Best Table Saw

remodeling joe

i need to buy a table saw. which one should i buy?? i'll be using it often and need something to endure. i was looking at the delta table saw for about $700. sure seems nice with a solid fence. any opinions would be appreciated.
thanks,
joe

Norrrrrrrrrrrrm

Mobile or stationary?
There are some threads floating on the forum. Do some searching and you will save yourself some time.

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buildenterprise

For a portable jobsite table saw you can't beat the Bosch 10".

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BKFranks

Yeah, is this a shop saw or one to take to different jobs every day?
By the way, Delta and Porter Cable are owned by Black and Decker as is Dewalt.

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TempestV

Unless you have a Dewalt. Just as powerful and smooth, but the fence is so much better.

Or get a basic makita without a split table and drop it in a Roussou stand.

al10fred1081

I love my ridgid portable jobsite saw w/ stand for a jobsite saw. I went ahead and trued it up the first time I used it. took about 40 minutes to get everything straight, but now I get straight cuts with almost no kerf left on em ,but you gotta use a nice blade. Last time I had a job my boss had a cabinet shop and he used a grizzly stationary with a zero cut sled for crosscutting and bunch of jigs for whatever else he had to do. That setup was nice a hewll.

Whichever saw you end up getting you almost always have to tweek em and change the damn factory blade off. theres a few woodworking magazines that have gone over the process. basically getting the blade square from front to back, getting it verticle at a 90 degree setting, and getting the fence in line with the blade... also goes over some good jigs and sleds to use for em.

Alex

Don't forget to wax the table.

AtlanticWBConst

I think that what you need for a shop-tablesaw, is going to be different from what would be used as a jobsite-tablesaw.

You want a saw that is more powerful and more stable. You should consider building an in-feed/out-feed table around it, for larger stock cutting.

Maybe do a search over on WoodTalk about this?

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trav007

jobsite saw or shop saw???????

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ChrWright

Shop saw: Delta belt drive with the largest table extensions your shop will fit.


Portable saw:


This is a great saw but it takes up a lot of room in the truck.

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remodeling joe

thanks alot you guys!!!! i'm still debating whether i should buy a shop or portable. i thought delta was the best. but from ya'lls opinions, maybe not. is the shop saw better than a portable saw??? what about rigid w/ the lifetime warranty??

al10fred1081

The Lowest grade shop saw is prolly better than the better jobsite saws, but you are gonna want to put it in the shop and leave it there. I suggest buying both . The portable saws are gonna be made to be portable and lighter, some have stands attached from new and some you have to put a stand under em, but you aren't gonna want to lug around a shop saw, so if you need something to take in the field buy the biggest dam jobsite saw you can get. Bosch is good, ridgid is good, the dewalt is ok, the hitachi is just above the dewalt, etc etc.... don't buy ryobi lol.

If you buy a good quality Jobsite saw you can use it in the shop too, but its not gonna be like a high grade workshop saw. Most woodworkers have big extensions on at least three sides of their shop saws with dust collection systems hooked up to them. I guarantee they're not taking their saw out of the shop until they move.

Alex

al10fred1081

hey does that table on the bosch slide out for an extension like the ridgid?

Alex

silvertree

After my Makita 10" got ripped off I bought a Skil. Just a cheapo, then I put it to close to a fireplace we were burning the cut offs in and melted one whole side. I put a $10 seven and a quarter Diablo blade on it and use it for ripping trim on kitchen and bath remodels. That and a good sharp block plane gets it all done. On sale right now for $170 at Menards. I have a Rockwell table saw in my shop

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ChrWright

yes, max rip is 25"

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C.C.R.

No, we're asking you," is it for the shop (stationary) or will you be putting in the truck and taking it to the jobsite (portable)?

Stationary = Delta w/ infeed, outfeed, wide side tables, etc.
Portable = Dewalt I got the smaller 10" it's got rack&pinion ripfence, tubular frame, very nice and very smooth beutiful for finish (put a Diablo blade from Freud) The Bosch is nice but with the plastic housing it wouldn't last a couple of months with me.

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2ndGen

Bosch's newest table saw...simply the best portable:

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JLTrim

Another vote for the new portable DeWalt... very compact and accurate, I really like this saw for trim work:

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2ndGen

Used it...liked it a lot.

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dlcj

before i bought my portable saw 2 months ago. i searched the treads and asked questions too. I got the dewalt dw744. For a shop saw the sky is the limit. Look at grizzly tools. could cost ya 2,3,4 grand or more.

remodeling joe

where else can one go and get this amount of opinions with experience!!!
thanks a million you guys, today i will be checking out the bosch 10" 4100, and i'll also check out the rigid. also i will be sticking with a portable because of my limited space in my shop. thanks alot for everyones opinions!!
joe
any other comments or opinions are sooooooo welcome!!