You ever have one of those days when...

[crokett]

quote:Originally posted by leehljp

Congratulations Rod! I will go along with Larry's assessment that it is due to your "clean" living. Now if Crokett starts having the same experiences, then some of the rest of us might join in on the "clean" living campaign!

It ain't the clean living that is the reason. Not after my day today. The projects for today were to experiment with electrolysis for rust removal on a plane rehab. and frame in the lattice on the carport. First, my battery charger didn't work. It doesn't want me to blow myself up so I had to go get my dad's old dumb charger. Next, the pieces I'd precut and prepainted for the framing were all 1/4" too long. Had to cut them down. Next, finish nailer jammed so I had to fix that. Then no air in the hose, I'd not connected it completely to the compressor. Then another section of lattice didn't fit because corner post that holds the porch roof up is 1" off vertical.

[Kiwi Dust Mite]

Rod you remind me of Sturdee here at ubeaut forums..master jig maker and bright and shiny w/shop owner http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=16776

I must have missed some of the posts tho cos I'm not sure why you have changed from the BT to a Carba-tec saw. Did the BT die or have you upgraded the size of the projects and need a mighter weapon to smite them with ? :P

[RodKirby]

Kiwi -

My BT3000 is 11 years old and for some time I've ben worried about a motor failure - prior to the recent arrival of the BT3100K, there was no way I could get it replaced.

When I heard to new machine had arrived, I planned to get one. However - check this out...
http://www.bt3central.com/forum/topi...TOPIC_ID=21467

[Kiwi Dust Mite]

Cheers for the update Rod.

Apart from the btk3100k , and yes I agree it seems too pricey at $999.00 or there abouts, but the saw I am really looking very hard at is similar to what you have just bought.

A large pretty piccy of it here http://www.macma.co.nz/tsc10ras.jpg

and of course the specs are here http://www.macma.co.nz/tsc10-ras-table-saw.html

At $1195.00 I get it shipped for fre if I buy this little gem http://www.macma.co.nz/spindlemoulderjt300.html

Total cost of the 2 machines is $1800.00 give or take a dollar []

The major thing that puts me off buying one of these saws is the lack of depth of cut. Its so much better on the BT. So even tho the BT is a little pricey I may still buy it . Thoughts anyone?

I should mention the the contractors saw is a lot larger than the BT and the BT would in all honesty fit in my workshop better than the larger cast iron machine, so that may well have a large bearing on things as well. I am already bumping into to many things as it is and am going to have to rethink my layout to accomodate any new saw.

[RodKirby]

It's identical - same model TSC-10RAS - must be made by the same manufacturer: http://www.maoshan.com/tsc-10ras.htm Actually not quite identical - the right extension on mine is machined cast iron - like the main table.

If you want more than 77mm you're going to have to go with a 12" blade - what do you plan on cutting?

[Knottscott]

quote:The major thing that puts me off buying one of these saws is the lack of depth of cut. Its so much better on the BT. So even tho the BT is a little pricey I may still buy it . Thoughts anyone?

Do you plan on cutting 3 to 3-1/2" wood often? I rarely use full blade height on my saw. I resaw occasionally with the TS, which means you can cut 6" to 6-3/4" on most saws.

[Kiwi Dust Mite]

It is likely that I will have occassions to cut large stock. 100mm rough sawn (4inch in old money , that I machine down a bit and then rip. I was fortunate enuff a little while back to be given a small mountain of demo rimu, kauri, cedar, oregan, and a little matai. Some of the beams are large. Typically 150 x 200 mm rough sawn stock.

So yes cutting height is an issue in this case. The same chap has just imformed me that he has about 300cube of oregan that he doesnt need. He buys whole demo-ed buildings and reworks the timber into door& windows frames and does some kitchen units as well. I get his castoffs otherwise it just goes into the fire. All in all about 4 to 5 thousand bucks worth if I were to pay for it from the demo trades.

You see now why the Bt cut height is of interest...but yes I could just as easily flip it over and back cut it as well I suppose .

Heres a small sample of the timber I am talking about and a shot of one of the items I make from it, a 7 foot artists studio easal,economy version.[8)]

http://community.webshots.com/user/gremlin128

Look in the "Woody Stuff" album.

[LinuxRandal]

NO, it's just you! The reason I've learned to fix/do things is my "if it ain't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all" syndrome.