Overview
Starting when I was 13 this table saw was my first major woodworking project. My first real endeavor into making things, it came from a want to build projects that would be significantly easier with a table saw for ripping and crosscutting wood. Using the motor and blade from a dewalt radial arm saw I developed and built blade raising mechanism, fence system, and overall table structure from scratch.
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Build Process
Ironically a usefull tool for building a tablesaw is a tablesaw. The initial saw I used for ripping and crosscutting material for later designs was merely a circular saw bolted to a piece of mdf which I used to construct the fence and frame. I could then use that setup to finish the more complex handle operated blade height adjustment.
What I Learned
My first lesson in everything is takes longer and is more diffucult than you intialy expect. It gave me a huge appreciation for the precision and planning that is nessacery to make things work.