Hello, first post here, new to woodworking in general. I got my first table saw last night and figured I'd post about it here. I was going to get some cheaper contractor saw but things kind of snowballed and instead I ended up with a 600lbs (250kg) german table saw from 1976. Best thing is I spent hardly any more on this than I would have on some lighter and worse quality modern contractor style saw.
It can take a 12" blade but you can only retract the blade fully with a 10" so I guess for most purposes I will want a 10" blade, 30mm arbor. 3-phase engine, probably a 3kw (5hp) one (standard), though they had a 4kw version too.
Some of the things that I liked about this saw was it had two slots, many european saws only have one slot, usually on the left side. some have no slots at all. I've been watching a lot of american videos, and sleds and jigs running in the slots is a pretty big part of every day operations and I've come to find this method natural just from that. Europeans are more about sliding tables, and this saw has one, more on that.
Here it is in my garage (still under construction, as is my house):
Closer view, cleaned off the cast iron top with Ballistol and newspaper, all I had at the moment. I'll clean it more thoroughly later. Also liked the american speed square so I ordered a metric version from the US.
Blade that came with, 10" crosscutting blade, 80 tooths:
I also noticed the profile on the slots are a dovetail shape, usually the slots are straight I've noticed, will this affect how I make runners for my jigs or is it enough to make them fit snugly to the top? I guess it'll be easier to make runners that can't be lifted up though, just cut them at an angle.
Ordinary wheel handle for lowering and raising the blade. Tilting is done by opening the locking lever and just dragging it, then locking again.
Rip fence, turn knob stops, has a fine adjustment knob as well, wobbles at the far end when you adjust it but goes solid when its locked down.
Wooden insert that came with the saw. I am thinking of making some zero clearance inserts using MDF panelling, I have a metric buttload of them after putting up the ceiling in my house. Maybe they can also be used for bottoms in small sleds.
Here's the blade guard and support arm for the sliding table, apparently I forgot to upload pictures of that.
Regarding the sliding table I was somewhat disappointed, the support arm is on a hinge and when you start it is at maximum extension and giving the best support, but when you get to the end of the table it's turned inwards and then suddenly the support is almost gone and the table drops down on the left side. I have so little space at the moment I do not think I will be putting it on for a while. Would be nice if it could be improved.
Maybe overkill for a first table saw, but I really shouldn't be needing to buy another one, ever.