Are site saws, such as the scheppach and Jet ones any good?

[Johnboy]

I would get a Radial Arm saw in preference to a SCMS. Expensive new but loads available second hand and you can fit a dado to it. More accurate depth control as well.

John

 

[Alf]

ahem....i am 16 now thank you :lol:

I grovel in abject apology, oh ancient one.

Cheers, Alf

 

[Jake]

and you can fit a dado to it

Thus raising the dado debate to a whole new level. Personally, that's way over the limit for me.

 

[Johnboy]

Jake wrote

Thus raising the dado debate to a whole new level. Personally, that's way over the limit for me.

Why is a dado in the radial arm any more dangerous than a normal blade? No removal of guards as on the table saw.

John

 

[woodshavings]

A dado in a RAS is no more dangerous than a normal blade provided you don't remove the guard. I use one in my DW 720.
John

 

[Jake]

Yeah, OK, seems that majority of net opinion is on your side. I've never tried, but I have experienced a RAS catch and fling itself toward me with a normal blade and that scared the hell out of me. Intuitively, the dado sounds more prone to that. Oh well, I'll carry on being a coward, I think.

 

[frank]

tom the sip and the record are about the same price ,but the sip is a 1/4 ton can you carry that down to your cellar . alf can a 16 yr old carry that much ?

 

[thomaskennedy]

lol frank...

I had trouble getting a JWBS-14 and a HC 260M down there...and there only 50kg each :shock:

Will it not come in seperate pieces? :shock: i was kind of hopeing so :?

Ta

Tom :wink:

 

[Midnight]

if it doesn't, it'll have bolts that can be removed..
more than one way t skin a cat...

 

[thomaskennedy]

Got an email today from D&M

They said it will fit through a standard doorway but at 130kg it would be too heavy

Ta

Tom, who can't make his mind up on a table saw :evil: