Sliding Table Saws part 2 

Yeah…good points. Sliders aren’t for everyone but for those that use one…superb! I can’t imagine not having one. Anyway, thanks for watching the video

Thank you, Michael! Hopefully it helps someone out there.

Thanks a ton David. Your Fritz/Franz jig and my ZCI are two essentials for this saw!

I would like to get a fritz and Frank jig. Do I need an instagram account to do that?

​@@ramonartful that's great that you two build each other up here and on Instagram. You both have some valuable tips and tricks. 👍

@@frankparsley1913 just now saw this. You don't have to have an instagram account but that's an easy way to contact David Bedrosian. He also has a RU-vid Channel. www.youtube.com/@davidbedrosian1567

Cool to hear…thanks for the feedback

You’re gonna love your new slider…congrats! And thanks 🙏🏼

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Thanks man! 👊🏼

Sounds like fantastic modifications/additions! Gotta love sliders….so versatile! Thanks 🙏🏼

Hey Joe…thanks a ton for the good words! I’ve set up a couple of sliders (decades ago) and I remember fussing (and cussing😆) with the adjustment for hours! But, I didn’t use a dial indicator…thinking back…I feel silly. I did finally get them both set up extremely accurate. Now, my buddy David Bedrosian (on Instagram) has some excellent tutorials for setting up a slider. He even has a hashtag #bedrosianslidingtablesaw that has them all consolidated. You can find him on IG @bedrosianwoodworks I would like to do a tutorial on slider adjustments one day…but his are very good and I have little time. I hope this helps and thanks again 🙏🏼

@@ramonartful that helps a lot! I’ll definitely check that out! There’s probably no need for you to do a video on sliders since there’s already content outthere. Spare yourself the headache and keep pumping out videos on other things instead. Thanks so much for the reply, I really do appreciate it, god bless😁

Hey Marty. Are you Apex Woodworks on Instagram? I’ll dm you

@@ramonartful That's me, Ramon!

Gracias. Tengo que traducir cada palabra para entender tu comentario. No sé cómo agregar subtítulos en español. Estoy tratando de aprender a hacer eso.

@@ramonartful ok, muchas gracias

Congrats on the new saw! I love mine…except for the throat plate! But I got that figured out! BTW…if you follow David Bedrosian on Instagram, he has a new hashtag that may be helpful! #bedrosianslidingtablesaw lots of tips and he sells a fantastic Fritz/Franz jig. 💪🏼

Do you mean at the beginning of the video? That’s probably a good rule of thumb in general. But experience shows how using pressure at key points whilst cutting makes this a safe operation. Relatively. All machines impose some danger. Thanks

@@ramonartful 😬👍🏻

Hello Pablo. Do you mean laying the fence down to utilize a short height fence? I do use that on occasion. It is a safe alternative. Much thanks.

Hey Derek! (Also my sons name😬) Sorry , I don’t have a dado stack on my Hammer. I do dados on my 10” saw. If you’re on Instagram, you might check out David Bedrosian. He goes by @bedrosianwoodworks and does some great IGTV vids related to the K3. Maybe even some on the dado. And thanks

@@ramonartful thanks Ramon, I will set up an Instagram account and check David's page out. Thanks for the tip. If all else fails I will give the tech team at felder a call.

@@derekrobertson1548 Yeah...they are super helpful

Hello David I can send you photos if you want to share your email or I’m on IG…I could DM them to you. My small slider (Hammer K3) and my 10” table saw do share a 5’ wide x 8’ long table. It’s built in two pieces, and connected to the saws. The two sections created a space in the middle…so I created a box and added a lid. I keep wrenches, scoring blade and other table saw related items in there. Thanks

I bought my K700S because of it’s ability to cut dados, got rid of my Powermatic cabinet saw and haven’t missed it one bit! 😁👍🏻

@@tundrawhisperer4821 that’s cool. Glad to hear. I think I’ve seen your comments all over the sliding table saw videos. I guess when you were looking to get one, you were asking questions. Glad to hear you like it. I’m sure I’ll love it too but as you can see from my videos, my assembly table is very big and I’ll be missing a good portion of it with the slider. We’ll see.

The space that my slider is in, is much smaller than yours! It’s the same length at 33’ but only 17’wide. I have a cabinet saw at the opposite corner to the slider. I plan on doing a YT shop tour soon. It’s tight, but for that I do it works. Thanks

I have a Minimax cu300 smart with the 8.5 foot slider. At two different times it was used in a 2 car garage and it worked beautifully in that space. I think it was only 22’ long x24’ wide. Once you go slider, you can’t go back. Lol

Thanks for watching the video and great questions. 1) I like my fence dead parallel on both my table saws. If the fence is toed out, when I’m cutting pieces to length using the slider with the rip fence pulled back…if the widths are different, you’ll get different sized cuts. A narrow piece registers tight…while a wider piece contacts the rip fence further back first. I get it, it’s a safety thing. But with a properly set up riving knife…I have zero issues and no burning. It just makes sense to me for accuracy. 2) I like the slider carriage to be slightly higher as set at factory. I am aware of the problem, but in general, these cuts aren’t the final process. I can joint by machine to clean that discrepancy or I use my 10” table saw to make narrow cuts. Sheet goods slide across the transition much easier as set. I don’t think it’s a problem with rips or anything wider than say, 4 or 5 inches. (100+ mm ) I see it like this; if my material is 3/4” (19mm) thick, and my rips are that narrow as well, then the edge would/could be out of square by that offset. Couple thou? As the rips get wider, that out of squareness becomes less of course. Hope that helps

@@ramonartful thanks, man! Just what I was looking for!

Absolutely. I use a larger blade when ripping lumber. Of course, the scoring blade needs to be removed. If Hammer mentioned this…I missed it. I even purchased quality 12” blades for cutting sheet goods…too bad I can’t use em with the scoring blade.

Thanks for the response.

Ha ha…that made me laugh! 🙏🏼👊🏼