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I've got a DeWalt745 table saw, but it's a bit limited on it's cutting capacity - max width 50cm. Is there a compact Table Saw with a fold out / extendible table which can go a bit wider, yet isn't massive to store. Mine lives under a worktop when not in use and I'd like to do the same.
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2 foldable trestles and throw that arm to ****.
Thats all i do with my elu saw.
The arm locks in position and is good for doing lots of identical cuts, so I'd like to keep that feature.
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Paulk's videos [/url]on youtube (from about 4.50) to see how he supports a table saw very similar to yours. Without going to the trouble of the style of construction he uses (I'm making something similar for myself just now - it takes a while and only worthwhile for the portability)
He hangs the saw off the side of the bench so that the bench becomes the out feed table and the two stay in register. You could use a similar support but also bring the bench round to the side to give more width for a fence
I have to say, I wouldn't be keen on my table saw being on a workmate either. 😕
GTS 10 XC from Bosch (around £500 I think), but to have any kind of portability, you'll compromise on max cutting width.
GTS 10 XC from Bosch (around £500 I think), but to have any kind of portability, you'll compromise on max cutting width.
About the same price as mine, but slightly better capacity, so a possibility.
Might have to go for something less portable....
I've "borrowed" (i.e. been allowed to use) a few big "portable" Makitas which are a bit cheaper but have been excellent - and ripped down 2440 x 1220 sheets of ply with them.
Love what table saws can do - always a bit nervous using my portable one. 🙂
have a look on at Ron Paulk's videos on youtube 9from about 4.50) to see how he supports a table saw very similar to yours. Without going to the trouble of the style of construction he uses (I'm making something similar for myself just now - it takes a while and only worthwhile for the portability)
yep seen his, very impressive. He supports the material well, but the fence isn't any wider....
Something like that
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEG-STAND-EXTENSION-TABLE-FOR-ELU-EZ7075-EZ5000-EZ4000-/220971803743
And a board and quick clamps for a fence.
He supports the material well, but the fence isn't any wider....
Just thinking as a solution to support the saw - make your own bench that extend to the side of the table and clamp a fence to that for larger cuts. You don't need to the do the box construction thing - thats only useful if you have to travel a lot
I have to say - even with a 10ft sliding bed saw in the workshop - I tend to do all the initial ripping of ply with a handheld circular saw to get to manageable sizes before trimming and squaring more accurately on a table saw - full sheets are just too much of a handful if you're working on your own, however big the saw is
I have to say - even with a 10ft sliding bed saw to hand - I tend to do all the initial ripping of ply with a handheld circular saw to get to manageable sizes before trimming and squaring more accurately on a table saw - full sheets are just too much of a handful if you're working on your own, however big the saw is
yep, that's what I do, but the DW745 can only manage up to 50cm and the other WE I was doing 20+ cuts at 60cm which was a pain as I had to use a tracking circular saw and keep manually setting up the track at exactly 60cm, whereas ripping it to say 65 roughly and then running them through a table saw would have been much faster...
My other bug bear is dust extraction, even with a Festool Cleantec plugged in, the DW745 seems to spew dust out everywhere. In summer I used it outside, but in winter I end up with a hacking cough after using it in the workshop (I really ought to use a mask).
I found a big difference comes from extracting from above the blade as well as from below. Most saws tend to extract from within the body of the saw, which is where most of the volume of dust and chips go. But the lighter dust tends to go up and forward. If you can find a blade guard that will fit the saw that allows some extraction from above - although that extractor seems to catch almost nothing thats the stuff that gets you coughing.
But the lighter dust tends to go up and forward.
I think this is it, I should probably just use the hose on the blade guard.....
And probably still use a mask,
**** using my elu in an enclosed space
Have the same problem. My saw extracts mostly from a sealed compartment around the bottom of the blade. There is also a guard at the top with an extraction port, but the direction at which the port points means that extraction from anything other than above the saw is very awkward. I just use a face mask instead.
There are - but it will cost you for example the Axminster BTS10ST lists as going to 640mm, or the Dewalt DE7491.
Pehaps looks at exteding the fence rails somehow ?
(google suggests that this model got a fence extension during its production -
yours already has the larger size0
Will the fence go on upside down , and if it does can you fabricate an extension
fixed to the original fence underneath?
I have a small saw that can rip up to ~750mm but requires a fixed extension bed. (Axminster TS200 - was crazy cheap in sale)