Thread: New Table saw.

WOO HOO She just arrived......




The poor triton is sulking in the corner. Anyone wanna buy it.

Wongo will - hes sick and tired of the inaccuracies of the Supersaw, and pines for another orange one anyway.......

Originally Posted by TassieKiwi

Wongo will - hes sick and tired of the inaccuracies of the Supersaw, and pines for another orange one anyway.......

Originally Posted by Bodgy

Sheddie

Give us an update when you've had some experience.

When my new shop is finished I need a TS. Great value, but I wonder about the 2HP motor. Will it have enough grunt? Will you need to upgrade the fence? Can you run a dado set? These sort of issues.

Hey, Bodgy. I unpacked the TS and found that it has a 3 HP motor. Is that much better than 2? Sounds like a dumb question I know. But is a 3hp motor 50% more powerful than a 2hp motor?

Originally Posted by Shedhand

G'day Woodie. If no-one in Darwin retails them and you can't arrange cheap freight back-loading one from Adelaide with a local removalist why don't you spend the time checking out whether it would be worthwhile importing half a dozen direct from the Chinese manufacturer and reselling them. I reckon the markup is huge and the profits would pay for the one you keep.
Just a thought.
Cheers (and yes I will be giving it a hard workout when it arrives. Sort the kinks out early is the go.)

There is a retailer in Darwin for Leda and Jet or any other brand , but it will be a special order so I'll still have to pay freight and their cut as well .Its just as easy to buy from South and just pay the freight.Then I will have to pay freight from Darwin 300 ks south to where I live.
I went there to see what they had ,but nothing on show ,just a catalogue and no firm prices they seemed indifferent to my needs so I'll give them a miss.Typical of Darwin businesses ,but they like to whinge when people buy out of state and on ebay or online.

As far as importing goes I think the cost of an importers licence would be way over any
savings I would make.
The guy at Ledacraft In Adelaide said he would get it to me easy enough.
All the big freight companies come through here and we have the train as well should be easy enough.

Cheers

There was this high-pitched howling noise last night - that you cutting something Sheddie?

Originally Posted by MurrayD99

There was this high-pitched howling noise last night - that you cutting something Sheddie?

That was my CD of loud sawing noises. I'm pretending while I assemble her....
The sparky came at 10PM last night and put a 15amp outlet in for it. I had it suspended from the ceiling. I won't get a chance to use the TS until next week. Off to Melbourne tomorrow for a few days fishing with a mate. Gonna transfer the sawing noise CD to my little iPod so I can dream while I'm fishing.... ahhhh! wouldn't be dead for quids.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

. Off to Melbourne tomorrow for a few days fishing with a mate.

That doesn't make any sense at all Why not stay where you are? Much better fishing down there.

Originally Posted by Gumby

That doesn't make any sense at all Why not stay where you are? Much better fishing down there.

need a break from the ex-wife.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

need a break from the ex-wife.

ah, don't we all.

Originally Posted by Gumby

ah, don't we all.

G'day Gumby.
And a mate needs some moral support is the real reason. We gonna go fishin' and get pi$$ed. Bloody women (forumites excepted )

Back to the new Table Saw. Took me all day but she's all put together now. Switched her on and nothing flew off and killed me. My word, its lovely and quiet. Compared to the Triton with the big makita its like comparing a bee with an F18A as far as noise goes. Haven't cut anything yet. Next step is to tune it up - get everything nice and squared up. Might pick up a Beermiester (? can never think of the bloody name) fence while in Melbourne. Will be out Geelong way. Any good stores out that way who would stock them I wonder?

The other questions I have are, what's the best method of cleaning the saw table of its factory grease? Should I lubricate the sliding table rails and bearings.

I'll do a review once I've fired her up in anger but i can say at this stage, the manual was useless. There must be money to made getting a chinese speaking australian to translate the damn things. I just followed the blow up diagrams. Only had to back track once in the assembly stage.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Shedhand

Haven't cut anything yet.

that's unbelievable self control I couldn't help myself. I'd have cut something, even if it was a finger.

I use white lithium grease on the raising gears. Not sure about removing the original grease though.

Turps or Kero. I used Turps. Wax the surface after, mate. I don't want to hear you weeping when you get back from the fishing and find it's all rusty.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

Hey, Bodgy. I unpacked the TS and found that it has a 3 HP motor. Is that much better than 2? Sounds like a dumb question I know. But is a 3hp motor 50% more powerful than a 2hp motor?

If thats the case, then I think I'll get one. Seems best value all round, even if you pay the extra for a good fence. Why wouldn't the retailer advertise the fact that its a 3 HP motor? 2HP would be the main negative when comparing with the other 3HP jobs.

Let us know whether the spindle is able to mount a dado.

Hope you catch a monster - no not the ex.