table saw

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:51 pm

hey folks!

anyone know if it's possible to get a decent table saw in the area of $150 or less? i want to use get one to cut mdf mainly.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:00 pm

No.

Its not to easy to cut full sheets of MDF on a table saw. The sizes needed usualy are outside the limits of the fence on the saw in the first place.

You would be better served getting a decent cicruclar saw and blade, a piece of 2" Almunimu angle 1/8" Thick, two quick squeeze clamps and some ear plugs/safety glasses. Oh ya dont forget a good tape measure and pencil!

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:04 pm

i wasn't planning on buying full sheets of MDF.... i'd have to rent a truck to get it home. ::P

i happen to suck with a circular saw and currently have absolutely no where to really cut unless i bulit a table.

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:08 pm

i have seen ryobi table saws on sale for aroudn there....they are ok but you do have to build your own table to cut larger pieces

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:25 pm

I think ryan is saying to use the angle aluminum as a fence, so you really don't need to worry about how good you are with a circular saw. I have another suggestion i like to do as well, cheap as well :) Get a piece of wood about 3/4" thick by 2 or 3 inches wide, make sure at least one side of it is a factory edge. Screw that to a wider piece, at least the width of the circular saw table(base) plus the smaller piece, flush the edges putting the factory edge to the center of the larger piece. Now run your circular saw down the make shift fence cutting the larger piece to the proper width. This may be hard to understand without seeing what I'm talking about, but it is extremely easy to make. now you can set your "jig" on the wood to be cut, screw it or clamp it(careful where you place screws when cutting wood for a box :) ) and just run your circular saw down the jig, and it the words of john madden "BOOM" you have your cut!

EDIT: I personally prefer a table saw though

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:30 pm

smoker wrote:i have seen ryobi table saws on sale for aroudn there....they are ok but you do have to build your own table to cut larger pieces

I like ryobi table saw. I dont remember for sure what model it is, maybe the bt3100? It has the all the little extras, extensions, router, different bench...

I dont remember how big of cuts its able to make, I'll have to look tomorrow...

DC AUTOGROUP · Post by **DC AUTOGROUP** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:52 pm

we have a 10' tradesman table saw with expandable table
im not at the shop but i belive it extends to 42' i know its a tradesman
but 2years and over 300+boxes,ampracks,ect it still shits and gets
$139 at lows they still sell them

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:14 pm

42' ??? What could you possibly be cutting that you'd need that? I can't picture that at all.

DC AUTOGROUP · Post by **DC AUTOGROUP** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:41 pm

side to side is 3ft 8inch

top to bottom 1ft 8inch

DC AUTOGROUP · Post by **DC AUTOGROUP** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:43 pm

earmarks table saw has 5ft by 3ft table top

we made a bigger table top out of mdf for our old table
they get bigger