best choice TS for precision work for small projects Last saw I will ever buy

[tom coleman]

I am 75 year old who likes making boxes and small furniture projects. No need to cut 4x8 panels. I want a very accurate fence system and very accurate 45 degree bevel cuts. I am a believer in incra miter gauge. I would like to keep the cost below $1500. I used a Rigid contractors saw for years and was pretty happy with it.........moved to a Dewalt job site saw and was very unhappy with it. Now I am selling Maine lakefront cottage and air conditioning my Florida garage. Which saw should I buy?

[Jim Andrew]

Bought a new Unisaw in 05, left tilt, Biesemeyer fence. The saw was set up accurately, can cut 45 degree rips and make a box with NO loose corner. The Biesemeyer fence is about as good as you can get. The miter gauge could be better, maybe your incra would do. I added a shark guard, and increased the dc connection to 6"below.

[tom coleman]

Hi Jim

Thanks for commenting. I am looking at a used unisaw w 36 fence, sanding disk, dado set for $1000. Looks brand new in pic. IS that price a bit high?

[andy bessette]

...I am looking at a used unisaw w 36 fence, sanding disk, dado set for $1000. Looks brand new in pic. IS that price a bit high?

If truly mint, sure. Otherwise make him a fair offer.

[Bill Orbine]

Hi Jim

Thanks for commenting. I am looking at a used unisaw w 36 fence, sanding disk, dado set for $1000. Looks brand new in pic. IS that price a bit high?

Not if it fits your budget......

[Dave Cav]

I agree that a used Unisaw or Powermatic 66 would be a good choice. Older ones can be found for very good prices if you don't mind doing a little clean up, bearing replacement and so on. Neither saw changed much for decades, and there is a wealth of information on restoring old woodworking machinery at owwm dot org and vintagemachinery dot org.

[Ole Anderson]

Buy a new Grizzly 1023 and make a sled like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njsD5W6fcI0

More accurate than an Incra (I have one) when set up with a five cut method, and very good with very small parts.

[Shiraz Balolia]

Buy a new Grizzly 1023 and make a sled like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njsD5W6fcI0

More accurate than an Incra (I have one) when set up with a five cut method, and very good with very small parts.

This one is a very nice saw, made in Taiwan and really, really well made! Brand new, with full warranty, on sale and right at your budget. Dealt with them for over 35 years and have a daily presence at the factory by our engineers from the Grizzly Taiwan office. This factory is 10 minutes away from Grizzly office.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/Griz...le-Saw/G1023RL

[Scott Buehler]

Lots of used unisaws that would work great for that price

[Andrew Hughes]

How about that Inca saw for sale in the classified. Looks pretty precision to me

[Peter Kelly]

How about that Inca saw for sale in the classified. Looks pretty precision to me

My thoughts exactly! Cool little saw, needs a good home. Asking $700.



https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread....tra-blades-700

[Dave Zellers]

I too am a believer in Incra miter gauge. I have three. Once you take the time to minutely adjust them to your equipment, they are amazingly reliable. And I agree with SB above that a good used unisaw will fit your needs. Arbor runout is the biggest bugaboo. All I have is a Delta/Rockwell contractors table saw from the mid 1970's (which I proudly bought new as a ute) but even though it is very well built, I'm still dealing with about 6-8 thou of blade runout. Even that, is really not so bad. I can make mitered boxes or picture frames with joints that look perfect. So I would look for a well kept used Unisaw or maybe just buy a new Grizzly 1023.

I don't know if you've ever owned a jointer, but IMO an accurate jointer is much more valuable than an accurate table saw.

Sorry to see you leave New England. They will have to carry me out in an urn.

[Mark Hennebury]

http://www.reinhard-ag.com/pkn350.html
Reinhard made in Switzerland.
For reference the PKN 350 model is about $60,000

Precisaw
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PKN200

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PKN 350

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[andy bessette]

+1 on a clean, used Unisaw.

[Prashun Patel]

You might consider a relatively inexpensive saw and the Incra LS/TS combos. These will give you a precision, microadjustable table saw fence, and even better, a microadjustable router table fence. For small boxes, this would allow you to use a 45 chamfer bit for your miters. It would also allow you do dovetails, etc. The carriage on the LS is deeper than a typical router fence.

Eventually, you could consider the "Wonderfence" for the LS system which makes jointing an edge extremely precise.