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Homemade tablesaw!

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Since we are arranging our first new workshop, we truly believe that a tablesaw is one of the necessary tool for everyone who is into woodworking with power tools. The main goal was to build a sturdy table, with a wide working surface, with the minimum amount of money: the overall cost was about the corresponding of 80 dollars. The tables turned out better than we expeced!
Here are a few picture of the building process and the video we made.
Enjoy!
The Italian Makers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-IufFlTuIQ&list=UUpK2fUZ_nOrsV6zonLQA2xQ
 

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my first "table" saw was similar



This goes back about 50+ years, but I remember a Skil table made of stamped steel and a 8 1/4" Skil saw mounted in it with hold down clamps. I can't recall if there was an on/off switch with a separate cord, but I think so.
So, in most regards this is a whole lot bigger and better, if you are on a student budget as I was back then. A fence is just a straight board clamped parallel to the blade.
You gotta start somewhere and if you can make a self squaring fence this will work OK.
 
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