Thread: Table saws whats the best for $1500.

I like the Jet saws.
I have a Jet Bandsaw & a Jet tablesaw.

Gary Pye has an interesting one that comes in under your budget, have a look here.
GPW 10/12'' Table Saw

It will that 10" & 12" blades, has a 5/8 arbour that takes a dado blade.

I can highly recommend the GPW 10/12. Quite a few forum members have bought these saws now and I don't think anyone has any complaints.
Excellent service from GPW as well.

Originally Posted by NCArcher

I can highly recommend the GPW 10/12. Quite a few forum members have bought these saws now and I don't think anyone has any complaints.
Excellent service from GPW as well.

Well that's no bloody good means I wont pick one up second hand will I .

Is their any attachments to handle large boards etc will I need something or just weld something up.

I think another retailer was selling these machines with a sliding table attached
Not sure if it would be much help with full sheets though.
TradeTools - 12M10A-TT 12" TABLE SAW 2HP W/ ROUTER EXT & FENCE & SLIDING TABLE

Hi WillyInBris

I'm new in this thread comment because I've just join up the club.
Anyhow I just saw your comment about the table saw and what
best. If you have my perfer answer for the new saw I would spend
alot of money on which product is the Woodfast TS250RS.
Which you get a good life time out of this machinery and reselling value
in the future. But be careful if you using the saw for melamine or laminated
cutting make sure the saw blade is alway sharp that why you will get a
neat and better cutting. It always better to have a scribe blade with the table
saw.
Anyhow happy sawing.

Cheers Woodie 1959

Thanks everyone for your comments i think after much review I will go for the GPW unit is anyone aware if they are making it ot the show this year at all and if so do the bring their gear to look at.

Garry feel free eto jump in

The Gary Pye saw is excellent. Whenever there any talk about cheaper table saws one of the constant complaints is the quality of the castings and the fence. Well the GPW fence is the same one that carbatec sell as an accessory for more than $300 and is as solid as a rock. All the castings are clean and look like somebody who cared did them. The motor is 2 HP and perhaps 3 would satisfy more people but I can rip 70 mm of Jarah just fine.

What about Carbatec 10" contractors saw...
They sell it for $899 at the moment (and you get two blades)

When we wanted a new kitchen it turned out that buying the machinery and materials, then making it ourselves was cheaper than having it made.
The bonus was that we got exactly what we wanted and had the machinery for future use.
A win/win situation
Cheers
Wolffie

Melamine is fickle stuff to cut without chipping the edges, hence the suggestion earlier about saws with a scribing blade to precut the lower face while feeding the material through the saw.

Next issue is edging the cut edges, yes you can buy preglued 0.4mm tape and heat gun based edger/trimmers, but 0.4mm tape is fairly soft and brittle and more use for hiding the raw edge of the substate than protecting the melamine edges from chipping in use. A solid 1mm edge serves both functions very well but needs to be applied with a commercial machine.

For this reason, I would suggest that you work out what you need for all rooms and talk to a few cabinetmakers about getting a custom flatpack cut. They can take your layout sketches and dimensions, draw it up and lay it out on sheets in a couple of hours, then route and edge in a couple of hours as well. You end up paying for cutting and edging labour, and loose the excuse for buying a saw, but the job would come out a lot cheaper than contracting out the job, and you have a pro finish and look.

For us, it wasn't the weetbix melamine that we saved on, it was the solid timber doors and benchtops plus the fact that the cupboards etc. fitted the walls without the need for spacers.
Our local cabinetmaker did the weetbix (Put a piece of chipboard in water, then you know what I mean ) cutting for us and it was about the same as for precut pieces, so you still have the excuse for the saw
This time around, NO WEETBIX.
Cheers
Wolffie

mal i am betting your a cabinet maker from you knowledge or work for one.

I understand what your saying but i am not building the Tage Mahal the 1mm edged sheets are availabe as i purchased some to build my wall oven cabinet it only took a couple of hours and well the sparky was happy to install the oven and was impressed with it and it only costed me $90.

You build it you own it, its a good feeling.

Thanks for the concern.

Originally Posted by Prle77

What about Carbatec 10" contractors saw...
They sell it for $899 at the moment (and you get two blades)

Thats what i was trying to sell you on I want something with a bit more mass.

Garys one looks the good and people are happy with it.

Anyone aware if he will be at the show this year?

well I've just bit the bullet and bought th carbatec 10" contractor saw...
Was going to get a bettr one but unfortunately this was the best one available that runs on 10 A... since I'm in the rental property I am really not willing to improve someone else wiring and power..
Once I move to my own place I will get a better one... so for now this one will do..

Came fully packaged on a steel pallet.. whole thing about 120 KG..
Saw blades supplied were CMT blades... (40 and 60 ) so I'm wrapped about that..
so first thing after I put it together... modify (or make new) guard so I can connect vacuum to it... any suggestions??

I think it is still better than a triton 2000 package..