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Table Saw

The table saw is one of the basic woodworking tools in any shop environment. It can easily make rip and crosscut cuts in wood by sliding the wood past the blade. The wood is supported be either the fence for rip cuts or a miter gauge for crosscuts. There are different types of table saws – direct drive, contractor, hybrid, cabinet and true sliders. Th table below lists the characteristics and differences between the types.

Type	distinguishing feature	duty cycle	Advantages	disadvantages
direct drive	universal motor, blade mounted on motor shaft	not for continuous use	least expensive, can be portable	comes with weak fence and miter gauge, may be underpowered with a 1/8” blade
contractor	motor behind saw, belt (s) to saw blade arbor, blade alignment by adjusting trunions	use up to 1 ½ HP motors	less expensive with cabinet saw style accuracy	harder to provide good dust control, more difficult blade alignment
hybrid	induction motor mounted in saw, blade alignment by adjusting trunions	roughly equivalent to contractor type	provides good dust control
cabinet	induction motor, multiple or wide belt to blade arbor, motor mounted within cabinet, blade alignment by top adjustment (trunions mounted to cabinet)	usually 3+ HP, continuous duty production machines	provides good dust control, heavy duty production machine, should hold and maintain accuracy	should be run with 220V
true slider	cabinet style saw with a sliding mechanism to hole wood that rides next to the blade – sliding attachments mount next to table, with 6-10” space to blade	production capable	sliding table provides the most accurate and safe crosscuts, usually comes with a riving knife	expensive, may have a different size arbor then 5/8”

A few of the common accessories that are a crosscut sled (not needed for a table saw that has a sliding table), a tennon jig, an aftermarket splitter, upgraded fence, upgraded miter gauge and a sliding table.

rjhoffmann	Latest page update: made by rjhoffmann , Aug 23 2007, 10:32 PM EDT (about this update About This Update initial entry - rjhoffmann 314 words added view changes - complete history)
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