Table saw. 10" vs 12"

[Bill G]

Please post some pictures when you get a chance.

 

[blades]

you can make your own fence system with alum. extrusions for a lot less that he asking prices of other units. lots of info on same on the net.

 

[S&S_Work_Saws]

I'll post some pictures in a few minutes. I put a 12" frued blade on it and this thing is so smooth and quiet. Actually really surprised me. I took the legs off of it and made it work in my little saw stand. Amazing how heavy it is.

 

[S&S_Work_Saws]

free from scrap lumber and a left over door from a job site saw station.

 

[S&S_Work_Saws]

What brand and tooth saw blades do you all prefer on a table saw? I'm currently running a Forrest "Wood Worker II" blade. Its a good blade but it' like to pick up more of a finish blade also. 12" blades with a 1" arbor seem to be plentiful. Just not sure if the more expensive blades really make that much of a difference to justify the extra cost. I know the higher end blades can be sent to be sharpened a few times also. Might be worthwhile depending on cost. Where the cheaper diablo or DeWalt big box store blades seem to be cheap enough that their just disposable.

 

[1Snowcat]

In the 1990's through late 2000's my brother and I had a custom millwork business. We both had day jobs and ran it at night and weekends. I was teaching woodworking and he was working as a contractor. I searched out a lot of vintage quality woodworking machinery. In those days https://woodweb.com/ was a great source to find tools Later http://vintagemachinery.org/classifieds/ads.aspx. The business grew to the point he wanted to go large scale. I did not want to give up my teaching job. It went big scale and was equipped with new high tech tools. The small old moulders were replaced with new Weinig 5 head.

I also worked in a woodshop/cabinet shop in the late 80s and 90's we used a few post Rockwell - Delta's and a Powermatic all great 10" saws and we also had a huge 14" Rockwell we used exclusively for ripping rough stock lumber, that thing was a beast my boss installed feed tables "in feed and out feed" and a red laser floating fence, you could rip all day on that saw, crazy quiet and a workhorse! I wish I knew how many board feet I cut on that old saw, the saw was made in the late 40s or early 50s. I think it weighed a TON or more, the forklift groaned when we moved it. The new sliding table saws (SCMIs/ Holzer's) are nice and accurate but I still like the older machinery.. The Weinig moulder we used is still in use today! Modern cabinetry is being overtaken by CNC machinery which is crazy accurate but, unfortunately turning the trade into less skilled labor/ and more button pushers...

 

[1Snowcat]

Best fence going outside a standard UNI fence that came on a Delta Uni SAW.. was Biesemeyer, hands down simple and dead accurate..

It was its own company, until Delta bought them out.

Biesemeyer – Delta Machinery

deltamachinery.com

 

[Bill G]

I also worked in a woodshop/cabinet shop in the late 80s and 90's we used a few post Rockwell - Delta's and a Powermatic all great 10" saws and we also had a huge 14" Rockwell we used exclusively for ripping rough stock lumber, that thing was a beast my boss installed feed tables "in feed and out feed" and a red laser floating fence, you could rip all day on that saw, crazy quiet and a workhorse! I wish I knew how many board feet I cut on that old saw, the saw was made in the late 40s or early 50s. I think it weighed a TON or more, the forklift groaned when we moved it. The new sliding table saws (SCMIs/ Holzer's) are nice and accurate but I still like the older machinery.. The Weinig moulder we used is still in use today! Modern cabinetry is being overtaken by CNC machinery which is crazy accurate but, unfortunately turning the trade into less skilled labor/ and more button pushers...

I had a 16" Fay and Egan table saw here with a big ole 1HP Powermatic feeder but I sent it down to Kansas City. That was a helluva big ole saw

 

[Bill G]

Best fence going outside a standard UNI fence that came on a Delta Uni SAW.. was Biesemeyer, hands down simple and dead accurate..

It was its own company, until Delta bought them out.

Biesemeyer – Delta Machinery

deltamachinery.com

I ran the Uni and Biesmeyer side by side and much preferred the Biesmeyer

 

[1Snowcat]

We also had a crosscut sled made by biesmeyer that used the miter slots (keeping it accurate perpendicular to the blade) on the rockwell/delta saw table top, for crosscutting multiple pieces quickly using the table saw it had a fence and stops for lengths, worked fabulous, one was on a powermatic one on a delta lasted way longer than any 110 miter saw..for 90* crosscuts..not sure if those are still available...

 

[S&S_Work_Saws]

It's unbelievable the difference in power and how smooth this 12" 220 volt saw is compared to any of the 110v 10" saws I've used in the past. I can't imagine the power of those big commercial saws