Scott Are all the controls etc fairly tactile and accessible for those with no vision?
thanks Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 5:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting straight lines Actually I discovered a few things. First someone mentioned cutting 2 by 4s and yes with an aggressive blade, things will go much more smoothly and you'll get more from the battery and of course not pushing the saw will help. My problem was having an appropriate blade that did not require working the saw so hard. So, I switched to a more aggressive blade which did no harm to the work, but still seem to take a long time and thus killed batteries much to quickly. So, what did I do? I went over to Home Depot because I was not wasting another minute trying to resolve cutting straight lines. I looked at several table saws from $99 on up to $449. The $99 model would have gotten me through the project likely, but it really was a very light duty saw that would not have lasted very long and probably done a poor job. So, I looked at the Ryobi at $249 and it was a nice saw, had legs and so forth, but then I realized that for storage purposes it was stretching it a bit. Yeah folks, I got a reasonably sized house, but storage space wasn't configured properly and until I get a shed, I'm stuck with what I got. So, I took it up to $300 and looked at the Dewalt portable "contractor-grade" table saw. Now here was something that was only slightly smaller than the Ryobi, did not have feet and wheels, seem to have a nice table, the necessary adjustment, a fence that looked quite solid and would stay where you set it, and best of all, I could put it on my shelf with the other saws and the like. So, I have to say it works very well for my purposes, I believe if you set things up correctly you could rip a 4 by 8 sheet of plywood or rip pretty much whatever you want. It would just be a matter of making or getting some stands and setting things up and perhaps putting the saw on a table/work bench whatever. Well I think with this saw, I might try some projects that have been floating around in my head, but knowing I didn't have a good way to work with larger pieces, this might be the answer. It's not the top of the line, or maybe not even middle of the road, but for what I need/ want, it should do. Yeah, it would be nice to have a great big shop and all the goodies, but I don't and don't have the time that I would want to invest for a really nice setup. So, I'm stuck doing most my work outdoors and at this point just finishing this project would please me a great deal. grin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
