Those that use there TS 55's & 75's more then table saws

[dinkjs]

Those that have basically stopped using Table saws and exclusively use there TS 55's and 75's .....is there anything you go back to your table saw for?  Reason I ask is because my cheap Hitachi table saw....the CFL10 they sell at Lowes for $500 is ticking me off...1 degree off and it wont rotate to anything passed 3 degrees

I have searched and found many questions asking who doesnt use there table saw anymore instead using the 55 or 75.....

I want to know those that still use there table saws every once in awhile.....what are you using it for that you cant do on your 55 or 75?????

 

[sw1211]

Narrow rips are when I find I head to the Table Saw the most.

 

[peter halle]

I still have a portable table saw.  it used to travel with me everyday.  Now I might pull it out once a month.  Ripping to a relatively narrow width and needing quantity of pieces is better on a table saw.  It can be done with the Festool system, but I got it so I use it.  Tried to think of something else I carry it around for now.  Nope.

Peter

 

[Gene Howerton]

Yep, narrow rips are the hardest without the table saw, that is why we need the CMS here in the US. [smile]

 

[peter halle]

Gene,

Please don't tell me that you are holding your breath for the CMS to hold the plunge cut saws.  Routers I would bet on, but at a price that might be surprising.  Saws - underdogs.

Peter

 

[jeffinsgf]

I work mostly in a shop setting, rather than job site.  I have a sweet little table saw that is dialed in tight.  I do all my solid stock cross cutting and ripping on it.  The ATP-65 + MFT-1080 is my panel processing unit.  In fact, I cut down the big extension table on my table saw to give me more room in the shop.

 

[score0matic]

This reply is solely to increasemy post count :  as it is exactly the same one that everyone else has..... narrow rips on small strips.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

If you plan ahead and rip small pieces off of wider stock, it works fine.  Otherwise it can be tricky.

 

[kev carpenter]

Me to only ripping timber to special sizes as a cost thing as thinner timbers seem to be more expensive (pine) but if it wasent for that i wouldnt buy one now havent used it for about a year [huh]

 

[Jesse Cloud]

No surprises here - lots of repetitive rips or one cut off a big sheet (rather than set up sawhorses and move the vac and saw from its nest under the MFT.

The unisaw also makes a great assembly table, the top is dead flat.

 

[gkeas]

I have the small portable dewalt table just for narrow stock.  I just got the FS-PA, but I don't think it will be as quick/easy as the table for smaller stuff (from small stock.)

 

[honeydoman]

I use my rails 75% of the time.  and I have the delta unisaw and the bosch tilt up portable, (havent used it for over 2 years)  and the small dewalt that I carry in my van for small rips etc.  which is much faster to just whip out the small saw make a few rips put it away.

however, the rails can do small rips by just using another piece to support the rail.  I have a small shop 12x20 and my unisaw takes up a chunk due to in and out feed and larger wider table. and when making cab in my shop I usually use the rails and then I use the saw to clean up the uneven edges on 1x stock.

 

[johnsonri]

I don't agree that narrow rip cuts are difficult with with the MFT and the TS55/75. I make repetitive narrow rips on small pieces all the time with that setup...and just as fast, or faster than I could with the tablesaw.

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This is a small 2x4 cutoff ripped into 1/2 inch slices...less than a minute for all the cuts.

Rey

 

[Chris Hughes]

I just sold my right tilt Unisaw.  I someday will replace it with a left tilt but for now I need the space in my shop for fabricating solid surface counter tops.  I have a moulder head that I love to us when build furniture and trim, I will miss that app.  I will proably take my router lift that was on my unisaw and put it on my MFT to help compensate.

 

[score0matic]

I don't agree that narrow rip cuts are difficult with with the MFT and the TS55/75. I make repetitive narrow rips on small pieces all the time with that setup...and just as fast, or faster than I could with the tablesaw.

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This is a small 2x4 cutoff ripped into 1/2 inch slices...less than a minute for all the cuts.

Rey

Rey  
When I refer to narrow rips off narrow stock I am thinking  more along the line of: shaving  1/8" off a 62" maple jamb extension that is 11/16" thick to begin with.    I had this issue last week......I ended up Pinning (23 ga [eek] ) the  pieces to a 1x6 and using a blade that was ready to go to the sharpeners any way.  this is actually safer than trying to rip it on a small jobsite saw anyway

 

[johnsonri]

Rey  
When I refer to narrow rips off narrow stock I am thinking  more along the line of: shaving  1/8" off a 62" maple jamb extension that is 11/16" thick to begin with.    I had this issue last week......I ended up Pinning (23 ga [eek] ) the  pieces to a 1x6 and using a blade that was ready to go to the sharpeners any way.  this is actually safer than trying to rip it on a small jobsite saw anyway

Trying to picture the cut here....so after the cut, would you have a 62" maple jamb that is 9/16" thick?

...and did your rip operation that you described above involve cutting the pins?  [eek]

Rey

 

[rwdawson]

Long narrow rips or rabbets where a dado head would simplify life, and the stock is longer than the width of the MFT, length of door/insulation combination I use for long rips, or length of available guide rails combined.  I had to deal with 12 foot floor boards where I needed a lap joint.  With a table saw, it would be a simple task, taking a few minutes.  Without, it was a royal PITA.  There are times when it is easier and safer to move the work over the blade, rather than the blade over the work.

Rey, your example is perfectly valid, but my boards were much, much longer.

Richard

 

[johnsonri]

The length of the rail/MFT should be the only limiting factor then.

Repeated rip cuts of narrow pieces, within capacity of the MFT, length-wise, can be faster on the MFT than on the table saw.

So, ripping a 3/4" by 3/4" piece that is 45" long down to 1/2" by 1/2" should not be a problem with the MFT/TS55 75 setup.

It seems to me that the piece being cut can be much longer too. I will try it when I get to my shop.

 

[rwdawson]

Rey,

The floor boards that I had to deal with were 12 feet long, and I needed to cut rabbets that were about 1 1/2 inches wide, which to me meant dado head or router.  I had the router, so I used it.  My preference would have been to go the other way.

As I said, your examples are perfectly valid.  My preference for the table saw in certain situations doesn't take anything away from a TS-55 or 75, nor does it diminish the approaches that you or anyone else might take.  It's simply my point of view.  In fact, I welcome new ideas and techniques, which is a big part of why participants in this and other forums spend their time in front of their computers.

BTW, today, at my table saw, I ripped several 5 to 6 ft boards to 1 1/2".  For me, that was the best way to do it and I felt good about what I did.  For someone else, I don't know.

Richard

 

[tbellemare]

Richard:

If I understand what you were trying to do with 12' stock, it sounds like a perfect application for the HL 850 Planer. You can easily run a rabbet as long as your cord/extension cord combo and 850 mm wide. If you can connect it to a CT for dust collection along the distance, you won't have any shavings except in the dust collector. It's also very smooth and quiet.

Tom