New house = workshop at last!

[tintin1980]

Hi all,

Forgive me if I am misunderstanding the point of this forum, this is my first time here.

Finally I get some proper space!

I am looking to by a table saw - I have read so many reviews and am not any clearer on what would best suit my needs.

Anyway - can anyone advise on whether there are portable table saws the TS200 ilk that would take a dado set?

I have been also been looking at the Charnwood w619...

I am not a professional, just a keen hobbyist.

One more thing - can anyone advise on where I could source a fence for a Dewalt DW738 Bandsaw - it is pretty expensive if you by the component parts but I can't seem to find any on there own...

 

[RogerP]

Hi and welcome!

Axminister do some after-market fences, here's one http://www.axminster.co.uk/small-bandsaw-rip-fencevbut it may be too small, there are others, check their site.

Very few UK spec. small table saws will take a dado set, the spindle is purposely too short.- use a router instead.

 

[Mar_mite]

Hello mate. I have the Charnwood you mentioned. It won't take a dado set. (Never wanted one personally) it's a good little saw once set up. It's not what you would call portable though. If you want to move it about you will have to put it on wheels.

 

[Normancb]

Although you can do as you please in your own workshop, bear in mind that dado heads are illegal in commercial workshops - for good reasons. That's why european saws are mostly fitted with spindles too short to take a dado head.

 

[RogerP]

Although you can do as you please in your own workshop, bear in mind that dado heads are illegal in commercial workshops - for good reasons. That's why european saws are mostly fitted with spindles too short to take a dado head.

Dado sets are NOT illegal in UK. Some dado set-ups are but not all.

There's a great deal about the subject on the web but you could start here ...
http://www.hse.gov.uk/woodworking/crosscut.htm

 

[tintin1980]

Wow thanks all for these replies - so glad I posted... more reading to do then!

I am quite happy cutting dados with a jig and router but have been watching people (mainly Americans I admit) on youtube flying through the process with a dado set hence looking into it now. I will read up on it now.

Would the Charnwood be a better bet than a portable if I have the space and don't need to move it alot?