Bosch 4100
Fences are very important on table saws for convenience, quality of final cut and safety. Dewalt hit the nail when they came out with this one. I know and have used the 744, which set the standard for compact table saws. Regarding table saw advice in general; listen to the guy whose ten digits are still intact. Once again I’ll stick by the fact that we publish all the data so you can make your own rankings. For us, with these being jobsite saws, we’re not looking for the same overall tight tolerance that we expect from our shop saws.
I want to put a french door in a hallway to divide the hall for heating purposes. I may put down a laminate floor in one room, and I need to convert a large closet into a room that is suitable for putting a gas water heater in. With modern venting codes that is going to include moving a non-bearing wall. At this same time I am going to replace the steel sheet metal shower stall with a modern stall. The same with a new apartment I would want to have built, I may have to build it myself for the same reasons. Todd – Yes I was referring to the “flatness” which some reviewers were complaining about.
Some splitters don’t do that, which makes them impossible to modify. But the best thing about a riving knife is that it doesn’t have dewalt Hand tools to be removed—ever, unless you switch to a smaller blade or dado set. You can also dial in the fence using the dial indicator.
Bosch makes excellent quality products that stand the test of time. So here are the other table saws I believe are worth your hard-earned cash. The clear guard allows the operator to watch the blade cut the material during operation to prevent accidental contact. Using a dado set, you can cut dadoes in the material to connect two pieces of stock. This is a functional way how woodworkers would connect cabinets and bookshelves with snug joints. I’ve done my best to give you a comprehensive guide recommending the top table saws for each class.
Dado cuts are cuts that are made into the surface of a piece of wood. A dado cut results in the cut being differentiated from the groove or parallel to the grain. A hybrid saw is specifically designed to provide a table saw to those who can’t afford to purchase a cabinet saw. The hybrid table saw looks incredibly similar to a cabinet table saw.
Went to Lowes and Home Depot to play with the various saws and notices that the tightness of the Dewalt’s fence had a minor amount of play, which the Bosch did not. That brought up a bit of concern to me for when I’m ripping larger sheets of plywood, in my mind it would bind up easier if that fence moves just a bit. Anyways, that aside, please let me know which one you prefer of those two and why if you have a chance. Scott take a look at sawstop’s contractor model with it’s mobile base. It has the accuracy of a cast iron table, a great fence and folds up somewhat be like these jobsite saws do. Another indication of how hard a table saw is working is monitoring the amperage draw under loading conditions.
The 1/2″ max seems a weird anomaly as compared to all other saws in the class. We cannot do longer term testing that would shed light on durability and we can’t possibly test every application that you might use of one of these saws for. However, we feel comfortable that all the table saws in this Head-to-Head are good saws and our testing helps bring to light pros and cons for each saw. Choosing the best portable jobsite table saw wasn’t an easy task but we’re confident we’ve done a thorough evaluation. In a very close race for the best table saw Hitachi beat out the DEWALT which came in second place followed by Skilsaw in third and Makita in fourth.
We adjusted each saw after checking the blade/fence measurements and had no issues getting them adjusted . We don’t do long term testing in this type of article as it’s simply not feasible…so making a statement about whether the saw holds those dewalt accessories adjustments isn’t feasible. We evaluated the fences and ranked them in the ergonomics section, we even did lateral load testing on them as part of that ranking. Below is a graph showing the weights of all the table saws including their stands.