Thread: Anybody have any experience with these table saws?

Me too!

I just picked it up...

I feel like that lady in the ikea ad who's running away from the store yelling, "Drive, Drive!"

It's far more than I expected.

It is a sliding table saw, so a mass of extention bits that slide back and forth, and all seem to move easily still. Very smooth.


I have no idea how this all goes together, it has other measuring bits that go out a few meters, other long bits. It didn't have an instruction manual.

Old school carbatec, so I think the quality is there.


Handles all turn smooth and easily:


I going to guess this thing is good:


The table top has a bit of surface rust, but is very heavy solid cast iron (it'll get a good rub down soon):


3HP motor,15A plug. And it purrs like a kitten, I was paranoid about it being site unseen, but damn, smooth and surprisingly quiet.


And the blade, looks solid and powerful:


And it has a little mini blade attached. I think it's for scoring the wood first? I didn't even know table saws had these, so well pleased:


And the whole blade bit, it moves up and down, and on most angles:


So I am well pleased, sight unseen, for $400. Would have paid double.

Wow - scribing blade and all. Looks like a panel saw. Nice pick-up. Have you plugged it on yet

Originally Posted by Lappa

Wow - scribing blade and all. Looks like a panel saw. Nice pick-up. Have you plugged it on yet

Yup, and it works very well. I was paranoid about not trying it yet, but works like new.

Sounds like a real good pick up, particularly with the scribing blade.

Wow
what a great piece of kit.

now you "just" have to assemble the sliding table.

I'm having a bit of a head scratch with some parts of the saw. I've got most of it together, pulled and tightened up a few bolts and it's all sliding, the stop bar bit locks very well, but I have a long measuring bit, and I don't know where it goes.







Anybody have any ideas?

I also have this stop block thing I'm scratching my head over:






And this thing. I'm sure it screws into something, but I don't know what.


Apart from those things, this saw is awesome, a very cleaver saw

The long measuring bar is the perpendicular fence. One end of it will mount on the extreme left of the slider, either at the front where you stand, or most generally at the far LHS side of the slider. It is hinged, I think in the slots, so that it can be used as a mitre gauge.

The RHS end of the fence should rest against a stop which should have a calibration adjustment to set the fence at exactly 90° to the saw blade. I think that those holes are for a pin or bolt to do that.

The block in the T slot could be how you fix the fence at an angle or it could be that bit that you are holding which could also be the fence lock.

The fence could also be fixed at 90° and is removable and a different piece is used as a mitre gauge.

The block with the lens in it is a fence stop which is used to set the length of the cut when using the slider.

Assemble it as far as you can and if you still can't identify where something goes the post some more pics of the complete machine and the part in question.

I think that you have a real bargain there which with a little fine tuning will be great saw.

PS just had another look at the pics and the fence is hinged on the RHS in the hole. The scale on the slider sets the mitre angle when you unlock the fence from the slot.

It fits in that spot perfectly. And has angles on the table bit, so I can swap between angle easily enough. I need a bigger shed though, the bar is too long. And extended, it goes out to 2.5m.





Well pleased though.

And because I like videos:

Hi Colin

great score -- no, an unbelievable score


I'm sure you've made a lot of blokes very jealous.


two things
1. there's a bit of a learning curve to get the most out of a slider. For one, unless cutting sheet goods -- 2 face ply, melamine, etc. -- you can drop the scoring blade below the table. (It will probably pay to get the scoring blade sharpened.)

2. you really need to get your dust collection sorted out.

The scoring blade feels pretty sharp, both of the blades do, I was expecting them to be pretty blunt.

I have the big dust collection port at the bottom hooked up, and it works well, need some more piping for the top one, my old triton didn't have much in the way of dust collection (apart from everywhere.).

I did a 400mm 45' cut along the end grain of some wattle yesterday, was so smooth and sweet. Well pleased.