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Woodster wrote:A guy at work used a track saw quite a bit and the cord seemed to be a real PITA so I’m guessing the battery saws are really handy?
MY63 wrote:9fingers Thanks Bob it was your post that got me looking for a used bandsaw I agree portable tools can be hammered on site etc. I am not 100% sure I know what a riving knife is B & Q are also selling off a Sheppach saw that has a retractable riving knife for £80 which it describes as a 3 use saw, circular saw plunge saw and track saw which I thought was odd as I assumed they could all do that.
MY63 wrote:
Woodster I have a battery circular saw but it does not really have enough power for sheet materials.
RogerS wrote:
Rule 1 - normal timber...ripping down a 4 x 2, for example. For me a table saw with a decent outfeed everytime unless the length is short (say under 1m) in which case a bandsaw will work as well. Yes, you can use a tracksaw but it's not ideal.
Doug wrote:RogerS wrote:
Rule 1 - normal timber...ripping down a 4 x 2, for example. For me a table saw with a decent outfeed everytime unless the length is short (say under 1m) in which case a bandsaw will work as well. Yes, you can use a tracksaw but it's not ideal.
Why not the track saw Rog I rip a lot with mine?
MY63 wrote:I don’t have room for a table saw and to be honest I am nervous of them so if I had one I probably would not use it.
RogerS wrote:Doug wrote:RogerS wrote:
Rule 1 - normal timber...ripping down a 4 x 2, for example. For me a table saw with a decent outfeed everytime unless the length is short (say under 1m) in which case a bandsaw will work as well. Yes, you can use a tracksaw but it's not ideal.
Why not the track saw Rog I rip a lot with mine?
I guess it depends on what you have permanently set up and/or the ease of putting down something to cut 'onto' as it were. Seems an awful lot of faff to me, fiddling about getting the track in the right place - especially if it's a long piece of timber. So much easier on a table saw. Set the fence. Turn it on. Push the timber through - all nicely supported, Job done.
Doug wrote:[quote="RogerS"...
I guess it depends on what you have permanently set up and/or the ease of putting down something to cut 'onto' as it were. Seems an awful lot of faff to me, fiddling about getting the track in the right place - especially if it's a long piece of timber. So much easier on a table saw. Set the fence. Turn it on. Push the timber through - all nicely supported, Job done.
Doug wrote:I just clamp the track to the timber on my pencil marks & make the cut, For one off cuts it’s as quick as the table saw obviously not for multiple cuts but still not really faff
selectortone wrote:Doug wrote:I just clamp the track to the timber on my pencil marks & make the cut, For one off cuts it’s as quick as the table saw obviously not for multiple cuts but still not really faff
The underside of my Makita track has some voodoo coating on it that grips plywood without clamping. I bought the clamps because I didn't believe it would work, but it really does, and I haven't needed the clamps at all.
RogerS wrote:Doug wrote:[quote="RogerS"...
I guess it depends on what you have permanently set up and/or the ease of putting down something to cut 'onto' as it were. Seems an awful lot of faff to me, fiddling about getting the track in the right place - especially if it's a long piece of timber. So much easier on a table saw. Set the fence. Turn it on. Push the timber through - all nicely supported, Job done.
I just clamp the track to the timber on my pencil marks & make the cut, For one off cuts it’s as quick as the table saw obviously not for multiple cuts but still not really faff
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