moment and quite frankly it scares the s**t out of me

Any recommendations for one ... around the £500 mark ?

 

[Pierre]

Brad, before you think just table saw think what do I want to do in the future then look at this. http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminste...campaign=16wk18t1_Little+workshop,+big+ideas? Then think how much more you could do if you really did the cooking and washing up for another year!!

Failing that what about this, http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-hobby-series-bts10st-table-saw-501241 its got a double T track to slide your home made sleds ( for making Celtic knots) along and it extends etc It has a sliding table and an easily adjustable side fence, overall for the price looks quite good.

PG

 

[Penpal]

How much room do you have ,money in hand size of blade would suit you. Look for weight and strength.

Peter.

 

[Doug]

Brad, before you think just table saw think what do I want to do in the future then look at this. http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminste...campaign=16wk18t1_Little+workshop,+big+ideas? Then think how much more you could do if you really did the cooking and washing up for another year

Blimey that's a hell of a lot of money to spend on a machine that is designed to be used less than 2 hours a week.

With your budget I'd be looking second hand Brad, something of cast iron construction so vibration & to a lesser extent noise won't be problems, I recently sold a single phase Wadkin AGS for what you are looking to spend so there are good machines out there for your budget.

 

[Lons]

I'd second what Doug says Brad and look for a decent s/h saw.
I bought my SIP 01332 (cast iron 10") new as it happens many years ago but and it's served me very well apart from one minor problem which has been sorted. You could get a pretty good saw for £500 if you're patient.

 

[Vic Perrin]

Lots of options on this one Brad. Just make sure that whatever you get has a cutting blade and a motor !

How about you organising a POLL on the subject

:wink:

 

[Lons]

Just a thought Brad. It's a subject that comes up often on other forums, if you search on UKW you'll find a number of threads outlining the pros and cons of many saws.

 

[bigbob]

If you want a proper big shop saw with cast iron top and you have the room then for £500 second hand is the only way to go. The biggest problem with the cheaper portable bench saws is the crappy fence they come with which tends to bend at the end as you push the work through because they do not lock at both ends the second problem with cheap saws is they are hard to set up to calibrate when you first get them for 90 deg and 45 deg because they have no adjustment cams which makes adjustment a bit of a fiddle. An other thing to think of is choose a saw that takes 30mm bore blades as you will have far more choice. I have the Dewalt 745 site saw it has all of the above plus a fantastic fence which locks on both sides and is adjustable to a very fine degree to fractions of an inch because it uses gearing on each end of the table and a rod that goes straight through underneath and you just need to turn the knob to move the fence to desired distance then lock it with the lever. It is so good I have cut dados without a dado stack but just using a single blade and utilizing the fence by increments equal to the kerf of the blade I have also made finger joints without a jig using the same kind of technique and the mitre fence with a bit of flat wood.

https://www.angliatoolcentre.co.uk/dewalt-dw745-table-saw-pid38096.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRC5rERrtdc

 

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