My wife is golden!

[Kelly C. Hanna]

She has laid down the law, I am to get the cabinet saw shopping done tonite and SHE'S gonna pay for the whole thing!! http://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/cool.gifhttp://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/cool.gifhttp://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Question is (for cabinet makers especially). Should I get a left tilt w/7' rails or a right tilt with a sliding table setup?

[Frank Pellow]

Let me be the first to congratulate you.

[RANDY PAULK]

I Have The Pm66 With The Excaliber Sliding Table. I Have Been Using It Two Years And Could Not Be Happier. I Must Admit Though That I Also Have An Older Saw With The Longer Rails And A Right Hand Tilt Blade That I Hardly Ever Use Since Purchasing The Pm.

[Brian Hale]

I really like my left tilt and 7' rails! I'll also be adding a sliding table in the next year or so so i can "have it all"...


Proud Bridgewood owner...
Brian

[Doug Jones]

So is your future saw going to match your wife, GOLDEN?
Congrats,,,

[Mike Mortenson]

Left Tilt is the best way to go.

[Jim Becker]

Congratulations, Kelly! Keep her! And make her something really nice with that new saw, too.

Hmm...left-tilt is usually my preference. I'd make an exception on that for a true slider (Euro design) if I were doing a lot of sheet goods as they are only right tilt and it's appropriate for that format. If you're going to use a slider with a US-design table saw, you'll have more options with a right-tilt saw, but the Excalibur can be used with a left-tilt, such as the PM-66. If you do a lot of ripping with a bevel, than I definitely prefer left-tilt...

[Waymon Campbell]

Kelly - Congrats... that is one special wife. I wonder if she would consider teaching a class to all the other wives here. You know, something like "How to be a Woodworker's Wife 101" :D :D .

[Paul B. Cresti]

Kelly,
I know you do this professionally also so, at least look at and consider a European slider. I sold my Unisaw for my current Minimax machine. It has metal working machine accuracy, it handles sheet goods like a breeze and if you want to rip on it like a regular cabinet saw well it is more accurate. I thought the Biesemeyer fence was the tops until I used this fence. In addition my crosscutting ability is now scary accurate. I will admit, they are pricey, but after you use one and see what it can do for you, you will forget about the pricetag.
Good luck in you choice.

[Byron Trantham]

Kelly,
Congrats!! :D

[Kelly C. Hanna]

Thanks to everyone for their input. I wish we had the pockets (and room) for a Euroslider, I can appreciate the quality there, but I knew the cost would have to come in under the $1500 mark. So we pulled the trigger on the Grizzly 1023 S and the slider table that fits it as well as the Shop Fox mobile base.

Thanks to Frank for the first congrats. Are you back from the camp?

Jim, I will make her something very nice after this random act of kindness. I was willing to save until the winter to get it...I thought about the bevel issue and while I love the left tilt, I realized I don't really use it that much at the home shop. I have the Ridgid jobsite saw for the bevels and it was cheaper to get the Grizzly slider for the right tilt saw than to have to step up to a slider that will fit the left tilter.

I did get a golden saw...any cabinet saw is better than the jobsite model I work off of daily!! I would love to have a PM66 withe the overarm blade guard and a slider, but hey, we ain't rich!

Paul, I will work up that level eventually. Hopefully in a few years I wil have an external shop with the best names inside.

As to the wife, you bet I'll keep her!:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Ken Fitzgerald]

You are one lucky man, Kelly! A wife, a new cabinet saw and she's paying for it?.........One Awfully Lucky Man!

[Mark Singer]

Kelly,
The PM 66 is always a good choice....congradulations!

[Greg Daves]

Kelly,

I was going to offer coming to visit...I have a left tilt Uni that I really love. Not sure if the same deal exists, but I got it from Woodworkers Supply with free delivery and 10% discount for first time buyers...seems like I paid a little over $1200. It was a Limited Edition, so it came with the mobile base. Whatever you decide, you done good!

GD

[Frank Pellow]

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Thanks to Frank for the first congrats. Are you back from the camp?

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Yes I am back Kelly. I will be restarting work on my shop in about an hour.

[Kelly C. Hanna]

Great, I'll bet you're glad to get back to it!

[Frank Pellow]

Great, I'll bet you're glad to get back to it!

I am. :) But I would be happier if it were not raining. :( Being a fair-weather roofer, I am certainly not going to get to work on my roof today.