Popular Post ..Kev Posted February 23, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Some of you may know but, I recently replaced the table saw for the shop. Here'a a little overview as well as why I made the decisions I did. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankstick Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 I'm jealous. That would take up my whole shop. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted February 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 35 minutes ago, Bankstick said: I'm jealous. That would take up my whole shop. It does chew up a pretty good chunk of mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 If I was buying a new one, that would be my choice too. I keep up with this stuff so little, that I didn't know they came with digital readouts now. What's going to be the solution to the miter bar slots in the outfeed table now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted February 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, Tom King said: If I was buying a new one, that would be my choice too. I keep up with this stuff so little, that I didn't know they came with digital readouts now. What's going to be the solution to the miter bar slots in the outfeed table now? For now, I've just lowered the OF table below the level of the slots. One of the benefits of the OF table being built slightly low and having leveling feet. If I run into a situation where I need the tabes dead level, I'l cut new miter slots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 New music, I like the change.. I'll never own a PM saw, but I don't mind, my Griz 1023 does what I need to do. Though I do admit, I'm a tad jealous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 That is one nice piece of machinery - certainly nicer that what I'm accustomed to. But then, so is Rick's Grizzly, and most of the rest of the saws I see here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted February 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, RichardA said: New music, I like the change.. I'll never own a PM saw, but I don't mind, my Griz 1023 does what I need to do. Though I do admit, I'm a tad jealous. Nothing wrong with that Grizz machine Richard! I nearly went that direction again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggers Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Nice video as always. I like the saw. I really like the large round shutoff button. It should be real easy to find quickly when the occasion arises! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaziri Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Very smart choice on the saw and the shop looks great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Gubbins Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Congrats on the PM Kev. You'll totally love it. In my small basement shop I stepped up to a PM Model 66 20 yrs ago and it was one of the best decisions I've made. I'm simply a hobbyist w/a small room (1/3 the basement) and put mine on a moveable base (which I've never moved!!!). Even on the base that saw is so smooth I've balanced a nickel on edge and turned the saw on/off for some friends - who didn't believe me - and the coin never fell over! She's super smooth and extremely reliable. 3 H.P. 220v, not the bigger saw. And that fence is awesome!! You'll love her! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted February 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 8 hours ago, Jeremy Gubbins said: Congrats on the PM Kev. You'll totally love it. In my small basement shop I stepped up to a PM Model 66 20 yrs ago and it was one of the best decisions I've made. I'm simply a hobbyist w/a small room (1/3 the basement) and put mine on a moveable base (which I've never moved!!!). Even on the base that saw is so smooth I've balanced a nickel on edge and turned the saw on/off for some friends - who didn't believe me - and the coin never fell over! She's super smooth and extremely reliable. 3 H.P. 220v, not the bigger saw. And that fence is awesome!! You'll love her! Thanks Jeremy and welcome to the forums! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Kev your shop is awesome! I would love to have the digital readout that sure beats having to get the wixley out every time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted February 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 11 minutes ago, pkinneb said: Kev your shop is awesome! I would love to have the digital readout that sure beats having to get the wixley out every time. The funny thing is that I used the wixley to set the stops 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chashint Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 I saw your video on the saw and it was top notch, as are all your others. I appreciate your YouTube channel a lot, I have reallly enjoyed it. Thank you for doing it, I know it's a lot of work. At the end of January I bought a new table saw. I wanted 3hp single phase and I t came down to the 3hp SawStop PCS or the PM2000B. I went with the PCS just because I wanted the technology, the PM is a great saw too. My other saw was 14 years old so it had no safety features. Now that I have been using the SS I find more "comfort" having the riving knife than knowing it has the brake technology. Looking forward to seeing the projects you create going forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chashint Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 I recently gave my Wixley away. There was too much error for machine setup. I have better results using a square and a triangle. Of course right after I gave the digital gauge away I wanted to cut a 10 degree bevel using the band saw and it would have been plenty accurate for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Very nice saw, Kev! I just bought a Powermatic tool, my first one, and I love it. Not a table saw though! I’ll be keeping my Ridgid till the end, I imagine, unless aliens lay a tractor beam on it and suck it up into the sky I have a Wixley angle gauge and I don’t use it much but when I do, it tells me my bandsaw is dead nuts square, or my TS blade is at 45 to the table, that kind of thing. Can’t be beat for those things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdie Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 I have a Wixley and use it on a fairly regular basis. My biggest complaint is that they eat batteries - I've learned to take it out when not in use. I can't imagine how there could've been "too much error." It has a machined square case so if you're setting it up and zeroing it correctly there should be next to no error. I've had the tightest 45d miters and the squarest 90d cuts I've ever had since I started using mine. Whenever I take the blade out of 90 I use the Wixley to put it back and have the closest to perfection a human could expect. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted February 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, Byrdie said: I have a Wixley and use it on a fairly regular basis. My biggest complaint is that they eat batteries - I've learned to take it out when not in use. I can't imagine how there could've been "too much error." It has a machined square case so if you're setting it up and zeroing it correctly there should be next to no error. I've had the tightest 45d miters and the squarest 90d cuts I've ever had since I started using mine. Whenever I take the blade out of 90 I use the Wixley to put it back and have the closest to perfection a human could expect. I've found mine to be very accurate as well but, I'm sure sometimes there's a bad one in the bunch.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Byrdie said: I have a Wixley and use it on a fairly regular basis. My biggest complaint is that they eat batteries - I've learned to take it out when not in use. True dat! I buy my batteries for shop tools in batches of two dozen or so just because of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted February 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 16 minutes ago, Chip Sawdust said: True dat! I buy my batteries for shop tools in batches of two dozen or so just because of that lol.. I think the battery in mine is well over a year old... I can't honestly remember the last time I changed it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, ..Kev said: lol.. I think the battery in mine is well over a year old... I can't honestly remember the last time I changed it.. X2 I don’t ever recall changing them lol I should probably due that. I just had an issue with my tractor battery my mechanic brother asked how olds the battery I said a couple years. Turns out it was 8 years old...he just laughed and said that I had gotten my money’s worth out of that battery. New battery tractor runs fine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Short battery life in digital readouts seems to be common. I have an igaging caliper that burns through them quickly. My Wixey fence readout uses 2 AAA batteries so hopefully they'll last a bit longer. I installed it several months ago & it's still good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chashint Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 The Wixley is only speced at +/- 0.2 degrees accuracy with 0.1 degree display resolution. Repeatability of the one I had would vary 0.1 degree by moving back and forth between the blade and table. Whatever the actual error was in the one I had x 8 cuts to make a jewelry box and I could easily see the gap in the mitered corner. I am glad all y'all are getting better results than I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 I have 2 Wixeys - one for depth on my planer, and angle unit for measuring tilt on my table saw. I totally love the one on my planer - in fact it's recently gone a little bonkers on me so I need to replace the electronic part (I think). I now realize how much I depend on it. The magnetic angle unit for my TS I don't use as much - as mentioned, it is only so accurate and seems to tend to be a fraction of a degree off. it's no better to me than the gauge on the front of my table saw, so it sees far less use. And +1 to the battery comments above - the depth unit on my planer seems to go through them frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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