Osvaldo Cristo
07-02-2017, 7:02 PM
After 26 years I changed my table saw.
For all those years I have used a Brazilian manufactured Acerbi 10-in contractor saw, v-belt driven with an embedded base. It is very solid with iron cast table and a powerful 3-hp Weg motor. It was reasonably precise but with a very easily misadjusting for riveting knife at such point I gave up to use it. It was loud and with a small table... but I got a lot of work and enjoyment from it as I have made lots of cabinetry and other small projects using it...
I changed it by a Makita 2704 contractor saw.
The new saw has a bigger table and with a great extension. The table is also dead flat. The fence arrived very well adjusted with an error of 0.1 mm +/- 0.1 mm related to saw disk. The miter gauge despite to present some slack in the table channels, for my surprise, could get precise and consistent 90 degrees cuts. The table saw is light at the point a single men can with some effort load and unload it in a truck even with no trolley. The safe stuff is a little cumbersome but it works. The soft start is great and the dado accessory can allow it to be a serious tool for any workshop IMO.
On the other hand I will miss my cast iron table - that aluminium table does not feel as sturdy as my previous table saw. Besides that, the new saw is loud! Louder than my previous old saw. It looks it a characteristics from a "direct drive" contractor saws...
Brazil is a metric country. Almost everything is metric sized but the flange for this saw is imperial 5/8-inch so I need adapters for saw blades usually sold locally at 30 mm or 25 mm arbor.
Besides the general purpose saw disk accompanying the saw, I purchased a 10-in Freud saw blade specific for use with man made materials (30 mm arbor). It is my first Freud saw blade... guy, it trashed all my previous blades! :eek:
I have to test the dust extractor... it doesn't look me effective... let us see!
So far, so good.
For all those years I have used a Brazilian manufactured Acerbi 10-in contractor saw, v-belt driven with an embedded base. It is very solid with iron cast table and a powerful 3-hp Weg motor. It was reasonably precise but with a very easily misadjusting for riveting knife at such point I gave up to use it. It was loud and with a small table... but I got a lot of work and enjoyment from it as I have made lots of cabinetry and other small projects using it...
I changed it by a Makita 2704 contractor saw.
The new saw has a bigger table and with a great extension. The table is also dead flat. The fence arrived very well adjusted with an error of 0.1 mm +/- 0.1 mm related to saw disk. The miter gauge despite to present some slack in the table channels, for my surprise, could get precise and consistent 90 degrees cuts. The table saw is light at the point a single men can with some effort load and unload it in a truck even with no trolley. The safe stuff is a little cumbersome but it works. The soft start is great and the dado accessory can allow it to be a serious tool for any workshop IMO.
On the other hand I will miss my cast iron table - that aluminium table does not feel as sturdy as my previous table saw. Besides that, the new saw is loud! Louder than my previous old saw. It looks it a characteristics from a "direct drive" contractor saws...
Brazil is a metric country. Almost everything is metric sized but the flange for this saw is imperial 5/8-inch so I need adapters for saw blades usually sold locally at 30 mm or 25 mm arbor.
Besides the general purpose saw disk accompanying the saw, I purchased a 10-in Freud saw blade specific for use with man made materials (30 mm arbor). It is my first Freud saw blade... guy, it trashed all my previous blades! :eek:
I have to test the dust extractor... it doesn't look me effective... let us see!
So far, so good.