TS75

[coyote]

Was wondering if the TS75 would be a good choice for squaring up coffee table ends. My tablesaw is too small for the job. The table top will be 6/4 thick quartersawn white oak about 25" wide, (5, 5inch wide boards edge glued.) Will the TS75 give me a nice clean straight glue line end to attach the breadboard ends to or is the wood to thick for it to handle without bogging down? Thanks for the help.
                                                                                        Bill

 

[RONWEN]

If I remember correctly the TS75 = 75mm depth of cut minus about 6mm for the rail thickness.  That would be ~2-23/32" cut depth.

The Festool spec says 2-3/4" depth of cut on the rail.

 

[Holzhacker]

Should be fine, I don't see any issues with that. My 75 plows through hardwood just fine. Running on the rail will give you a nice glue edge.
As a fore warning, if you haven't heard a TS75 running before, go to your dealer and make a few cuts. The sound of the TS due to the way the motor adjusts load, etc can make a newbie think there is something wrong with it. It doesn't sound like a standard circular saw. But its Ok, its not broke. That's the way it sounds.

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Piece of cake for the TS75.  Actually, a TS55 would also work fine.

 

[Birdhunter]

I have not been impressed with the power of the TS55. Hope the TS75 has the power you need. If I had. "do over", I'd buy the bigger saw.

 

[MrToolJunkie]

Yep -- the 75 is a perfect saw for the job.  You could also use a jigsaw and router to clean up the edge, but I would opt for the 75 as my first choice...an awesome saw.

Scot