Anil can a circular saw easily do all the job of a table saw and vice versa?
Which one is more practical in use?
Table saws have an adjustable guide which you can set
once to the correct width and subsequently, all cuts will be nice and parallel
and of the same width. You need a lot of space, both for the table itself,
and also for the job piece at both input and output side.
In US, you get nice, foldable and light weight table saws from companies
like Ryobi, and they also have a miter setting to get angled cuts. But
the table saws I have seen in India are heavy and bulky and no
miter setting either.
For most of DIY work, a good hand held circular saw is good enough.
They can be dangerous if you use them improperly, so do read some
of the excellent info available on the net, about using circular saws
properly. I managed to build two pairs of speakers using just a
circular saw and a jig saw for the driver cutouts/holes.
I would say a good router and jig saw are excellent additions to your
toolkit, but I have been able to make do without them because there
are a number of woodworking/carpentry shops in my area, which
have these tools and do the job for a very small amout (Rs 50ish).
Some of these shops have table saws and even large band saws.
These guys use the router to carve designs in teak wood. They
do not have any kind of circle jig, and are not interested in it either,
even though I tried to tell them about it. They hand cut round holes
using a table mounted jig saw.
The router guy made the tweeter rebates fairly accurately by hand!
hyeah:
. The trick was to draw two circles with 1mm gap in between , and run the blade though the 1mm gap.
Thanks for the link.
