Which table saw?
 

Looking for a table saw for doing household projects, anybody got any recommendations. Looking for a reasonable sized table with a budget of up to £400 or so - cheaper is fine ;)

Rutlands (www.rutlands.co.uk I think) have some decent stuff at pretty competitive prices.

I'd say might be worth avoiding the Fox stuff (it is cheap), we tried some of it at work, and we came to the conclusion that you get what you pay for...

HTH.

John.

Cheers - but unless I'm missing something, Fox is the only one they do - looks nice in the picture, but don't they all?

Been looking at some of the SIP kit, been impressed with the mitre saw I had from them. Also some of the stuff from Axminster.

Has anybody used either of these and can comment?

Aldi are advertising one on their website for £69.99-it says 1500w and 10 " blade-or is this too cheap?

Thanks - I'll go have a shufty. I find the Aldi / Netto / Lidl stuff is fine for occasional use, but I suspect it may not be man enough for major projects.

I predict a thread called,

'Anybody know anything about Micro Surgery ?'

I'm trying to avoid that thread by buying a dedicated table saw rather than using the attachement on one of my lathes, which quite frankly, scares the crap out of me! :D

Thats a fair budget, how about this? :

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...18676&ts=62888

or this? :

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...23021&ts=62840

Both a take on combination table saws, not a massive depth of cut though, which may (or may not) be a drawback, I have used the 711 before and it def has some balls behind it.

This is a little over budget but a dedicated saw:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...79902&ts=63097

In my exp SIP is more geared toward the light home user, very cheap and wont last with any kind of constant use. That being said, I used a SIP compund sliding mitre saw commercialy for a year with no major problems.

I'm not looking for a combo saw really, I have a SIP cross cut mitre saw which has been excellent and can tackle some fairly serious stuff TBH. Looking at the SIP range they do table saws from £100 to over £1000 and the top end stuff looks very nice.

Been looking that the Bosch on eBay as well as Ryobi. Just wondering if I may be better to hold off a while and go for one of the big beasties.

already done that! i managed to cut through a tendon in my thumb whilst laying carpet :eek: and managed to spray blood all over it, had 10 stitches outside and i think about 3 inside holding the tendon together, now got a nice 'v' shaped scar that runs the length of my thumb.

SAW a good one on www.pauldaniels.com :thumb:

One carefull owner:wonder:

Trouble is I expect Debbie McGee comes bundled with it http://fp.samitcho.plus.com/smilies/...ilies/puke.gif

Found this which looks interesting for just over 400 notes. Anybody had any experience with Xcalibur?

Try Costco, I got the Bosch Gts 10 (£560 in Screwfix) for £235. I think it's end of line so you may need to look around for a store with one left.