Greetings all,
New member here and relatively new woodworker. I really, really enjoy this work, and I have been trying to immerse myself in anything that can teach me or help me understand how better to approach the process. I've been subscribing to Fine Woodworker, Woodsmith, Wood and Family Handyman and reading woodworking books. Have been collecting tools and familiarizing myself with them as much as possible. One huge mistake I made early on was not being selective in regards to my table saw and I ended up with this refurbished Ryobi thing that is OK powerwise but jumps around every time I turn it on, has no table space for anything bigger than about 2X4X48 without being unwieldy, the fence is awful, the sled is useless, etc etc. So I know what I hate
Anyways, I am now in a position to purchase a decent, real table saw and I am finding the width and breadth of options pretty intimidating. I'm not part of any local community that can help me make the decision and I don't really know anyone that has exposure to different brands that can give me advice. So that's where you guys hopefully come in.
I have roughly $1700 to spend. I definitely cut up a lot of sheet goods. I'm mostly interested in building furniture and so would probably be running a variety of woods through the saw. Not into turning atm. I really like big, long, wide tables. Floor-space isn't really an issue for me. A few conditions that complicate things for me:
- The funds I have available are in the form of Amazon gift cards. I have to be able to purchase the saw from the Amazon site, so I cannot consider used equipment or stuff that Amazon doesn't stock
- I do not currently have my shop wired for 220v but I could do so if it makes sense. The cost of doing so would not be factored into the $1700
- I would like to have a way to move the saw around, so if it doesn't include a mobility frame with wheels like the HTC2000 base I'd like to factor that into the cost
- If the saw has a poor or insufficient fence I'd like to include the cost of replacing it with a Bies
- Could use some leeway for other accessories like a Freud Dado
At the moment, I've been leaning towards the Grizzly G0715P, but that is based almost entirely off of reviews on the Amazon site. Anyways, thanks in advance for any advice you guys can give! My last batch of Amazon gift cards will be arriving in a few days and I am hoping that I will be ready to pull the trigger then =D