Tuesday, January 25, 2022

DIY table saw

A table saw in my tools inventory would really help me a lot for all-those planned woodwork projects using local/cheap lumber. There was this guy that I bought wood from, he told me cutting bevel and chamfer using coconut lumber might be almost impossible. The hardness of this wood making it very difficult to work without cracking especially if not yet dry. Age of coco lumber has its own added problems even for tools like handheld circular saw during cutting. Won't able to get clean cut out from it. More often the wood just wind up cracked to your frustration but another issue can arise like break the blade sending the broken pieces flying around and hurt somebody in the room. I do not know yet how to tell apart which one had age in it since they can be both wet and dry also. We call that kind of wood "lahing" in our local language. So the obvious answer will be drying the wood first before starting your project. Plus avoid those hardened lumber because they had already age in them. This part is hit or miss because the sellers often keep you in the dark. My objective for this table-saw tool is for making chamfers for durable tables and maybe one or two doors as well, but I want them made from cheap lumber. I can live with ugly-looking diy-project as long as they're durable. So I'd look around for price from both online and local shops to see how much money we might need for assembling one. Four are needed: the spindle, induction motor, blade, and the serpentine belt. 

I found spindle at shopee and it's made in comchin :D 

Simple woodworking table saw spindle shaft assembly table saw shaft push table saw shaft | Shopee Philippines   

 
I'll be back soon once I've found suitable motor with matching price tag and where to buy it.


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