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Saturday, June 17, 2023
These things are tempting. I should get one and test it out all summer. Right?
I see these as job site saws. Good for replacing a hand held circular saw to keep your rough framing from being too rough. But I wouldn't be happy with that in my garage. That's just me.
I've owned a similar version for more than 20 years. The fence is the best part. Mine came with a simpler stand which I ditched immediately and built a table on casters for it. I have a Freud Diablo 80 tooth on it currently, for cutting 3/4" plywood. I paid $495 for mine back then, about $150 more than all of the competition and I don't regret it. Lastly, you need to check the calibration between the blade and the fence after each major season change.
I'm just that standard retired guy who decided to take up a little woodworking. Everything I've learned, I've learned from Youtube.
And so far, I can still type with all 10 fingers. But this saw has scared me.
This spring I began to explore dado cutting....specifically I've been trying to make boxes with finger joints. After tinkering around with this a bit...some sample joints, then joints for my project, the arbor nut backed off and after pushing the stop button, I was left with a stack of spinning blades only slowing down due to the friction against the arbor threads. I tightened everything up again, and have had it happen 3 other times, both with dado blades and my regular blade.
So....what to do? Do I keep cutting till the day that I get hurt? Do I get sell this to some unsuspecting potential victim? I couldn't do any of that, so believe it or not, but I've found a DeWalt repair place here in the Phoenix area, and they've got the saw. They're busy and so I might be without it for 5-6 weeks, but who am I kidding....I'm just a guy with a jobsite saw in his garage.
The best "Right answer" would be to fix this saw, sell it in good conscience, then buy the Sawstop. But then I'd be making simple plywood boxes with a $1800 tool.
I **think** that the mistake I made was that the shims I was using slipped into the arbor threads, thereby preventing the dado stack from being properly tightened. If this repair place can fix my saw, I'll get some magnetic shims, which Youtube tells me will make this error harder to repeat.
Get a real table saw, or mount that one in a real table. That frame under wood load, running, will be slightly better than hand-cutting with a chainsaw, and will likely get worse with age.
The table is at least half of what makes a saw accurate, and that 4-legged chinesium set of legs is liable to cost you a finger - or worse - one day, and make your precision work attempts turn out sloppy every day.
If you're just making split tail fences, or building a rough cabin far beyond paved roads, go ahead on. If you're contemplating serious woodworking, get the right tool for the job.
Great saw!
ReplyDeleteRather have the Skil version myself
ReplyDeleteI have the 10 inch and it is great, Being able to uses a dado blade set is a plus for making drawers.
ReplyDeleteI see these as job site saws. Good for replacing a hand held circular saw to keep your rough framing from being too rough. But I wouldn't be happy with that in my garage. That's just me.
ReplyDeleteI would say: "Choose very carefully"
ReplyDeletePowermatic or sawstop.
ReplyDeleteToo pricey for a newbie hobbyist.
Delete-----them chinamen continue to amaze------
ReplyDeleteI've owned a similar version for more than 20 years. The fence is the best part. Mine came with a simpler stand which I ditched immediately and built a table on casters for it. I have a Freud Diablo 80 tooth on it currently, for cutting 3/4" plywood. I paid $495 for mine back then, about $150 more than all of the competition and I don't regret it. Lastly, you need to check the calibration between the blade and the fence after each major season change.
ReplyDeleteGood Advice!
DeleteI have this exact saw...stand and all.
ReplyDeleteI'm just that standard retired guy who decided to take up a little woodworking. Everything I've learned, I've learned from Youtube.
And so far, I can still type with all 10 fingers. But this saw has scared me.
This spring I began to explore dado cutting....specifically I've been trying to make boxes with finger joints. After tinkering around with this a bit...some sample joints, then joints for my project, the arbor nut backed off and after pushing the stop button, I was left with a stack of spinning blades only slowing down due to the friction against the arbor threads. I tightened everything up again, and have had it happen 3 other times, both with dado blades and my regular blade.
So....what to do? Do I keep cutting till the day that I get hurt? Do I get sell this to some unsuspecting potential victim? I couldn't do any of that, so believe it or not, but I've found a DeWalt repair place here in the Phoenix area, and they've got the saw. They're busy and so I might be without it for 5-6 weeks, but who am I kidding....I'm just a guy with a jobsite saw in his garage.
The best "Right answer" would be to fix this saw, sell it in good conscience, then buy the Sawstop. But then I'd be making simple plywood boxes with a $1800 tool.
I **think** that the mistake I made was that the shims I was using slipped into the arbor threads, thereby preventing the dado stack from being properly tightened. If this repair place can fix my saw, I'll get some magnetic shims, which Youtube tells me will make this error harder to repeat.
Wish me luck.
azlibertarian
Get a real table saw, or mount that one in a real table.
ReplyDeleteThat frame under wood load, running, will be slightly better than hand-cutting with a chainsaw, and will likely get worse with age.
The table is at least half of what makes a saw accurate, and that 4-legged chinesium set of legs is liable to cost you a finger - or worse - one day, and make your precision work attempts turn out sloppy every day.
If you're just making split tail fences, or building a rough cabin far beyond paved roads, go ahead on.
If you're contemplating serious woodworking, get the right tool for the job.