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October 4, 2012
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Thanks for this information April.
A small table saw for any wood working endeavor is an invaluable asset and this one looks great.
It’s certainly one of the best investments to make quickly for any serious amateur.
I have a biggish workshop with a heavy fixed table saw but would have loved a portable one for on site work.
All the best,
Ness
Makita 2705 10-Inch Contractor Table Saw is the best brand of table saw known to me so far. This is a really top class saw. However for some reason the scale didn’t line up. Given that I only read the instructions as a last resort this is probably operator error. Once it is finetuned , it work just like a charm . I use it in my garage for building furnitures .The Fence was a little loose but after i tuned it, it was just fine.Just love it !
Thanks Ness………thats ingenious use of that tool. I don’t have a biscuit joiner either but thanks for showing that process as I find people using power tools in a way that they weren’t necessarily designed for interesting.
Ive watched quite a few of your workshop videos Ness…..find them interesting (even the ones that don’t apply to the kind of work I do) so I hop they keep coming.
All the best
Terry
October 4, 2012
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Hi everyone,
Just a thought, if you’ve got a biscuit jointer it’s very easy to make it cut grooves for backs panels etc.
Take a look at this video to show you how to do it.
Ness
Cheers Jim
Saw most of this on the other thread a minute ago. Thanks for taking the time to share. Ive watched some Peter Parfitt stuff on youtube……he is also a festool nut and a very pleasant enthusiastic bloke and he swears by the UJK router stuff.
Now iv’e got to add that to all the festool stuff!!!!
Tel
Terry,
Heres a few pics of my router lift, use it with the same dewalt router, came from axminster, as did the fence.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oy7r……55.51.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/17eg……56.24.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f0cj……56.34.jpg
Cheers
Yeah ive seen its all possible on Polyboard and I want to make them the ‘proper’ way eventually. Great stuff. Look forward to coming back to this thread when the right job comes in. In the meantime I shall do some research on the things you mention….see If i can find the time/funds to knock up a basic table to bench it.
Thanks for showing an interest
terry
May 18, 2014
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Terry
You can get a mounting plate from trend or axminster and knock up a MDF or melamine faced MDF table real quick. Stile and rail cutter from axminster or wealden tools, make up a basic fence and away you go..
You will even be able to do a cutlist for the whole lot within Polyboard giving the exact rebates and tenon lengths. I am even doing them now with the centre panel oversized perfectly on the cutting list.
Mark
Thanks Mark
The way I see it……I have a router I’d like to learn to use it and I know these doors can be done with one so Im keen to learn. Ive heard them done on a spindle moulder…that seems the most efficient way. That said I can see quite a few other uses to the router eventually so Im keen to get it benched perhaps and start playing with it properly. Im not very confident with it….as I said Ive only done kitchen mitres with it in a jig.
Thanks again
terry
May 18, 2014
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Hi Terry.
I like Jim avoided mentioning dominos. The 6mm fillets work, we do this sometimes.
Router and fillets work for ease a bearing guide would help.
To be fair, we use a spindle moulder for doors, but that doesn’t help you.
A simple router table would be ideal and safer that hand work. You can even knock one up simply.
My son does doors on the table saw as he hates routers almost as much as the spindle moulder and he isn’t even old enough to remember French Blocks ( sorry Ness) without retaining pins.
I’ll see if I can do a drawing.
Mark
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