{"id":2297,"date":"2008-12-11T20:34:45","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T01:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogonice.com\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2008-12-11T20:34:45","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T01:34:45","slug":"kickbacks-arent-just-for-illinois-governors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2297","title":{"rendered":"Kickbacks Aren’t Just for Illinois Governors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Table Saw Planer = FAIL<\/em><\/p>\n

I learned some stuff today. I learned that a table saw will put a straight edge on a two-by-six in nothing flat, so it’s a pretty good jointer. I also learned that trying to do the same thing with the broad side of the same piece of wood is like walking a greased tightrope naked over a pond full of piranhas. So it’s a very lame planer. If I had all the right featherboards and something decent for outfeed support, MAYBE. But as it is, it’s terrifying, and the results are bad.<\/p>\n

I also hate the table saw.<\/p>\n

I have always said that if I got filthy rich, I’d invest in a Sawstop saw immediately, because it’s safer than an ordinary table saw. But this week I saw a safe, versatile, compact, relatively cheap substitute for a table saw, and I refused to buy it. So in the future, I would spend $2000 or whatever on a big cabinet saw, but in the present, I am too cheap to lay out $200 for something that will outperform a table saw 80% of the time.<\/p>\n

Clearly, I am a slave to logic. <\/p>\n

I’m talking about the EZ Smart track system. I know it’s a good product; too many good woodworkers say so for me to deny it. But I already invested a surprisingly large amount in a pretty good jobsite saw, with related paraphernalia. Therefore, faced with the prospect of spending more money, I would prefer sawing my fingers off.<\/p>\n

The only obvious drawback to this thing is that it’s based on a circular saw with a small diameter. My table saw has a 10″ blade, and a circular saw would be a little over 8. So you get limited depth. The system involves an extra plate that goes on the bottom of the saw, so that makes it even worse. <\/p>\n

I don’t know what I’m going to do for a router fence. I would feel like an idiot, going to a lumber yard and paying them to plane down a board for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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