> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> > Date: January 4, 2009 12:50:25 PM EST > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: [pianotech] Table Saws > Reply-To: pianotech at ptg.org > > > Time for a new table saw. Any favorites—under $1000, belt driven > and a bit quieter would be nice? > > David Love > www.davidlovepianos.com Hi David, I'd strongly urge you to consider a saw with a riving knife if at all possible - so much safer! You may know that UL regulations are slowly herding/forcing the American industry in that direction anyway (newly- designed saws must contain a riving knife as of three days ago). Newer offerings from Powermatic, Delta, and Grizzly ( brand-spanking- new G0690) all include riving knives, as does the newer and smaller Saw-Stop contractor saw (so does its big brother). My lowly (but amazingly accurate) BT3100 has one, and I wouldn't want to be without one now. If you decide to go the riving-knife route, choosing one that is almost as tall as the blade is much more helpful/convenient than one that sticks up above the blade (if it sticks up, you must remove it for non-through cuts, dados, and the like). Lee Styron's SharkGuard company offers shorter retrofits for some saws with too- tall riving knives. Here's a little banter about riving knives, short fences, and other TS safety considerations: http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f7/riving-knives-5682/ I know that you stipulated that under $1000 would be nice, and these are going to push you over that amount. Safety is important, though, and the Grizzly G0696 is only $1250. Of course I haven't used it, but I know from experience that the (non-riving knife) G1023 that precedes it is a quality saw, so I expect that the G0690 should be well- designed and made. 603 lbs. of (mostly) cast iron.... Joe DeFazio Pittsburgh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090104/596fdaad/attachment-0001.html>
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