Yesterday I spent the day working on my table saw. My table saw sits on the structure I recently made and that you can see on this blog. Like many woodworking enthusiasts who have a circular saw, I wrote a post on how to make a table saw with a circular saw, but the truth is my circular saw doesn’t have enough power (750W) to easily and comfortably cut more than 2.5cm of wood. A few months ago, I bought a new miter saw, so I could afford to disassemble the old one and try to use it in the table saw. I did a first test and having more power is noticeable. The 1200W cuts through 3cm of wood without any problem.
Though now that I think about it… maybe the cutting problems I had with the circular saw were because of the blade I have installed. I wasn’t going to make a video on how to attach the miter saw motor to the table, but I guess I couldn’t resist, so I’m editing it and will make the corresponding post.
03/December/2012
I planned to write a new post, but since I’m delaying and don’t want to repeat what I’ve already written, I’ll continue with this one. Besides, I still have to make some adjustments that I will also explain in this post as I do them.
The table saw lift system works quite well, and although I need 130 turns of the crank from the lowest to the highest position, this allows me to adjust the saw height quite precisely. Also, the saw stays stable in its position without needing any system to lock it. I thought I would need something to lock the carriage that I move by turning the threaded rod, but the truth is I don’t notice it moving when I use it.
The biggest problem is that the blade has a slight wobble that won’t allow me to cut precisely. After checking everything, it seems the problem is one of the tie rods connecting the carriage to the saw pushes more than the other, and until I shorten it a bit, I won’t fix the problem. Once I do, I’ll let you know. Finally, that wasn’t the problem with this table saw, so I decided to disassemble it and used the lift system to make a new homemade table saw using a circular saw.