Hey everybody! Been a lurker here for a few weeks. Man have I learned alot! I made the jump and bought a bt3000 with everything except the wide table. The guy I got it from, inherited from his uncle. His uncle must have been a member here. The custom fence attachments, router fence and custom router table that he made are dead square. There a blade scribes, and zero marks everywhere. The hole thing is polished and waxed super smooth. The custom table with three drawers it is mounted on, are rock solid with hidden casters. The drawers are stuffed full of Dado Blades, molding cutters, hand polished hand made ZCTPs, t-bolts, t-nuts, and jigs that I don't have a clue what they do! Add to this a 3.5hp industrial craftsman plunge router on a plexi-glass base. Not a bad deal for $240!
After disassembling cleaning and aligning everything I could find on here to align. I have achieved accuracy I didn't think was possible on a table saw that didn't cost $2k.
Because of this I wanted to take the time to thank everyone for all of the info posted here.
Now I can post my first question. I bought this saw to help me build cabinets for my new house. I started looking for good quality fine tooth blades. Most are well out of my price range. Those that weren't didn't look worth the money. I spoke to an ancient master woodworker at home depot Yes they do have professionals working there. They work during the day, when all of you are at work LOL! This old guy looked at me over the edge of his tri-focals and asked if I wanted some advice. He told me to buy a 2 for 1 deal, that they have on Avanti-Pro 142 tooth Hollow ground blade for a CIRCULAR SAW! I was appalled! You want me to use a cheap little blade on my fancy precision table saw?! He went on to explain that the smaller blade diameter increases the leverage of the motor, Letting it run cooler, the blade doesn't produce as much sawdust, makes thinner cuts and cuts quieter than a ten inch. Dang I felt kind of stupid, and at 2 for less than $10 the price was definitely right! Well I tried it and he was right. I used one of those fancy ZCTPs and raised the blade just over 3/4". And have not touched it in a week. my son and I have kept this saw going for hours every day for the past week, and that little blade is still going strong. I haven't had to joint one edge yet. The joints have all been square straight perfect. So my question is this. Other than the obvious fact that I ain't gonna be able to miter cut a 2 by 4 (it does raise high enough to cut 2 by 4s) what is the disadvantage to using the smaller blades?
After disassembling cleaning and aligning everything I could find on here to align. I have achieved accuracy I didn't think was possible on a table saw that didn't cost $2k.
Because of this I wanted to take the time to thank everyone for all of the info posted here.
Now I can post my first question. I bought this saw to help me build cabinets for my new house. I started looking for good quality fine tooth blades. Most are well out of my price range. Those that weren't didn't look worth the money. I spoke to an ancient master woodworker at home depot Yes they do have professionals working there. They work during the day, when all of you are at work LOL! This old guy looked at me over the edge of his tri-focals and asked if I wanted some advice. He told me to buy a 2 for 1 deal, that they have on Avanti-Pro 142 tooth Hollow ground blade for a CIRCULAR SAW! I was appalled! You want me to use a cheap little blade on my fancy precision table saw?! He went on to explain that the smaller blade diameter increases the leverage of the motor, Letting it run cooler, the blade doesn't produce as much sawdust, makes thinner cuts and cuts quieter than a ten inch. Dang I felt kind of stupid, and at 2 for less than $10 the price was definitely right! Well I tried it and he was right. I used one of those fancy ZCTPs and raised the blade just over 3/4". And have not touched it in a week. my son and I have kept this saw going for hours every day for the past week, and that little blade is still going strong. I haven't had to joint one edge yet. The joints have all been square straight perfect. So my question is this. Other than the obvious fact that I ain't gonna be able to miter cut a 2 by 4 (it does raise high enough to cut 2 by 4s) what is the disadvantage to using the smaller blades?
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