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i get what you're saying, but bear in mind up to now i've had no dust extraction on it at all in a 10m2 room, so i'd have to stop sawing every 5 minutes or so because the dust in the lower cabinet...

well, that turned out to be a total pain in the butt ! I went to get the dremel in to cut the small welds but it wouldn't fit with the lower wheel on. Whoever put that wheel on did it like it was the...

interesting. i did plan ahead to do something like that so there's a Y before it gets to the bandsaw and a blast gate on both exits so i can balance the flow but it's reduced down on one to a 50mm...

sorry for the real newbie question,

i've got a bp-355 bandsaw. Up to now i've had no dust collection on it, but i've managed to get hold of a 2HP unit. The 4" air outlet on the bandsaw is about...

just to follow up on this. I ended up selling the TS for about $100 less than i got it for new and got a BP-355 bandsaw. It's been a night and day difference to be honest and i much prefer the BS,...

Went ahead and ordered the bp-355 and now its a waiting game, so hopefully it'll work for me. It's going to be really big for my tiny room but i'll make it work somehow.

'need' implies that there's constraints being placed upon the decision. The first two questions: what are you intending to make ? and why are you making it ?

If you're going to be using a lot of...

maybe a thinner resaw king blade might be called for then. That's ok.

Out of interest, how's the dust collection on it Are you just using a standard 2HP unit ?

thanks for this, i'm seriously considering picking one of these up so it's invaluable info. I'd be using it almost entirely for resawing (hopefully with a 1" resaw king blade on it). I'd be...

i'm in the same boat looking for such a saw at the moment, but i've a very small shop. I'm leaning towards a 14" with a riser block to aid resawing since thats what i really need out of it, but you...

I buy 2m lengths (as that's all i can fit in my van and rip in the room) typically at 50x50, 25x150, and 25x300. So a 12" resaw capacity would probably do the job. Usually pine but some macrocarpa...

yeah i've heard good things about that particular saw. I'm in nz though so i'll have to see if its available here. No doubt it'd be eye watering expensive.

originally i got the TS because i'd come...

I'm mostly a hand tool worker (or at least, that's what i enjoy doing) and i've got a quite a small shop (~10 sqm). At the moment apart from the usual diy tools like circular saw and jigsaw, the only...

after some hunting about, i found a place that actually has a few bahco saw files in the wellington area.

WR Twigg in lower hutt, has 4-186-04-2-2 files for $9, and a few larger sized ones, which...

aha ! just found https://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=351145&d=1435466809 and https://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=351146&d=1435466811

so that naming is...

yeah i found that lee valley page. (the shipping from there is about $30nzd for two files btw so i ruled out buying direct) but there they're called 6" 8" slim, x-slim, and elsewhere they seem to...

I've just got hold of several older handsaws in need of a sharpen, so i'm looking to get hold of some files for sharpening them. It seems like bahco are an ok brand to go with for those and there's...

I don't know, maybe. Otoh, i'm willing to bet all those places have their own communities in addition to here. NZ isn't really big enough to have such a thing but at the same time it's 1/5th the...

yeah, i'm not saying it's not an inclusive community. It's just that any topic which relates to physical location does not usually apply, and when it doesn't apply to you, it's perhaps more...

i've tried to capture the relationship of NZ to Aus, and the cities within in one image. I'm no artist, but this is the best i can manage.

but seriously, it would be good to have an easier to way...

weird. says i don't have permission.

Would there be any possibility to get a new zealand sub forum here ?

As a kiwi i often come here because, frankly, there's nothing similar in NZ that i can find (besides, this forum is so well...

i've heard it cuts slowly too. I own the same model and mine does too, but it's my first table saw so i'm not concerned. If anything it gives me more time to think of safety, so i see it as a good...

thanks bob there's a lot of great information in there. I had wondered about peak loading vs constant draw etc. I just got hold of a kill-a-watt power meter device so i'll see if i can find out the...

as i understand it, the low pressure systems are good for collecting fine dust suspended in the air from things like sanding, or from devices like planers that put out a ton of air on their own,...

ok, that's along with my where my thinking is at, so that's good. The 1hp units looked pathetic in my mind, and the shop vac is all huff and no actual results.

I'm actually surprised you can run...

i've trying to set up a small shop in less than ideal conditions. It's basically just a room of my house which i'm in the process of converting. At the moment there's still carpet & curtains in there...