Build a simple table saw....

[DAVID_L_PERRY]

After scouring ebay for a couple of months prior to starting my DR290 build looking for a good sized table saw I decided to make one....

I bought a good sized hand held circular saw that happened to have lift/fall adjustment for £30 off ebay and mounted it to the underside of a sheet of 18mm Birch ply using bolts and recesses T nuts left over from a previous speaker build.

I also bought some 1.0m long Steel rules from ebay for about £3 and routered them into the top of the ply and set them accurately with the guide up against the saw blade (I can adjust the position of the rules for blade changes/re-setup)



The L shaped guide is secured using a simple butterfly nut with a large rectangular plate below running in a shallow routered track to stop the bolt from spinning.



This has been on of my most succesfull constructions and when not in use it just leans up against my garage wall.

I experimented a lot before starting the DR and found every single panel to be mm accurate...very happy with the end result

You can alse see a guide along one edge formed again with 18mm birch that I use with a single track Panel Jig.

Because of the location of the Steel rule I could not fit another, but so far I have not had any problems using the single slide. Total cost was about £40

Deadly yes...Would I let my kids play near it...no way
DIY tastic

[Dave Non-Zero]

that looks great! i might have a go at copying you.
could the other side of your panel jig maybe be made to hook over the L shaped guide? but if it works fine then why bother i suppose...

[DAVID_L_PERRY]

I did look at that, but it does run ok as long as you clear the sawdust from the track. I used Bills plans for the Jig (albeit only one track)


I keep looking for a good large table saw, but untill then this works a treat.

Dave

[phatbassdood]

I keep looking for a good large table saw, but untill then this works a treat.

Dave

Brilliant design mate, if you decide to sell it when you find another one, let me know

[luiscp]

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[vexorgtr]

I guess I'm a bit spoiled...... I half way inherited a wood shop with most of the good tools........ Table Saw, Miter Saw, Belt Sander, Scroll Saw, Router, Drill Press. Unfortunately it's full of Junk that my pack rat Dad collected. I'm trying to e-bay all this crap away so I can work. Count my blessings I guess.

[DAVID_L_PERRY]

We cant all have Norm and the New Yankee Work shop in our homes....

This has amazed me how well it works. It was roughly one evening to put it together (after I had drawn it up and sussed out what I was building). As it sits on my worktop I have a massive cutting area to work with and it just stands upright when I am not using it so takes up very little space.

For my DR290's I cut my 4'x8' sheets in four using the hand held circular saw and then I can use the table saw from there on in with very little waist

I would love one of the really big table saw's with sliding table guides, but until then its my trusty Home made death trap....

Dave

[vexorgtr]

You can't be Norm without a biscuit jointer and a East Coast accent. I still think it's funny when he says Drawers......sounds like "DRAWS"

Oh well......I'm sure I have a funny accent to him too.