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Post by dnic on Oct 28, 2009 18:01:51 GMT -6
Be afraid, be very afraid. Well not so afraid you screw something up but defiantly some healthy respect for how much meat and bone a saw blade can relocate in a heart beat. d  |
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Post by killemall1983 on Oct 28, 2009 20:34:49 GMT -6
I can honestly say i dotn remember the last time i used my tablesaw... Its been years. I kinda find them useless unless your doing dados or angles.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2009 22:01:08 GMT -6
Well, the saw was free and I don't have the money for a band saw. I don't even know if or when I can get a new blade. I don't have a joiner, or a planer, or a table sander. Everything I do is by hand. For me to make things flat I have to put sand paper on a flat surface and sand it till I get it nice and smooth.
I did some experimenting with the table saw and I cut some wood in all kinds of thicknesses and then measured the thicknesses and form thick to thin form the middle to the ends the measurements are dead on.
Better than the thickness planer I borrowed some time back. I glued up my practice wood and it's dead straight.
The test scarf joints came out real good too. But I do think a new blade will help in that as well. The blade that is on the saw is for ripping but the cut I got for the scarf was no worse off than what my friend was giving me on his saws. In fact my are better.
So I am happy with it for now. But I also plan on doing other things with it other than guitars.
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Post by dnic on Oct 28, 2009 22:53:51 GMT -6
That's funny Killer, My table saw is the numero uno shop tool I could not do without. And the operation I never do on it is dados. The two tools I have found completely useless however are the radial arm saw and the rotozip. d |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2009 9:07:32 GMT -6
killemall, I thought you were using your table saw for doing fret board slot's?
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Post by killemall1983 on Oct 29, 2009 10:37:26 GMT -6
Eddie,
I was not trying to discourage you, or say that it is useless. I just meant that for ME, and probably only me, haha, Its useless. I cut my body blank boards to size with a Circular saw. Cut my neck blanks with the bandsaw and mitersaw.
I do cut my fretboards with it, but that is just recent, I barley got into doing that this summer.
Its mostly because 2 of the 3 tablesaws we have are huge, and our shop is very small. I hate taking them out and dragging them to the middle of the shop.
I wish i had a decent radial. Then fretboard slotting woudl be amazingly easy! No sleds or jigs to make, just insert the pin on the fence, and slot away!
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Post by dnic on Oct 29, 2009 10:55:25 GMT -6
The main reason I find radial's so useless is because even after hours of set they don't run parallel to the table. Meaning any slot or dado would be deeper on one edge of the work. It is possible that the 2.25" of width for a fret board might not be wide enough for that to be a problem. If I knew of a 23 thous. router bit that would not just heat up and break off I would set up a small laminate trimmer for a fret slotter system. Then it wouldn't matter if the board was already radiused. d |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2009 11:22:40 GMT -6
Well, I just had my first kick back today. Bruised up my hand and took some skin off. My hand hurts and is bruised up. I don't know what happened but it did. So now I'll have to wait till I heal up before I try anything again. Boy all I can say that happen real fast. It kicked and hit my hand and the wood also hit me in the gut but the hand took the real blow. Oh well live and learn...
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Post by killemall1983 on Oct 29, 2009 13:00:33 GMT -6
Wow, sorry to hear that Eddie. Really happy it wasnt worse though! Just goes to show, even with all the warnings, anything can still happen. I am very happy i have not have a shop related accident.
Dane,
I have never seen one that cut like that. I guess probably becuase I never really checked for it. THat is a good thing about using a Radial for slotting, you can slot radiused boards.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2009 13:41:02 GMT -6
Well next time I'll listen to my inter voice. Just before I did the cut something inside of me told me not to... But I went ahead and did it and got hurt. Like I said I don't know what caused it but gezzz my hand hurts. Good thing I was using a push through and not just my hand other wise I think it would have been worse. But I think my ego was hurt more.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2009 13:35:20 GMT -6
Today I got a surprise...
Someone gave me a new combo cut Freud blade for my saw today.
WOW! What a nice way to cut! I think now it was the old blade that caused me to get hurt. This new blade goes through wood like butter. The other thing I like it is real quite and it don't seem to vibrate at all. The old blade seemed to have some vibration in it. But anyway I am so happy over the saw now!
Now I need an other project! HE! HE!
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Post by shattered on Nov 3, 2009 13:52:33 GMT -6
Sometimes a sharp blade (or bit) is all it takes.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2009 15:48:00 GMT -6
Sometimes a sharp blade (or bit) is all it takes. To do what??? HE! HE! ;D |
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Post by dnic on Nov 4, 2009 10:01:29 GMT -6
Dull tools will get you. Never force a cut, you will loose meat. d |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2009 11:37:49 GMT -6
Well, I know that now. I didn't think the old blade was that dull till I put the new one on! Wow!!! a big huge difference in how it cuts! I'm just glad I didn't get hurt worse. Now I know what to be watching out for. The wood now slides through with so much ease real nice and smooth.
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