Thread: Panel Saw with Scribe blade, ripping and docking arm.

Hi Rod,
Just a couple of questions,
How big an operation do you need to cater for?
How much space do you have?
If you don't need to cut more than a few sheets a day it might be worth starting with a festool plunge saw. These a like a regular hand held circular saw but they run on tracks. They give a very good quality cut and don't take up any permanent space. Other brands sell cheaper versions but I have only used. If you need to go with a table saw I wouldnt worry about a scribe saw for ply as with a suitable blade and a zero tolerance insert high quality cuts are achievable.
Hope this helps
Ben

Hi Ben,

Yeh I don't have to cut that many sheets, lets say 10 to 20 per month, but this will definitely increase. The guy that is cutting my wood at the moment is very up and down and I have to wait for him to do all his work before he looks at mine...which can sometimes be inconvenient, hence me looking at buying my own.

Space is limited so was looking a moving into a bigger space.

The ply I'm cutting is birch ply which can be very temperamental which is why I was looking at a scribe blade.

Ideally I'd like something that required minimal setup each time I used the machine that's all. I need to get my production times down as much as possible because apart from constructing, I also need to market these instruments, which takes as much time, if not more, than the construction phase of the operation.

Cheers,
Rod

Just a philosophical point.

What percentage of your total build time is taken up in sawing? If you had to cut rough and then use a normal table saw to simply trim the edge (or even a router jig) still what percent of the total build would that occupy?

I ask because so often we (yes WE ) ask a tool to save us time, when it only takes up a tiny amount of the total purchase, store, fit, finish etc procedures involved.