What kind of table saw do you have

[MGoBlue1984]

Started with a Craftsman 103.22171 8” belt drive saw, 1960 vintage, with a 1 hp Baldor motor (original was 1/2 hp). Cast iron web extension wings (finger breakers!). Very finicky to adjust, but used it for years. Handed down from my Dad. Still have it in storage.

Had a Delta 1160 till top 10” saw, handed down from grandfather. Lack of space dictated I sell it.

Somewhere around 1997 I bought a 3 hp Unisaw. Over the years added cast iron wings, an over arm guard, mobile base, Biesemeyer fence and disappearing splitter.

[Arlin Eastman]

I did have the Grizzly g0690 which was a great cabinet saw with riving knife and 3hp

Now the saw I have which was given to me by Aram is a Powermatic 66 with 3hp that saw is a lot more quite then the grizzly and after cleaning everything works way smoother.  I do need to make a riving knife for it tho

   

[Arlin Eastman]

I will start it. Started woodworking in 1973.  There was no microwaves, cable TV , no cell phones, just dial up but we did have 8 track tapes. 3 tv stations and they went off the air at midnight.  The only woodworking magazine was Workbench. I will include Popular Science. The only store that I knew of, to get any woodworking machinery, was Sears. Compared to today it was like living in the stone age

My first saw was a Sears RAS. In late 75 I saw a Shopsmith demonstration and I wanted one and I got one, in 84 got hurt and was off work 3 years, had to sell Shopsmith. In 86 got a, made in 1953. Sears table saw with no rip fence. Was able to get a Biesmeyer 52 inch home shop rip fence. Even to today I love the fence.  A couple of years later I upgraded to a delta contractor and in 1992 got a General 350 cabinate saw. 

Later I thought Saw Stop was just a gimmick saw, but after two professional woodworker friends had table saw accidents I reconsidered, and with one of the government stimulus checks, wife got one also I was able to sell the General saw and buy the saw Stop 3 HP saw.

I love the left tilt, and every other things about it. It is very well built and at 79 will probably be the last saw I buy.

Tom

Tom
Do not forget the 1956 Dewalt RAS with the 3/4hp you gave me.  It is now up and running and just need to adjust the surface table

[tablesawtom]

Tom
Do not forget the 1956 Dewalt RAS with the 3/4hp you gave me.  It is now up and running and just need to adjust the surface table

Yes I did forget that one. I also have a benchtop Rigid table saw in my garage. I have a DeWalt 10 inch RAs that I also use. I do not have a Compound miter saw. I didn't mention it because I am asking about table saws but I have truly enjoyed reading about what every one has including RAS's. And I hope people continue to respond to this post because I love reading about how passionate people are about their love for working wood. And how that passion influences purchases. And Photos don't hurt.

Tom

[EvilTwin]

I've been through a few.   First actual table saw was one of the Cman contractor saws with the cable drive (no belt).   I lived with that POS for a while all through my first marriage.  Upgraded the fence as the original was mostly useless. 

That was replaced with a new Unisaw sometime in the mid 90's with the long Biesmeyer fence.  I kept that saw quite a while, but I sold it and upgraded to a Delta 12/14 when I was in the OWWM era back around 2008.  I was a serious knucklehead back then. I had just gotten two new hip replacements and a month later I'm jackassing out to the western part of VA to pick this thing up.  Lucky for me there was another guy picking up a machine from the same place and he helped me take the top off and get the thing in the back of the truck.  Otherwise I would have never managed it.



It cleaned up nicely and looked like this after I finished with it.




After a while I sold it off since it was more table than saw and I picked up a Bosch 10" saw on the gravity rise stand.  I moved that saw out to the shed and filled the garage/shop with bikes(motorcycles).  I still have that saw and it still sits in the shed along with a mitersaw on one of the Ridgid MSUV stands.

In an effort to get back into woodworking again, I picked up an INCA 10" saw, the kind where the table raises and tilts and the arbor is stationary.  It was a very nice little saw, but the non standard miter gauge slots and tiny table just didn't work for me.

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My last and current saw is as old as I am, a 1956 Unisaw.  I picked it up for 100 bucks and rebuilt it last summer.  What is unique about this saw is I built a shroud for the blade that travels up and down and throughout the tilt range and has a 2 inch port to capture most of the dust before it floats to the bottom of the cabinet.  I also engineered a blade guard with dust collection that seems to do a fair job at capturing dust at the top.  

Blade Shroud: 

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Plugging up the extra holes for dust flow :
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The blade guard with DC and CNC milled throat plate:

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[todayIlearned]

For the last 25 years I got the General 350.

[Gary G™]

…refurb’ed Uni

You’re just showing off. As well you should be. Nicely done.

[EightFingers]

Used to have a Sawstop 5hp saw. Great saw no problems, never set off the brake. Since I moved from Hawaii, I had to downsize so I now have a Dewalt job site saw. Decent saw, but hard to find blades for it

[FrankAtl]

You’re just showing off. As well you should be. Nicely done.

No kidding. That 12/14 looks like a beast!

[MstrCarpenter]

I don't have enough time to list all that I've had other than I started with my Dad's 1960? Craftsman. There's one in like new condition in the attic that has dozens of extra features like sliding table and extendable wings which means way too many moving parts to be accurate. (Free to a needy home, but please just take it. I'm not shipping anywhere.)

In current portable use there's two 8" Makita's, one with the original stand and one with the large folding stand. In the shop there's an 8" Rockwell that usually always has a dado set in it. Then in the middle of the shop there's two Delta Unisaws. One has old style round rails fence and an E-Z stock feeder. The other has a 52" Unifence and a wrap around extension table that is surprisingly similar to the arcade game where you drop quarters on the table in hopes more will get pushed off.