Craftsman 15 amp 10" Portable Corded Table Saw (21806) Reviews
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“Great for light to medium weight tasks”
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FWIW, I have been an avid woodworker for 35 years. Here's a tip for table saw newbies - If you need a "super accurate" saw, stop looking at bench top style saws or anything else where the blade is mounted directly onto the motor. Direct drive will NEVER be "super" accurate. Pretty good? Sure, a well made, adjusted, and maintained direct drive saw CAN be pretty good. This one falls into that category. Keep it clean and double check your adjustments and you can do very nice work with this machine. Fail to perform proper maintenance... all bets are off.
Having said that, I've had this saw for a few years now (got it when it first came out) and happy with my purchase. I've built a lot of small cabinetry and medium sized furniture with it. While it's not perfect, it certainly is better than most bench-top style saws. For those that complain about the blade, well, you're right - the stock blade is junk. Then again, EVERY saw I've ever bought has had a less than great blade supplied. Run to the nearest Freud dealer and get a LU84 series 50 tooth combination blade for general purpose cutting - you'll be glad you did. I'm well aware that GOOD blades are expensive, but so is good lumber. When the manual says "use the correct blade for the job", their not saying that just to sell saw blades. Rip some 4/4 cherry with a fine tooth crosscut blade and then with a proper rip blade and you'll see what I mean. It's better for the saw, the blade, your project, and most of all - your safety if you spend the time/money on quality blades.
Contrary to what has been posted here, you CAN use a dado with this saw. There is (or at least was) a table insert available. I fabricated a zero clearance insert for mine as well for ripping thin strips. I had to do a minor adjustment to the fence to get it parallel to the blade, but I expect to do that with a new machine. I check it pretty often and have only had to tweak it once or twice. The sliding miter table works well enough. I ordered an extra miter fence from Sears Parts so I would have one for mounting jigs to. The cost wasn't bad (<$35 at the time), and the shipping was fast. Right now I have a box joint jig on my spare fence for use with the Freud 8" box joint set - it works great with this saw.
I agree with the poster who said not to bother with the sawdust bag. I use either a shop vac or my Delta dust collector (4" to 2 1/2" adapter needed). With a vac system, dust is very well under control for this class of saw.
All in all, I wouldn't use this for really heavy projects, but that's NOT what it's designed to do. If you're doing average "homeowner" DYI projects, this saw should be fine, but if you are doing heavy work, get a bigger saw.
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