Hi, what would you guys recommend as i would like something that is accurate enough to manufacture a kitchen with at home in workshop pref with cast iron top, then be able to lift by myself and transport in an estate car to do another one in france? Will need to rig up extended top and out feed. Im thinking either ax hobby 250 or dewalt 745 with a better blade??? Or anything else?? Tia
Portable cast iron tablesaw
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What parts of the kitchen are you aiming to make with it?
DISCLIMER: I have never made a kitchen.
If I were doing it, I think that I would use a track saw and an mft top for the cabinets and a chop saw/other for the face frames if any.
DISCLIMER: I have never made a kitchen.
If I were doing it, I think that I would use a track saw and an mft top for the cabinets and a chop saw/other for the face frames if any.
If it's got a cast iron top then it isn't really one man portable.
I have a 300mm Bandsaw and a 200mm small table saw. Both have cast iron tops and neither is a particularly big machine. Neither is one man portable though. Certainly I can pick them up on my own, but I can't safely or easily move them around one I have done so.
I have a 300mm Bandsaw and a 200mm small table saw. Both have cast iron tops and neither is a particularly big machine. Neither is one man portable though. Certainly I can pick them up on my own, but I can't safely or easily move them around one I have done so.
mbartlett99
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Not that you won't need a saw for things but chopping up full panels on a table saw is not especially easy or accurate. I'd suggest - like Marcros - that a tracksaw is easiest or -as I've just done - ordering it pre-cut & edged. I used cutwrights who delivered within 5 days an entire kitchen flat packed and all to sub millimetre accuracy. Cost was approx 25% above buying the sheets myself but saved an immense amount of tedious labour. If you don't use their service it is still well worth using their free software to generate a cutting list.
I'm half way through the kitchen build with all carcasses hung/finished; it was quite a learning curve. I have saved thousands but there is a lot more labour involved than I had thought possible. In particular finishing the carcasses took an age.
I'm half way through the kitchen build with all carcasses hung/finished; it was quite a learning curve. I have saved thousands but there is a lot more labour involved than I had thought possible. In particular finishing the carcasses took an age.
Hi, thanks for replies. Im wanting to make from scratch including mortice & tenon framed doors and end panels an open ended island all in oak. So will need to size alot of the pieces. All cuts need to be perfect - dont want any gaps or tear out as it will be a clear finish. Thanks once again
mbartlett99
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Fair play. A table saw for cutting the stiles/rails will be very handy and it seems like the axi unit is probably best - from what I read on here - if its to be vaguely portable.
I still think the advice above is valid; cutting sheets on a small table accurately is not easy at the best of times. I've got large ish sliding table saw with scribe and I still use the track saw to break panels down.
I still think the advice above is valid; cutting sheets on a small table accurately is not easy at the best of times. I've got large ish sliding table saw with scribe and I still use the track saw to break panels down.
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