Thread: Homemade table saw

Actually, I think it is the fair dinkum article for something like ripping 2nd hand timber from a scrap yard. That's what I would use it for, after I fixed up the power plug and clamped a fence to it

Around here, the boy and girl fittings look the same from the cord's vantage point. But did none of you notice the cord passing through the belt?

A cage, e.g. hardware cloth, for the belt, would be a good addition.

Cheers,
Joe

Originally Posted by JillB

Actually, I think it is the fair dinkum article for something like ripping 2nd hand timber from a scrap yard. That's what I would use it for, after I fixed up the power plug and clamped a fence to it

And a riving knife.....and a guard.....and a power switch you can reach.....

Makes the GMC saws at Bunnies look like good value doesn't it?

See the home-made stuff around quite a bit here......I'd only buy one for the motor though.

Originally Posted by kiwioutdoors

I have been hunting around for a table saw and could not find anything Decent for under $10

Yeah, not much on the market for that price.

I'd swap it in a flash for the piece of junk site saw that I bought from Have-a-go. The table flexes, the fence flexes and the arbor wobbles. I can't cut a thing with it without clouds of acrid smoke billowing out of it.

I was unaware Niki had passed away. Is this true?

I did a search under 'Niki' and couldn't find anything - perhaps there is more somewhere else.I do recall one of his posting mentioning he had been incapacitated with (I think) an ongoing illness.

How could you not be inspired by his enthusiasm and creativity.

Originally Posted by terraaustralis

I was unaware Niki had passed away. Is this true?

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f68/niki-113616/

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f68/me...d-niki-113995/

I built a house with a saw like that. Washing machine motor, plummer blocks, you get the picture. We didn't have OH&S in the sixties and no one could buy a table saw.

Originally Posted by Woodwould

I'd swap it in a flash for the piece of junk site saw that I bought from Have-a-go. The table flexes, the fence flexes and the arbor wobbles. I can't cut a thing with it without clouds of acrid smoke billowing out of it.

Hey WW if you produce the kind of stuff you post on the forum with a saw like that, Just imagine what sort of a project you could turn out with a "good" saw

Originally Posted by munruben

Hey WW if you produce the kind of stuff you post on the forum with a saw like that, Just imagine what sort of a project you could turn out with a "good" saw

The only power saw I use to make furniture is the little 12" Triton bandsaw which is really in the same category as the wobbly pressed tin table saw.

Speaking of home made tools - if you haven't seen the shopbuilttools user group on Yahoo, check it out.

I remember seeing a big table saw powered by an old Yamaha 650 motorbike engine. Some of the stuff's very good though.

Ive got a 11hp honda motor that was used in a homemade table saw with about a 600mm blade used outside in a paddock for cutting up firewood.VERY SCARY