Contractor's table saw

[Sean Hughes]

Sorry about this question as I'm sure it has been asked a million times. I'm a newbie here and I'm in the market for a contractor's saw. I'm looking at about a $600 budget. A little low but it should suffice. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks a bunch.

Sean

[Jim Fancher]

Add Grizzly to your research list.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?itemnumber=G0444& (http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?itemnumber=G0444)

[Maurice Ungaro]

Sean,
Let us know where you are located - it will help us guide you towards any deals in your area, if we are aware of them.

Maurice

[Sean Hughes]

Maurice,


I'm located in West Chester, PA. 45 minutes west of Philadelphia.

Thanks

[Brian Hale]

Sean, Welcome to the Creek!! :D

Take a trip down to Wilke and put your hands on this saw, I'm sure you'll like what you see....
http://www.wilkemach.com/OnlineCatalogDetailResults4.tpl?SearchDetail=30394 23153100&PreviousCategory=Bridgewood%20Tilting%20Arbor%20Ta ble%20Saw&RecNum=0

I'm not associated with them in any way ..... Except my whole shop is Wilke Green! :D :D

Brian

[Chris Padilla]

Sean,

Do a search on table saws and contractor saws here. You'll find plenty of opinions.

I try my best to steer people towards a Grizzly cabinet saw as I think it is no doubt the best value out there...if you can pony up $300 more.

Best of luck. :)

[Jim Fancher]

Take a trip down to Wilke and put your hands on this saw, I'm sure you'll like what you see....
http://www.wilkemach.com/OnlineCatalogDetailResults4.tpl?SearchDetail=30394 23153100&PreviousCategory=Bridgewood%20Tilting%20Arbor%20Ta ble%20Saw&RecNum=0
Brian,

That looks like a pretty darn nice saw, especially for the money. Do you own that model? I think that's the cheapest left tilt I've seen.

My TS is 30 years old and is a right tilt. It's still running great so I don't shop around much. :)

[Brian Hale]

Jim, No, i don't have that one (I bought the BW10LTS instead :D ) But i looked at it the 3 or 4 times i went to the showroom and it's a well built machine. It doesn't come with a right side wing but you'll need to make a table board to fill the space between the front and back rails anyway, just you would for a cabinet saw. It's also 300 Lbs! Pretty hefty for a cabinet saw. I believe you can swap out the 30" rails for the 52" rails if you want.


Brian :)