JHZR2
Staff member
I managed to get a free never used ridgid planer, and a slightly used Skil table,saw. The planer is around $350, the saw is a $149 special kind of thing.
I wanted to try the table saw for a plywood box project I'm going to do (same reason I was asking about clamps). I was just going to use a fence and circular saw, easy, but I figured I'd try the table saw.
I went through the blade checkouts per the manual... I just can't get the angles right.
Using a combination square, I set the 90 degree blade alignment. Done. Then go to the 45. Way off. Fix that, look at the indicator reading... 43 degrees. Calibrate that to 45, then the reading for 90 is way off!
In other words, using the indicators means that everything is highly inaccurate.
I can't even joke about it being worth what you pay for, because this is free stuff...
But is there anything else I should consider if the readings arent looking right? Perhaps it is just Chinese decal application issues or something... But the combination square doesn't lie (actually they do, 45 degrees in my old cheap empire square is different from my much newer empire true blue square). The blade alignment front to back was perfect, fwiw.
I'm scared of kickback, so want to be doubly careful. If I use this thing a lot, I may go buy the ridgid 4515 heavy and solid table saw.
Or at least build a sled for this one.
Thanks!
I wanted to try the table saw for a plywood box project I'm going to do (same reason I was asking about clamps). I was just going to use a fence and circular saw, easy, but I figured I'd try the table saw.
I went through the blade checkouts per the manual... I just can't get the angles right.
Using a combination square, I set the 90 degree blade alignment. Done. Then go to the 45. Way off. Fix that, look at the indicator reading... 43 degrees. Calibrate that to 45, then the reading for 90 is way off!
In other words, using the indicators means that everything is highly inaccurate.
I can't even joke about it being worth what you pay for, because this is free stuff...
But is there anything else I should consider if the readings arent looking right? Perhaps it is just Chinese decal application issues or something... But the combination square doesn't lie (actually they do, 45 degrees in my old cheap empire square is different from my much newer empire true blue square). The blade alignment front to back was perfect, fwiw.
I'm scared of kickback, so want to be doubly careful. If I use this thing a lot, I may go buy the ridgid 4515 heavy and solid table saw.
Or at least build a sled for this one.
Thanks!