| Table Saw is the most versatile tool in any shop. | | | | types of saw but it can offer adequate precision |
| This should be the first machine that a | | | | and capacity for many tasks. Its universal motor |
| woodworker must have. | | | | is not as heavy duty or as silent as a brushless |
| Table saw is the frequent piece of large | | | | AC motor but it offers more capacity that is |
| woodworking equipment. When there's only one | | | | relative to its size and weight. The Contractor |
| tool that large woodworking machinery should | | | | Table Saw is the other kind of saw; this is |
| have this would be the table saw because of its | | | | heavier, larger and has an attached stand or base, |
| versatility. The table saw made up of circular saw | | | | often with wheels. |
| blade, based on an arbor that is run by an electric | | | | The motor of this saw hinges off the rear of the |
| motor either directly, by belt or by gears. Its | | | | saw and drives the blade via single belt using 1 or |
| blade is protrudes through the surface of the | | | | 2hp induction type motor. The Contractor table |
| table, which provides support for the material | | | | saw is often used by a hobbyist and homeowners |
| usually wood that will be cut. A good table saw | | | | because it only use standard electrical circuits that |
| should be the centerpiece of the workshop | | | | provide adequate power to run it and also due to |
| because it is use to rip, square, miter, groove, | | | | its low cost. |
| shape and join pieces. | | | | The third general type of table saw is the Cabinet |
| In latest kind of table saws, moving the blade up | | | | table Saw; this is heavy because it use large |
| and down varies the depth of the cut; the higher | | | | amounts of cast iron and steel to minimize |
| the blade protrudes the table, the deeper the cut | | | | vibration and increase accuracy. This saw is |
| that is made on the material use. In early table | | | | described by having a close cabinet base to collect |
| saws, the blade and arbor are secured and table | | | | dust and usually have induction motors in 3 to 5hp |
| was move up and down to expose more or less | | | | range. The Hybrid Table Saw is the last type of |
| of the blade and the angle of cut is controlled by | | | | saw, which is designed to compete in the market |
| adjusting the angle of blade. In earlier saws, it | | | | with the high end Contractor table saw. It offers |
| angles the table to control the cut angle. There | | | | some of the advantages of the cabinet saw at a |
| are four general kinds of table saws; the | | | | lower price. Hybrid table saw that is available in |
| Benchtop Table Saw, this kind of table saw is | | | | the market today offers an enclosed cabinet to |
| lightweight and designed to work while sitting on | | | | help improve dust collection. |
| the table or other support. | | | | This kind of saw can either be similar to cabinet |
| It usually has direct drive or no v belt or pulleys | | | | saw with a full enclosure from the table top to |
| from a general type of motor. It can be moved | | | | the floor or shorter cabinets on legs. This saw |
| by one person and carried to the job location. | | | | tend to be heavier than contractor saw and |
| This kind of saw often has parts that are made | | | | lighter than cabinet saw. It offers a sliding table as |
| of steel, aluminum, and plastic that is designed to | | | | an option to improve cross cutting capability. The |
| light and compact. The Benchtop Table Saw is the | | | | Hybrid Saw drive mechanisms can be a single v |
| least expensive and least capable of the other | | | | belt serpentine belt or multiple v belts. |