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Ep 2: Machine Setup – The Tablesaw
In this episode, Ellen Kaspern takes you through all the steps to setup a tablesaw to perfection
Jul 23, 2018
No matter the tablesaw, if it’s not tuned properly, it won’t be capable of fine woodworking—and worse, it could very well be dangerous. But with just a handful of common tools, you can tune up your saw for all manner of cuts in a couple of hours.
In this video, Ellen Kaspern shows you how to dial in your tablesaw to perfection using only a combination square and a dial indicator. Of course, once your tablesaw is adjusted, you need to lubricate it, and Ellen will show you a lubrication schedule that is proven to keep everything working smoothly.
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Videos in the Series
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Ep 1: Machine Setup – Introduction
July 23, 2018
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Ep 2: Machine Setup – The Tablesaw
July 23, 2018
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Ep 3a: Machine Setup – The Jointer part 1
July 30, 2018
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Ep 3b: Machine Setup – The Jointer part 2
July 30, 2018
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Ep 4: Machine Setup – The Bandsaw
August 7, 2018
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Ep 5: Machine Setup – The Hollow Chisel Mortiser
August 13, 2018
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Ep 6: Machine Setup – The planer
August 20, 2018
Comments
Wixey angle gauge works well for ensuring the blade is square to the table as well as verifying other angles.
I really appreciate this as a new saw owner! Thanks for the tips to help me keep my saw in proper working order.
Ellen, this is very informative and very well presented. Great job! Btw, the jointer knife replacements give me fits. Any videos on that?
Good stuff.
Lets not neglect tweaking any jigs dependent on the setups.
Particularly jigs that depend on slot to blade or fence to blade relationships.
Great video, but I would have liked to have seen instructions for non-Saw Stop table saws with the trunnions bolted to the bottom side of the table top.
Thanks for the tablesaw video. Helpful, but would be more helpful if she actually showed how she performs all of the adjustments rather than just describing
Stevek2 - Yes. Those are called hybrid saws, rather than cabinet saws. I have one. It's a PITA to adjust.
These are good videos. Only thing is, (and this could be just be my OCD talking), but that table saw was a mess. Vacuum that puppy out!
A good video IF you have a Saw Stop saw. It left me wondering how to apply to my Iron City saw. Of course, I have the manual, but my point is that if one goes to the trouble to make such a video, it should probably be "generic" in its discussions and not "specific to one product". Not all of us out here have a Saw Stop saw, and if you make it for that saw alone, it needs to be in the title so it is known up front.
I didn't mean to make that comment I just made sound so critical. Certainly, it covers the procedures well, but a good discussion of all the alinement difficulties, principles, etc., beginning with how all items have to be alined with the rotational axis of the blade shaft would be great would it not? That may include manufacturing considerations, but that's OK. I have an mechanical engineer's way of thinking about it, and that is to imagine that the plane in which the blade rotates when it has zero runout (wobble or non-nutating motion) must be perpendicular to the machine direction of the saw and its guiding features (slots and fence). :)
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