Home made table sawPage 1 Home made table saw This article by Pekka Svinhufvud My homemade table saw is 600 mm wide and 600 mm deep. The saw's frame is made of 30 mm thick birch plywood. It's on wheels so it's easy to move. I can push it under my workbench. The rip fence is made of 50 mm steel tubing with the sliding surface made of Corian. The table has a miter slot for accessories like cross cutting sleds. The blade can be raised and lowered by turning a screw on the front. I use a cordless drill to raise and lower the blade. Tilting of the saw is locked with the screw in the lower curved slot. There is no handle. I usually lift up the top to tilt the saw. The blade must be fully lowered when opening or closing the saw when it's tilted! The arbour and motor are installed on a U-shaped cradle. The whole cradle tilts to set different blade angles. The plate that mounts the motor and arbour can be tilted around a shaft with two pairs of bearings. The plate (red) is made of 10 mm thick steel. The arbour bearings are installed on a wooden block to raise them up further to get the arbour closer to the table. The motor is a 3-phase motor driven with an inverter. A sliding block under the motor is moved by the depth adjustment screw. This tilts the motor assembly up and down to adjust the depth of cut. http://woodgears.ca/reader/pekka/tablesaw.html 5/30/2013 9:06:27 AM The spindle is made from a 20 mm shaft. it takes only a short time to turn. My motor is installed so that the belt is just behind the blade. I can buy this rod locally in short lengths. the blade attaches on the other side of the arbour. Counter clockwise screws or nuts are used for right-tilting saws. and it was made by him.Home made table saw Page 2 Here the saw is in its down position. I used 20 mm rod because it fits right in the cheap bearings. the blade is locked onto it with a screw. I get more room for tilting with this design. http://woodgears.html 5/30/2013 9:06:27 AM . and another friend of ours has a good garage for welding etc. I can help him with design. weld and turn. When I got my arbour installed I fine tuned it exactly so that the blade is parallel to the miter slot and perpendicular to the table top. so I used hinges instead. The arbour is perhaps the most important component of such saws. We work together often. A skilled machinist such as my friend ensures that the blade sits exactly and runs true. In my case it rotates counter clockwise as seen from the blade end. but these are difficult to make..2 mm wide and accommodates all blade tilt angles. My saw can be tilted to the left. Then a 7 mm hole is drilled in the end of the shaft (on the lathe) and a M8 thread is tapped. so the rotation of the arbour will tighten the screw.. a flange is welded and turned to the end. The screw has right hand thread. Most saws use trunnions for the blade tilt. This disk locks the blade onto the arbour with a screw. there is no need to machine the main shaft. A 40 mm steel disk with a 20 mm hole is welded on the end of the shaft Then it is turned on metal lathe on all surfaces. I have a very good friend who has a metal lathe.ca/reader/pekka/tablesaw. The slot for the blade is 6. The bearings have locking screws to clamp to the shaft. But any small machine shop can help. They are surprisingly cheap. Then we made a small disk of 35 mm diameter with an 8 mm hole. and it turns clockwise seen from that side. The belt pulleys are standard wheels with a tapered collet to lock on the shaft. For right tilting saws. It's made from a 20 mm steel rod. A recess of 30 mm is turned to fit the blade (the hole on blade is 30 mm) to a depth a little less than the blade is thick. It is important keep in mind which direction the arbour turns. I played with a computer to study this blade tilting question and found a combination of hinge position and how far the blade should be from the hinge pivot. sandspreaders Thick steel plates are screwed to the frame.Home made table saw Page 3 Agricultural Machinery www. The table top is hinged on the back. and the hinges are mounted to these plates. My tilting router lift is also installed on the table top.Rear forestry crane Vibroflex harrows. I had to route some recesses to allow for the maximum cutting height.it/ Made in Italy .com Setting the standard in gang rip saws and rip optimizing systems http://woodgears.tecnomeccanicaformia.mereen-johnson.html 5/30/2013 9:06:27 AM .ca/reader/pekka/tablesaw. Mereen-Johnson Rip Saws www. Finland You can also download Pekka's table saw SketchUp CAD model. Please note that this CAD model was used by Pekka to work out the geometry. This connects to my vacuum system from behind the saw. It is NOT a complete plan with instructions.ca/reader/pekka/tablesaw.html 5/30/2013 9:06:27 AM . More of Pekka's machines: Pekka's three wheeled Pekka's homemade bandsaw miter saw Pekka's tilting router lift Segmented turning sailboat pattern More homemade table saws: Dad's homemade tablesaw Back to woodgears.Home made table saw Page 4 For sawdust removal I made a hood of polycarbonate.ca Hector's homemade tablesaw Lucas Contreras's homemade tablesaw John Heisz's homemade tablesaw http://woodgears. Pekka Svinhufvud. It captures dust better than my friend's expensive saw.