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10th June 2022, 07:36 PM #1New Member
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Cabinet saw advice
Hi all, I am looking to purchase my first cabinet saw for my garage sized workshop. What are your thoughts or experiences on the Laguna F2 or F3 as opposed to the Carbatec Professional 250mm model ? The Sawstop range is a bit out of my price range. Any advice would be much appreciated! Cheers, Eric
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10th June 2022, 11:21 PM #2
I bought a second hand H&F ST12D Cabinet saw and it does every thing I ask of it. The Laguna's look cool, but if you are not going down the Sawstop technology route, then you just want a solid performer with lots of power, solid construction and a good fence. The advantage of these saws is the extra HP and 305mm blade. Cheers, Zac
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Thanks heaps for your advice Zac. I see the H&F ST12D requires a 20amp circuit so will get my sparky to sort that if I get hold of your model. You did well to get a second hand one ! I have been on the lookout on FB marketplace to no avail...maybe that's not the best place to find good 2nd hand woodworking machines?
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A 3HP TS motor should not require a 20A circuit (4mm^2 wires in the cable). What has probably happened in the past is connecting these to to a 15A circuit has probably results in the start up current tripping the 15A circuit (2.5mm^2 wire) an breaker. They probably had customers complaining about this so they upped it to 20A.
This is an over priced solution. All that may be needed is to use a slower acting 15A breaker which can momentarily (and it is very fleeting) easily handle the higher start up currents.
Using a 20A circuit will of course be part of the warranty so that needs to be factory in.
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