Well the lumber yard quality ones do start at 3-5k. But they have long beds/arms and can do off angles. The cheap kits are limited to 90* cuts for the most part and don't have as good of bearings or dust collection options.
I think there's a balance to be struck, some of the wood working forums suggest buying a kit for the bearings and rails since a bunch of the plans for sale rely on u bolts and emt conduit which may not hold tolerances if someone is ripping the length of a sheet of plywood. Regards, Andrew L On Apr 2, 2014 12:19 AM, "Torrie Fischer" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, April 01, 2014 21:25:42 a l wrote: > > Before I had to leave the meeting early there was discussion about how to > > retrofit the machine shop to limit dust &c. In that discussion the topic > of > > plywood/large format wood handling came up and a panel saw like what > lumber > > yards have was suggested. New/Used ones apparently cost thousands of > > dollars so I sought out a DIY solution. > > I've found a few kits that come in varying degrees of fully assembled > with > > prices between ~$300-$1000. There are also a few designs for sale from > > backissues of woodworking magazines($10/issue). Given enough time staring > > at the ones at the home improvement store and pictures online we could > > probably make our own without buying plans. Or should we save our time > and > > just buy a kit? > > At any rate I think it's a viable solution. > > I did think it was a bit odd to hear that one would cost $5k. > > Shouldn't be too hard to build one using some rails a saw mount and frame. > We're all about building stuff like that anyways, so its odd that we'd > think > to buy one. > > > > > http://panelsawsrus.com/ > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/DIY-Sliding-Panel-Saw-Hardware-Kit-/281191079778 > > > http://www.widgetworksunlimited.com/Panel_Saw_DIY_Frame_Kit_p/ww-panel_saw-d > > iy.htm > > > http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2082569/33113/Safety-Speed-Cut-Panel-Pro-2 > > -Saw-Model-PRO2K.aspx http://plansnow.com/dn3099.html > > > http://www.finewoodworking.com/workshop/tip/build-your-own-panel-saw.aspx > > http://www.rockler.com/woodworking/Panel-Saw-Kit > > > > If someone is vehemently against spending the cash and spare circular saw > > on one we could also situate the table saw near the garage door-side of > the > > shop and just open the planned( they are planned aren't they?) double > > doors and put an outfeed table in the hallway when we need to make big > > cuts. > > > > happy hacking! > > Andrew L > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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