Rob Keeble
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Seeing this thread and Neds post i looked up how much a Festool saw costs using LV site as local reference.
The small one is $744.
To me thats a heck of a lot of money for a single purpose saw.
Given to do other woodworking it is arguable that one still needs a table saw, i would sooner take that kind of money and add to it and by a decent size table saw, build a outfeed table around it and invest in some decent blades to go with it. It goes without saying that a decent table saw had better come with a decent fence or it is not in the running for categorizing as decent table saw.
Consider all the other cuts and processes that can be executed on a decent saw. This point is not being considered here.
Just like a router, which at one point i saw only in a narrow light,
Nowadays my table saw is the center of my woodowrking universe.
Consider
Rip cut
Cross cut
Angled cuts both in rip and crosscut mode
Making crown molding
With a half decent blade one can get a glue line cut equal to using a jointer.
Cutting tenons not only parallel but with the aid of a tenon jig even at odd angles.
Then consider adding a box joint jig and one can rapidly cut box joints even with a homemade box joint jig.
Then consider adding a dado blade set and it opens up a whole additional series of cut opportunities.
Cutting a dado, a rabbet, a groove .
Brent posted about making raised panel doors, well apart from fancy ogees one can make an entire panel door on table saw.
Then consider this is by no means the most comprehensive use of a table saw, its just the limit of what i have used mine for.
Now i have a cheapo skill circular saw, fitted it with a thin kerf diablo blade and it does a good job of cutting sheet goods i take care to clamp a striaght edge down and have learnt hard way to measure 3 times before i cut.
Its got its limits and i have plans to replace it with a better circular saw that has a more precise base and deeper cut capability but i dont see even if it were a festool that it would be able to take the place of my table saw.
But.....if i were only looking to knock off bookcases and cabinets and then get out of woodworking and do something else, i would buy a festool or dewalt track saw as i believe it would be an easy sell when u done to get back the most of ur investment for a second hand tool, and have a very decent tool to use for the purpose.
The small one is $744.
To me thats a heck of a lot of money for a single purpose saw.
Given to do other woodworking it is arguable that one still needs a table saw, i would sooner take that kind of money and add to it and by a decent size table saw, build a outfeed table around it and invest in some decent blades to go with it. It goes without saying that a decent table saw had better come with a decent fence or it is not in the running for categorizing as decent table saw.
Consider all the other cuts and processes that can be executed on a decent saw. This point is not being considered here.
Just like a router, which at one point i saw only in a narrow light,
Nowadays my table saw is the center of my woodowrking universe.
Consider
Rip cut
Cross cut
Angled cuts both in rip and crosscut mode
Making crown molding
With a half decent blade one can get a glue line cut equal to using a jointer.
Cutting tenons not only parallel but with the aid of a tenon jig even at odd angles.
Then consider adding a box joint jig and one can rapidly cut box joints even with a homemade box joint jig.
Then consider adding a dado blade set and it opens up a whole additional series of cut opportunities.
Cutting a dado, a rabbet, a groove .
Brent posted about making raised panel doors, well apart from fancy ogees one can make an entire panel door on table saw.
Then consider this is by no means the most comprehensive use of a table saw, its just the limit of what i have used mine for.
Now i have a cheapo skill circular saw, fitted it with a thin kerf diablo blade and it does a good job of cutting sheet goods i take care to clamp a striaght edge down and have learnt hard way to measure 3 times before i cut.
Its got its limits and i have plans to replace it with a better circular saw that has a more precise base and deeper cut capability but i dont see even if it were a festool that it would be able to take the place of my table saw.
But.....if i were only looking to knock off bookcases and cabinets and then get out of woodworking and do something else, i would buy a festool or dewalt track saw as i believe it would be an easy sell when u done to get back the most of ur investment for a second hand tool, and have a very decent tool to use for the purpose.