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    Or at least until you decide you want a hammer....

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheCrazedLog View Post
    Afternoon all:

    I'm sorry that this topic has been done to death and here I am, throwing another handful of dirt on the grave. I've been mucking around with woodworking now for a year or more and enjoying it. I'm making the odd bit of furniture with some more lined up, making things for the wife and her hobbies and generally having a good time not launching things downrange using my el-cheapo Ryobi contractor saw. Having to measure the wood first (because the ruler is rubbish) and clamp the other end of the fence is getting a little tiring, as is sawing without a riving knife or splitter because the guard is a giant pain in the rear. I'm thinking its time to upgrade.

    I have a budget of around about $2k, +/- a little. While I don't have a 15 amp plug available, I do have a 15 amp circuit in the house and one can be run I'm sure. We wear P2 masks under the house so dust is just whatever it will be. Generally I expect to be working with pine/plywood etc, maybe some other woods down the track when I'm actually getting good. I do like the idea of a bolt on router table. Space can be a slight issue so I do like the idea of having it on wheels so I can scoot it here and there.

    So I started looking. The Harvey HW110LGE-30 seems to be universally loved and is around about the right price but not available until August at BBTA (can't find it anywhere else for a comparable price). Then I hear that it just a rebadged Grizzly and maybe I could buy the same thing somewhere else with maybe a local support network that would be just as good! Hooray! I think. Then I found more table saws that I could poke a stick at and I'm hopelessly lost. Hares and Forbes, Carbatec, Harvey, I've no idea. Some look the same, some don't, there's a hi-lo fence, a lo-hi fence, an aloha fence and I'm expecting any moment to find one with a built in camera that only turns on when you start swearing.

    I'm getting to the stage where I'm going to go "F#(&# it, buying the Harvey" (on turns the camera). I suppose my main concern with the Harvey is local support/warranty etc. Can anyone supply some much needed guidance to a rather confused IT guy who just wants a saw that'll last him a good few years that'll give him some faithful service?
    Got a great laugh out of this..., just went through the same process and had the same F-this moment on Tuesday and went the 50" Carbatec in a fit of pique, once I had calmed down after a few white wines that evening started wondering if I had made the right decision and had to stop myself from going back down the worm hole as think the whole process may have given me some form of PTSD. Fortunately was able to recognise I just needed to needed to move on and with a the benefit of a few days of separation clarity has returned and am pretty comfortable with the decision right now.

    Amazing how much anxiety what should be an enjoyable experience can create with the added disclaimer that I am not noted for having boundless and infinite patience and more or less went through a similar but less trying process with other recent purchases including a router table, thicknesser, and jointer. For the life of me can't think of anything that is missing from the arsenal right now and am looking forward to not going trough this whole process again for some time.

    Cheers,

    Rudy

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