Plastic Gears on Table Saws & Incra Info
Hello all.
(small shop hobby woodworker)
1) I’ve been looking at the Porter Cable Hybrid Table Saw. There’ve been quite a few good reviews, but I noted one review indicating it has plastic gears (on the tilt / raise /lowering mechanisms, as I understand it). The reviewer suggested this would cause long term repeatibility problems, accuracy issues, etc. Is this the case? Should anyone trying to make nice furniture avoid such plastic gears? If they do “wear out” — what is the generally accepted time frame…. 5 yr, 10yr, ?
2) Has anyone put an INCRA TS-LS on a Bosch 4100 worksite table saw (with relative ease and good results?)
3) What is the general opinion on the Incra TS-LS ?
Thanks. (I’m searching the forum as well, but thought I’d look at some fresh opinions as well.)
dr y
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I just read a complaint about the plastic gears in Hitachi C10FL, which is essentially a predecessor to the Porter Cable PCB270TS. He had a problem with damage to the plastic gears, and the saw is out of warranty. It's not a great choice in materials for that application, and I don't think most people realize that these gears are plastic. I wouldn't buy the saw. Instead, I'd look at a good used saw, or one of the other new saws in the same price range...Ridgid R4512, Craftsman 21833, Steel City 35990C, or see if you can get the Craftsman 22116 to go on sale below $700 (it happens).
Delta Hybrid
We've only had ONE floor modle in the store, and I wasn't impressed at all. I had issues with the blade raising mechanism. To save space they installed a cog belt off on the front hand wheel, possible problems and more moving parts. And the elevating hand wheel was very high on the cabinet and tended to be an akward knuckle buster.
For a Hybrid saw, I would go with the Jet. We have that on the floor and I like it, for what it is.
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