"Mike W." wrote in message
...
Im interested in the disadvantages of the stamped wings vs cast iron, 110
vs
220 voltage


Between stamped wings and cast extensions stamped is better than nothing,
cast are better than stamped. The cast will support more weight without
flexing and give you a true flat surface.

A 110v motor can do the same work as a 220V motor but it does so at a cost.
The higher the voltage, the thinner the wires needed to do the same work.
Also higher voltage wire runs will suffer less loss just getting the power
to the motor.

As an example, did you ever try to jump start a car with a set of cheap
jumper cables? The same thing is true for your electric circuits. Assume
you have a 110V 20 amp circuit in your garage. It takes a 12 guage wire to
deliver the 20 amps to the outlet. This means that circuit could deliver
2200 watts of power. If however you ran 220V down the same wire, that would
deliver 4400 watts of power.

The same is true for an electric motor. The windings inside are made of
copper wire and at lower voltages they can do less work.

If you bring your saw to job sites however, 220V is not often available so
having a 110V machine is more convinent. But in a stationary setting, 220V
is better and 3 phase power is better yet, but since you are going to be
working from home you should probably stick with single phase.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.




(1.5hp-2hp), ability to use add-ons like mitre sleds, dado
blades, etc. I just want to hear from some folks with saws like these
tell
me that you can or can't do what all the lucky fellas with the big
machines
do. Even if its bad news or news that says "Well you can do it, but its
tough", I Want to hear that so I know to go another year and save up for a
big boy... which leads to saving for another 5 years to build a shop to
put
it in, etc... and surely SWMBO will come up with a 'better' use for the
funds by then.

I will be building small furniture and stuff... I dont plan to have a
business, but cabinet carcasses and the like are surely on the list.

Thanks.


"Paul Kierstead" wrote in message
...
Mike W. wrote:
I'm going to be in the basement
for a while with a small shop and would like to verify that one can
'get
by' at worst with a nice contractor style saw. Or do I have to step up
to one of the 'woodworkers' saws like the dewalt DW746?


Hmm... I think you might want to clarify what you mean by "contractors"
saw. By convention, it means a saw with arbor attached to the top and
the
motor hanging out the back. Now there can be some quite hefty (300 lb+)
contractor saws with some serious power. And their accuracy is
excellent.
I get the feeling you are referring to the small, "portable" saws
typically used on jobsites as a contractors saw.

In either case, you have to mention what kind of projects you are doing;
for example, handling a lot of sheet goods for larger carcasses is a
heck
of a lot different then building chairs.

And on too of that, there are a whole bunch of people who do beautiful
work with *no* table saw.

PK