On Jul 2, 11:23 am, tom wrote:
On Jul 2, 6:22 am, hildy wrote:





NEWTABLESAW

Like so many other woodworkers I did a lot of research before I
decided whichsawto buy. In the Fall of 2005 I bought a Craftsman
tablesawfor about $575. It has a 10" blade, the motor is 1 ½ HP
developing a maximum of 2 HP, weighs 350 pounds and including the
wings has a 27" x 40" cast irontable. The model number is 152.22.

I am delighted with its performance. The rip fence can be aligned
with the miter gauge slot by sliding the fence adjacent to the slot
and changing its alignment by loosening two hex nuts, making the
adjustment and tightening the nuts. It also has an extra, aluminum
fence which can easily added to the main one. Thetablecan be
aligned parallel to thesawblade by loosening the nut under each of
thetabletop's four corners, moving thetabletop slightly one way or
the other and tightening the nuts.

The miter gauge also has an additional aluminum fence that can be
added to it.

It came with an all around 40-tooth blade. I mailed in a coupon that
came with thesawand I received an 18-tooth crosscut blade and a 60-
tooth blade for plywood, gratis.
It comes with a 4" dust port that I don't use. It has an open stand
to which I taped on three of it's sides card board pieces which touch
the floor and a fourth piece in front which is attached with Velcro.From time to time I lift up the cardboard piece in front and sweep out

the sawdust. I do this to avoid the noise, cost and lost space of a
vacuum.

I made three sleds: one for cross cutting, another for using dado
blades and a third for bevel cuts. Each one has ½" MDF for a base and
two runners. The cross cut sled is 16" deep and 40" wide with 1" of
plywood for each fence and a clear acrylic blade guard. It is easy to
use, I get consistent cross cuts and it is quite safe. I can also
attach stops and a tenon fence. The other sleds are smaller, measure
12" by 20" and have hardwood fences.

I have had three occasions to call customer support and each time a
person answered my call quickly and if they couldn't help they
transferred me to someone who could.

On the negative side the screws supplied to attach items to the
table'ssides did not work. I found thesawblade guard such a
nuisance that I removed it. The miter gauge is just so, so.

All in all I couldn't be happier with my choice oftablesaws.

Because it is my first one I bought a copy of "TheTableSawBook"
and the accompanying DVD by Kelly Mehler. I studied them both very
carefully and found them to be a tremendous help.

G. H. - Beaufort, SC 7/1/07

Let me know how that 18-tooth crosscut blade works! Tom- Hide quoted text -

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I spoke from my memory when I said it was a cross cut blade. Now I
think I was wrong. I examined it and compared it to the saw blade
descriptions in Mehler's book. It is a flat top grind (FTG) with a 20
degree forward rake. I tried it on a piece of 3/4" Southern Pine,
both crosscutting and riping. Both were clean cuts with the rip the
nicer of the two. It is an Orion 35931 blade. I tried to find a
description of it on line without any luck. Sorry for the
misinformation.