Posted by Ryder [ 24.231.227.215 ] on March 29, 2004 at 08:36:27:

In Reply to: Table saw recommendations? posted by crazychile on March 29, 2004 at 07:47:09:

Hi:
I am hardly an expert myself and will be intereseted in what some others have to say here.

I think it is quite hard to get what you want unless you stumble onto something used and then tweak it a little. My home brew answers were always slow and a bit awkward. To get really good cuts, without a lot of set up time, you need a steady and large table and steady blade and a square fence. A lot to ask at your price point. My answer was to buy my big pieces from a lumber yard in town that does a lot of custom work. They make the first cuts and bring it down to a size for the project where my smaller table can handle them nicely. This solution was just to easy to bother with anything else. I will never have the table they use. Handling full sheets by yourself on typical home ($500 table) equipment is not easy.

Cheers
Craig Ryder

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