SLO lighthouse

[jan kirkwood]

Jan even Jeff.

[jimmillho]

Now, thats my kind of Saw. I like the table extension and the Rip Frnce Scale.

Jim

[gnatshop]

new-saw.jpg

Hear is a picture of my new saw, it has all of the attachments including a tilting blade it is the 3070 FET.
Jan

Jan, that saw and the attachments looks great.
The fence looks to have a very firm attachment to the front and a good scale for adjustment.
The miter (angle guide) should be a lot of help.
The blade guard is where it should be - off the saw for thin cuts (with a lot of care).

The only thing I see it needs is a home-made blade shield to allow for closer cuts to the blade for
thin wood stock (how close depends on the blade kerf width and what size wood stock you want to
cut.

Easiest way is to lower the blade, make a piece of wood to fit tightly or siliconed in the slot, then turn on
the saw and raise the blade. Presto, you can cut wood strips as thin as you want without them falling in
the slot!

[jan kirkwood]

Thanks for the suggestion, David I will do that after I finish my lighthouse.

Jan

[postalkarl]

Hi Jan:

Looks good so far. What did you use for the stone foundation? I like the way it looks. I do have 1 suggestion and sometimes I'm also guilty of this. Make sure you file off the sprue nubs at the tops and bottoms of your windows and touch them up with the frame color.

Karl

[Janbouli]

Jan , I have the budget saw from Proxxon and have always regretted not buying the more expensive one, now that I see yours , I think I'll sell the budget one and get the other one instead.

[DarkTerritory]

ps: I did not tell you this, but the Blade Guard may be interfearing with the material you are cutting. You might want to TEMPORALLY remove the Blade Guard. Remember, I said Temporally

Jim

I have this saw as well and the blade guard most definitely interferes with the cut. The very first thing I did after making the first cut (#&*$%!) was to remove it, and I've never looked back. Now, if that's something you want to try, be aware that you have to be extra cautious every time you use it and follow the recommended saftey precautions that you would with any tablesaw with a missing splitter (name for the little tang that sticks up out of the table to mount the blade guard on). It would be worth your while to look these up online, there are plenty of resources online that will show you good saftey habits to follow.

[jan kirkwood]

Hi Jan:

Looks good so far. What did you use for the stone foundation? I like the way it looks. I do have 1 suggestion and sometimes I'm also guilty of this. Make sure you file off the sprue nubs at the tops and bottoms of your windows and touch them up with the frame color.

Karl

Karl thank you for the sprue suggestion, I WILL DO IT. I used NEBrownstone rocks, I really like the way Russ dows his rocks.

Jan

[jan kirkwood]

Jan , I have the budget saw from Proxxon and have always regretted not buying the more expensive one, now that I see yours , I think I'll sell the budget one and get the other one instead.

Jan just remember to get the FET saw and not the other one, the difference is the tilt and the fine adjustment and it is newer.

Jan

[jan kirkwood]

ps: I did not tell you this, but the Blade Guard may be interfearing with the material you are cutting. You might want to TEMPORALLY remove the Blade Guard. Remember, I said Temporally

Jim

I have this saw as well and the blade guard most definitely interferes with the cut. The very first thing I did after making the first cut (#&*$%!) was to remove it, and I've never looked back. Now, if that's something you want to try, be aware that you have to be extra cautious every time you use it and follow the recommended saftey precautions that you would with any tablesaw with a missing splitter (name for the little tang that sticks up out of the table to mount the blade guard on). It would be worth your while to look these up online, there are plenty of resources online that will show you good saftey habits to follow.

I agree about the guard, I have never used a guard with my full sized saw either.

Jan