Phil Winn
01-15-2007, 9:32 AM
My wife wants to buy me a circular saw - Festool TS55 or a TS75; or a Compound/Multi-Bevel/Sliding/etc/etc Miter Saw; or a Fein Multi-Tool; or a _________________? (A combination birthday and holiday 2005 & 2006 gift!)
In the past, I didn't buy a chop/miter and/or circular saw because I alrady own a SawStop table-saw with Jessem Slider, Jessem Miter Gauge, etc., and really try to make exact cuts - and didn't thjink that the chop/miter saw and/or a cicular saw would be "accurate" enough for me. But this weekend, I started building eight chairs which required multiple cuts - I was showing a fellow woodworker my SawStop ( they had a Powermatic but were thinking about buying a SawStop) so I was cutting some of the stock, and they said - " well a chop saw would make life a lot easier....". I also have been using more veneer and therefore more sheets of plywood - which is difficult for a single person to cut on my table-saw. (Let me add that I do predominantly make furniture, but occsionally do some home repairs
such as installing skylights, replacing cedar sliding, installing wood flooring --- just to confusing this post...). Then, my wife and I saw a television ad for
the Fein Multi-tool, and was “wowed” by it, but - it is more expensive than I thought it was going to be-and the blades etc are very expensive. I already own some Festool-vac, sander, drill, router-what about the TS55/TS75 - which size? - I worry about the cutting guide bending when lengthening/combining them; the approximately 8 foot length guide is so expensive. The PC Mag 324 with a guide? What about the miter saws—which sized blade? Compound? Sliding? etc-which options? Which Makes and Models?
Any thoughts, suggestions, a different tool perhaps? Do I need all of them, or in which order? Thanks so much,
Phil
In the past, I didn't buy a chop/miter and/or circular saw because I alrady own a SawStop table-saw with Jessem Slider, Jessem Miter Gauge, etc., and really try to make exact cuts - and didn't thjink that the chop/miter saw and/or a cicular saw would be "accurate" enough for me. But this weekend, I started building eight chairs which required multiple cuts - I was showing a fellow woodworker my SawStop ( they had a Powermatic but were thinking about buying a SawStop) so I was cutting some of the stock, and they said - " well a chop saw would make life a lot easier....". I also have been using more veneer and therefore more sheets of plywood - which is difficult for a single person to cut on my table-saw. (Let me add that I do predominantly make furniture, but occsionally do some home repairs
such as installing skylights, replacing cedar sliding, installing wood flooring --- just to confusing this post...). Then, my wife and I saw a television ad for
the Fein Multi-tool, and was “wowed” by it, but - it is more expensive than I thought it was going to be-and the blades etc are very expensive. I already own some Festool-vac, sander, drill, router-what about the TS55/TS75 - which size? - I worry about the cutting guide bending when lengthening/combining them; the approximately 8 foot length guide is so expensive. The PC Mag 324 with a guide? What about the miter saws—which sized blade? Compound? Sliding? etc-which options? Which Makes and Models?
Any thoughts, suggestions, a different tool perhaps? Do I need all of them, or in which order? Thanks so much,
Phil