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New Table Saw Needed!
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New Table Saw Needed!
So I need a new table saw. The old unisaw is just not keeping up. While I want more power, I like the delicateness of the delta. Is the Powermatic 72 the next step?
thanks.
thanks.
Personally I am a fan of an older direct drive saw, notably a tannewitz or my latest lust-after machine the oliver 270. I have fond memories of a big direct drive saw at RIT.......
If you are stuck on those sheet metal saws, I may have a line on a powermatic 72. I think it needs bearings, but is late model gold, original owner. http://machinejunkie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=69
Pete
If you are stuck on those sheet metal saws, I may have a line on a powermatic 72. I think it needs bearings, but is late model gold, original owner. http://machinejunkie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=69
Pete
Nojo,
First of all I run a Powermatic 66 (5hp) as my primary rip saw and I use a Unisaw (3hp) as my primary cross cut saw. I mention this because I could not live without the ability to tilt one saw to the left and one to the right. I do not know much about the Powermatic 72 but I like the idea of a 12"-14" blade that tilts to the left as a primary rip saw.
I have had experience with a Delta/Crescent 12"-14" and find it a good size with the ability to match or exceed the amount of exposed blade of a 16" direct drive saw while maintaining a more delicate experience based on a smaller diameter blade and a thinner kerf. I have not run the saw with a 14" blade but it is nice to know that it can handle it if you have a project that requires you to turn it up to 11.
Nico
First of all I run a Powermatic 66 (5hp) as my primary rip saw and I use a Unisaw (3hp) as my primary cross cut saw. I mention this because I could not live without the ability to tilt one saw to the left and one to the right. I do not know much about the Powermatic 72 but I like the idea of a 12"-14" blade that tilts to the left as a primary rip saw.
I have had experience with a Delta/Crescent 12"-14" and find it a good size with the ability to match or exceed the amount of exposed blade of a 16" direct drive saw while maintaining a more delicate experience based on a smaller diameter blade and a thinner kerf. I have not run the saw with a 14" blade but it is nice to know that it can handle it if you have a project that requires you to turn it up to 11.
Nico
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I have a 10" sheetmetal powermatic 66 and a cast iron tannewitz 16". I was also an RIT grad with a fondness to the direct drive tanny. It is however a very big saw, with alot of wind and a long reach to get all the way past the blade. I once stood in front of a powermatic 72 and it felt almost the same as the 66. If I were to do large ripping on a daily basis, I wuold opt for the 72, with as large a motor as I could fit under it. It is easier to work around. But I do stress large motor. No one like to slow a saw down.
nojo,
some tips on the PM 72, blade location is forward on the saw to a point that is uncomfortable to run as a "variety" saw, also blade is so far left in the table cutout that I often space custom goovers or dado to the right for custom wood thoatplates (if not spaced the left web of the throatplate is approx 3/16") this I might add places cutter bore on the acme threads and if you use a dado (1" arbor) the shims bind in the threads when spaced over.
now the postive aspects, i have a PM 66, 2 hammonds and a Altendorf F45 in addtion to the
PM 72, the PM 72 is equipped with a 3 roll feeder mostly used for finished lumber ripping, you can use up to a 14" blade, i would recommend the 72 as a secondary saw for ripping and occasional specialty functions, the forward aspect of the blade would prove benificial if one built a table way sliding table, but you really should check one out before jumping in, if it was my only saw... i would not be so kind.
dadude
some tips on the PM 72, blade location is forward on the saw to a point that is uncomfortable to run as a "variety" saw, also blade is so far left in the table cutout that I often space custom goovers or dado to the right for custom wood thoatplates (if not spaced the left web of the throatplate is approx 3/16") this I might add places cutter bore on the acme threads and if you use a dado (1" arbor) the shims bind in the threads when spaced over.
now the postive aspects, i have a PM 66, 2 hammonds and a Altendorf F45 in addtion to the
PM 72, the PM 72 is equipped with a 3 roll feeder mostly used for finished lumber ripping, you can use up to a 14" blade, i would recommend the 72 as a secondary saw for ripping and occasional specialty functions, the forward aspect of the blade would prove benificial if one built a table way sliding table, but you really should check one out before jumping in, if it was my only saw... i would not be so kind.
dadude