This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. For the longest time, I’d held off on adding a table saw to the shop arsenal. My past experience has been one of frustration and inconvenience. Good quality table saws require significant space in the shop. To get a good cut you had to sacrifice a massive amount of space – which I don’t have. Portable versions often were too heavy and would get sidelined for the lighter, more versatile circular saw on the job site. So bring on the straightedge and hope for the best. Right? Combining a quality shop saw with mobility seemed flat-out pointless as you’d need to completely redesign both to make one version that met the real demands in the field. Then DeWalt came out with the DWE7485 Table Saw – an attempt to combine the benefits of a high-quality shop saw with the portable site saw. We were sent the DeWalt DWE7485 to review – join us as we detail our experience with it. Read More
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Rockler Table Saw Crosscut Sled – A Power-up For Your Workhorse
Ask a random woodworker what power tool they consider the backbone of their shop. There’s a good chance “table saw” will be at or near the tip of their tongue. Figuratively, we hope. Most projects begin at the table saw. But to get the most out of yours, you need to accessorize: a fashionable handbag, some shiny bling and a jig or two. One jig every woodworker should own is a crosscut sled. It opens a world of possibilities and causes stock miter gauges to blush of inadequacy. Home Fixated sponsor Rockler recently sent us their table saw crosscut sled to check out. With its adjustable miter fence, flip stop and workpiece hold-down clamp, it has a lot to offer. Basically, it’s a tool for your tool. Read More
