Thread: What TableSaw do you have?

30+ year old masport. No gaurd, riving knife, tape on fence. Custom dust chute, sliding table. Takes full dado set, has tilting arbor.

Cost nothing, was part of a severance package from the cabinet maket for whom I worked.

Robert

Luna W59. Absolutely the best table saw I've ever owned or used.

Cheers
Michael

Hammer B3L. Saw / spindle combo
Pro's
Quite accurate.
Good rip capacity.
2400 sliding table
Spindle moulder
Quiet machine
Got it for the right price at auction.

Cons
Bit big for the shed, but that is the sheds fault.
Can't think of any others

Cheers

Originally Posted by enfield guy

cons
bit big for the shed, but that is the sheds fault.

lol!

Carbatec TS10-L

Pro's
-Powerful
-Accurate
-Excellent build quality
-Could be found for sub $2000

Con's
-Not imported by Carbatec anymore and Jet Xacta Saw Deluxe (clone) also not brought to Aus.

I still think there's a market (small but one none the less) for a quality saw between the upper end chinese and taiwanese imports and the powermatic, saw stop. When I was looking to upgrade my Triton workcentre I was willing to make a decent investment but couldn't stretch to the powermatic. Saw stop hadn't arrived yet either. Looking around I was disappointed with the available offerings and was tossing up a Jet saw stop or just keeping the triton when I came across the TS10-L. Never looked back!

Anyone know why Carbatec don't import anymore?

Originally Posted by Arry

Anyone know why Carbatec don't import anymore?

Price vs availability and declining sales on that model.

Now I have a Carbatec TS-12R 3 phase with all the options (including the sliding table)

I bought a Powermatic PM2000 when they will still "only" $3500

Dust collection is not as good as I expected from below the table given that it has a blade shroud. However, I am doing some experiments to close the huge gap around the blade to see if that will help.

Wheels work as advertised.

The standard riving knife blade guard setup is surprisingly good. I did buy an overhead guard and low profile knife but that was more for convenience sake.

The standard fence is ROCK solid. Another vote for the Wixey fence. Money well spent. I just wish there was a micro adjustment feature for the fence. The fist bump method gets old.

Other end of the scale.
Powercraft PTS1500.
Features.
1500watt motor. 10 inch blade. Riving knife. Dust extractor hose.
Wheels on stand so able to be moved around.

Okay so sure it's not Pro quality but I checked the table with a striaght edge and it's flat. The depth and angle settings on the blade are accurate against my square, it's got an overload circuit breaker and blade brake.
The fence stays locked in place but could have a better lock system.
Has extension tables on 3 sides.

I wont be giving it a lot of work so for what I paid for it should be fine.

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Casolin Astra full size panel saw.
30mm arbor, 6hp main motor, 1hp scriber motor, table as 3.2m of usable travel, 1.8m rip capacity, outrigger table stop extends to 3m.

Pros: extremely smooth and powerful, 5" depth of cut, repeatable accuracy to .5mm, breaking down full sheets is quick and easy, can joint solid timber up to 125mm wide and 3m long in one pass.

Cons: takes up 6m x 3.5m of shed real estate.

Mick

Originally Posted by Geoff Dean

Mick, I think you win.

Altendorf WA80 full size panel saw.
30mm arbor, 7.5hp main motor, 1hp scriber motor, table has 3.8m of usable travel, 1.3m rip capacity, outrigger table stop extends to 3.2m. Will take a 16" blade. Power blade rise/fall and tilt with digital display of blade angle.

Pros: extremely smooth and powerful, 5" depth of cut, repeatable accuracy to .5mm, breaking down full sheets is quick and easy, can joint solid timber up to 125mm thick and 3.6m long in one pass.

Cons: Needs lots of space and $20k+

Gotta love good old "mines-bigger-than-yours"

Hammer B3 winner saw/spindle combo....

pros
30mm arbour
4kw motors (saw and spindle)
blade tilt with 90 and 45° stops
2.5m sliding table
crosscut outrigger
fence can be easilly slid back and forth also swaps from a tall fence to a low fence
can rip 1200 wide with extension
spanner and allen key to undo blade (right hand thread)
electric braking on saw and spindle

cons
the saw guard is a pain, attaches to splitter so has to be removed to do submerged cuts
fence moves when tightening locking handle
~12k new
Compared to the old Durden 50s pacemaker it's a vastly better machine to use but has needed a few refinements
not sure I'd go a combo machine again I like to set up and leave setup and not have to dismantle a setup just to use the saw next

Pete

A Scheppach TS4010 3ph 5hp 12" (305mm) 30mm arbour

Pros - Well made - Accurate, smooth and I can fold the extension table up and roll it all away to the storage bays in the back of the shed. Standard blade was excellent until some keith (not me) sharpened it the wrong way. Also has a sliding table which can be detached when put away.

Cons - Not a lot of service and table does not have a standard 3/4 mitre gauge groove - frustrating. Also because of electric brake - it will not accept stacked daddow blades I am informed.

If anyone knows where I can get a scribing blade kit for it I would be much appreciated.

i have a festool cms-ge ts-75.
it takes a 210mm blade with 2.6mm kerf and 30mm arbour
it is light, precise and too bloody expensive!

but it serves my needs perfectly for onsite construction work.

justin.