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Campfire Kahuna
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Joined: Sep 2011
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Any recommendations? Any to avoid?
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Outfitter
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I have a Rigid portable saw w/stand that's pretty nice and doesn't cost a fortune. Home Depot did sell them.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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I have a Makita that's served me well for 20+ years but if I were buying new I'd look at DeWalt.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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I was looking at the Ridgid 4513 portable at Home Depot but the reviews it gets are not great. I did think it looked a bit more rugged (and stronger) than those little DeWalts that get much better reviews. The Ridgid was $530 compared t $370 for the DeWalt. Then I saw they had 'special sales' on the discontinued DeWalt 745 (which has a great track record apparently). So with some uncertainty I bought the 745 for $300. The only thing I've done with it is mow through a few hickory planks but I have to say I have been impressed with its power. It's also nice in that it is easy to set up on the table for a couple quick cuts when needed and then set it out of the way again when it's not needed.
Time will tell if it was a good investment or not.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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screw ALL of the direct drive bench style saws. Get an old belt-drive contractor saw. Not as 'portable', but still easy for one guy to load in the truck....
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Campfire Outfitter
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Building cabinets - Delta Unisaw
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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screw ALL of the direct drive bench style saws. Get an old belt-drive contractor saw. Not as 'portable', but still easy for one guy to load in the truck.... There ya go. And build a good outfeed table.. First thing I do when we get dried in.
I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
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Campfire Tracker
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Campfire Tracker
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Back in my Dad's day, on large jobs they built a "saw shed". A lot of the forms were built in the shed ahead of time, and the carpenters assembled them on site. Most times, the table saw was a belt drive but used a gasoline engine.
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Campfire Member
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I am to the point I would rather have Black and Decker than Dewalt. Dewalt is no where close to what it use to be.
Bosch is the most recommended table saw.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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screw ALL of the direct drive bench style saws. Get an old belt-drive contractor saw. Not as 'portable', but still easy for one guy to load in the truck.... Just depends on how portable you need to be. Back when I did trim and set cabinets in track houses I was in a different house every day (sometimes two). Those little 8" portables with a built in router fence are the ONLY option for that kind of work IMO. Especially if you plan on making any money. A big custom or commercial job where I was going to be there for awhile,,, then yea, I'd bring in a big saw but not for production work.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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I am to the point I would rather have Black and Decker than Dewalt. Dewalt is no where close to what it use to be.
Bosch is the most recommended table saw. Disagree. Black and Decker actually 'IS' Dewalts garbage line of tools. I'd choose either Bosch or Dewalt...Rigid ain't too bad either.
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Campfire Oracle
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Campfire Oracle
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Campfire Regular
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We use Hitachi mostly. Table saw, mitre saw, compressor, guns, etc. I used to be a big fan of Bosch, but it seems the quality is not the same as it used to be. We had 2 hammer drills, a portable planer and a jigsaw all go down this summer. Neither hammer drill made it out of warranty and we couldn't afford the down time. Went back to Milwaukee.
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