TS75 is only $32 more than TS55R

[Runhard]

I thought this was interesting... I was comparing the pricing for the two saws and discovered that the TS75 is only $32 more than the new TS55R when you subtract the guide rail and systainer.  [wink]

Daniel

 

[Svar]

It looks like TS55R has improved trunnions. I wish they did it on TS75 also. As it is now older trunnions on both saws are lacking in rigidity when set at an angle other than 90 deg.

 

[ccarrolladams]

It looks like TS55R has improved trunnions. I wish they did it on TS75 also. As it is now older trunnions on both saws are lacking in rigidity when set at an angle other than 90 deg.

Clearly my experience with a whole lot of TS55s since 2006 differs from yours. I use a TS55 at least an hour a day making bevel cuts which cannot be done on my CNC pressure beam saw. In the thousands of hours I have used TS55s I have never had a problem with the bevel system.

More power to Festool if the TS55R has an improved bevel system. Friends in Europe say this is the case. I have two TS55R on pre-order for 1 May.

 

[fshanno]

Clearly my experience with a whole lot of TS55s since 2006 differs from yours. I use a TS55 at least an hour a day making bevel cuts which cannot be done on my CNC pressure beam saw. In the thousands of hours I have used TS55s I have never had a problem with the bevel system.

I have another question along this line.  I have problems cutting a 45 degree bevel in veneer core plywood with the 48 tooth blade with my 55.  The saw struggles and burns the ply.  I have to use the 28 tooth for bevel cuts.  I don't know if it's simply the greater thickness (26.87mm vs. 19mm) or the fact that it's cutting the ply at a bevel.  I tilt it back up to 90 and cuts the same ply with the 48 tooth blade with no undue struggle. 

Am I the lone ranger in this?

 

[Alan m]

this happens to me too. mdf espestially
not sure why

 

[Michael Kellough]

I have another question along this line.  I have problems cutting a 45 degree bevel in veneer core plywood with the 48 tooth blade with my 55.  The saw struggles and burns the ply.  I have to use the 28 tooth for bevel cuts.  I don't know if it's simply the greater thickness (26.87mm vs. 19mm) or the fact that it's cutting the ply at a bevel.   I tilt it back up to 90 and cuts the same ply with the 48 tooth blade with no undue struggle. 

Am I the lone ranger in this?

Check the toe-in again. So much less blade is in-the-wood at 90 that you can get by with less than the best toe-in adjustment.

The is also the much smaller possibility that one of the saw mounting blocks needs to be shimmed.