Table Saw Accessories

Table Saw Accessories

With the table saw being the most heavily used motor in the wood shop, it's no wonder there are so many accessories ready for it. It's these accessories that can take a fine machine, and make it excel at many specialized tasks.

Between specialized blades, molding cutters, miter gages, tenon jigs, cross cut sleds, sliding table attachments, infeed and outfeed tables, it is very easy to spend as much money on them, as you did on the saw itself. However, these accessories will serve you in many ways, production the accuracy better, the work safer, or just faster and easier.

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To many wood workers, the idea of spending this kind of money for the accessories just doesn't sit well. What you might want to keep in mind though, is the very reasons that made buying the saw practical, are the very reasons to add these accessories.

There are a few basic categories regarding accessories. The first would be those used to cut or shape the wood. Specialized blades are ready for a number of dissimilar materials and purposes. Hardwood, softwood, crosscut, rip, solid wood, plywood, solid exterior materials, plastics, to name just a few, and within each of these is a number of options. Then you have dado blades, which again offer a number of types and styles. Add to this, molding heads, which simply by changing insertable cutters give you the versatility to make dozens of moldings. It is entirely inherent to spend well over a thousand dollars, just on dissimilar blades and cutters, and we haven't even gotten past the motor yet.

The next would be those that hold the wood in position, and are used to bring it into the cutter. This would consist of tenon jigs, miter gauges, and cross cut sleds. They make it inherent to make cuts that could be difficult or hazardous without them. Cutting tenons without the help of a tenon jig could prove quite dangerous. Cross cutting wide pieces is much easier and more exact when using a sliding crosscut sled. Using an after shop miter gage is far classic to those supplied with the saw, and make cutting multiple selfsame parts simple.

They next kind would be those fastened to the saw itself, some permanent, some portable, and assist in bright the materials past the blade. Sliding tables, for cross cutting plywood get attached enduringly to the saw. These make cross cutting full width sheet goods possible, while providing perfectly quadrilateral cuts. Outfeed tables are often enduringly fastened to the back of the saw, and ordinarily fold down when not in use, production them a good choice for smaller shops, or those that don't use much sheet materials.

The down side to these folding out feed tables is they need to be rather short, so they don't hit the floor when folded down. A relatively new style out feed table is available, and is portable. It is 58" long, production it easier to cut full distance sheets, without having the pieces fall on the floor after being cut. It mounts and dismounts from the saw in seconds, and folds for easy storage.

Relatively new to the accessories shop is the infeed table. Anyone that cuts plywood or other sheet goods is quite well-known with the challenges of trying to cut these bulky materials. An infeed table holds the sheet, so you simply slide it straight through the blade. You are not keeping the weight of the sheet. These units can be positioned anywhere along a 4' track system. The infeed theory also mounts and dismount from the saw in seconds, for as needed use.

All of the accessories mentioned here will make a very heavily relied on motor best at specific tasks, by increasing the speed, accuracy and safety.

If purchasing the saw was a practical investment, then getting the most out of it by buying the allowable accessories for it should be determined a sensible speculation as well.

Table Saw Accessories

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