So, payday has hit, so it's time for me to stop gabbin' and start building.
I will be going out for supplies later, and I was looking online to check out some tool ideas, and I found this...
http://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-mighty-mite-table-saw-93211.html
I live in an apartment, so I can't really have a full table saw, so I was hoping this could work for some things, such as trimming up a fret board from a 1/4" thick board.
Since many of you here have vastly more experience than I with woodworking, I thought it would be a good idea to get you opinions.
I am not under the impression that this will be anywhere near as powerful as a normal table saw. I am just hoping that. with my limited space, and the smaller lumber used in CBG, that this could be a decent option for me.
Thoughts?
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have to agree with c bone john shawn,have bought cheap stuff myself at times,but reccomend,buy less ,but buy best,2nd hand is cool,the stuff,s out there,build up as you go,better than blowing 1/2 a pay cheque on something that just doesn,t do the task required
I'm not putting down power tools at all, as I've got a fair bit of heavy duty kit, but it's taken me along time to acquire it, and I've got into the way of working whereby I'll do it by hand until I can afford to get a proper piece of machinery. Latest thing for me was fret slotting. I've made loads of fretted CBGs, ukes and guitars, and only a few weeks ago invested in a table saw specifically for fret slotting. I'd made my own fret slotting jigs and worn two of them out hand slotting hundreds upon hundreds of fretboards, and thought long and hard about getting more efficient, but I waited until I could afford a good saw - cast iron bed of course with an induction motor.
As for school..I made my first electric guitar at school when I was 16 in the lunchtimes in the school woodwork shop - a Tele Deluxe kind of thing, mahogany body, maple neck and fretboard with twin humbuckers - I've still got it. I also made my own truss rod in the metalwork shop, threading and brazing the rod, drilling and tapping an anchor block. The only powertools used were a bandsaw - the teacher cut the body to shape for me - and a press drill: everything else, including tasks like routing the slot for the trussrod was done by hand the good old-fashioned way. I really value those basic skills I learned way back when, they are still with me today.
love it !!! i would, and am, going to buy that thing, it looks great for cutting smaller things, with less risk of kickback, or many other disasters that can occur from cutting small things on a full sized table saw, and also one can NEVER , have enough tools, acquire tool/ eat, in that order !!!
A table saw is one of the last things I feel I can really use. I built my first without power tools and have slowly acquired them since. I do scarf joints on a bandsaw and my benchtop belt sander gets tons of use.
I've found that (for me anyway) a 3-string using the full width of a 1x2 is too wide. You can't easily make straight cuts down the length of a board without a table saw it seems.
It's on my list.
Aaargh...the "I've got to have power tools!!" thing strikes again!!! You do not need power tools to do this stuff. I've resawn 3" x 3" oak table legs to make guitar necks..yes, it's hard work, took me an hour's worth of sweat, but ended up with guitar necks that cost me nothing. If a piece of 2" timber is too wide for your neck, either rip it down with a handsaw, or plane it down by hand, a 10 minute job max. either way.
I don't HAVE to have one, but it sure makes it more convenient. Nothing against using hand-tools by any means.
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