Scott, that is my problem, too. I don't have room in our house to work and I only have a small 10 by 10 shed. That is why I opted for a Hitachi job site table saw. It has wheels and legs that fold under so I can set it up where I want it and store it under my bench when I'm done with it.
earlier, Scott Howell, wrote: >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 > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1504 - Release Date: >6/15/2008 5:52 PM John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
