Old school horsing around

[danst96]

Can we see your table saw please? Never seen a dewalt like that or is it a custom paint job

 

[johnnyb]

It's an American made saw a dw746. Classed as a hybrid saw stateside. I've had it maybe 17 years or more. It's absolutely great. In America it was not well liked being not quite a cabinet saw. I love it and used to use it in many varied ways. These days other tools have taken on some of it old roles. It's got a dado as well. Full 16 amp makes it plenty powerful tbh.
This one has all the bells and whistles. 52 inch fence. Crosscut fence. Outfeed and side table. Dado insert.

 

[johnnyb]

 

[danst96]

Ah very nice, i do recognise it now i see it like that. Theres a youtuber with the same or similar, i forget his name but does some fantastic work.

 

[johnnyb]

Ah very nice, i do recognise it now i see it like that. Theres a youtuber with the same or similar, i forget his name but does some fantastic work.

On a visit to the US it was sold in its basic form through home depot for a few hundred dollars(maybe 500)! For the last 10 years it's been In daily use so hardly diy.

 

[schnapps95]

I think I first saw it in an old joinery book. Super simple. It's got a chamfered point that pushes into the opposite corner and rests on the work via a cut away. Marks are made denoting each diagonal length and the frame knocked to the middle of the 2 marks.

as an apprentices we were always taught too do that and also the 3,4,5, where you measure 3ft,then 4ft at a right angle and the diagonal measures 5ft and then you have a square corner

 

[johnnyb]

It's a issue getting something quite wobbly to square till the glue sets.