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I went for the 'wheelbarrow' approach mentioned above . Details here: Kity 419 Tablesaw – Further Mods

If at all possible, vent outside. My workshop is in a field and I just vent straight outside, no filter - all the shavings are still collected in the bag as usual, inside the shop. It is the best thing I have ever done in my workshop. If you don't have a field, then make sure the filter is...

It's obviously a contentious subject. My opinion is that if you take your hands away from both the tool and the wood, then the "working" part of the term "woodworking" is highly debatable. The only machine I can think of where this happens briefly is the thicknesser. On all other machines I'm...

I didn't suggest at all that they were a dichotomy - you could also be electrocuted, for example, or have a 12x4 fall on your head. I was merely suggesting that there are potentially more dangerous aspects to woodworking that largely go ignored. Certainly, the act of merely watching a video of...

Sorry, I didn't mean 'get over it' in a patronising way. I meant you (and I) have to 'put up with it' and almost ignore it. Either that, or we have to stop watching YouTube videos. The last question is based on a very real threat that few manufacturers do anything to address and which is a very...

While I can see where you're coming from with the H&S, you just have to sort of 'get over it'. I have a guard on my saw and am not at all comfortable on the few times I've removed it. But if you stop watching videos that don't have guarded blades then you're missing out on a lot of briliant...

Yep! Excellent. Her videos move along at a fast pace yet with loads of info. She's good! Thanks for posting

I've had a 419 for the past 20+ years. Recently ripped down some lengths of 2" African Mahogany - no probs. The main problem with the saw is the awful dust extraction. I've recently carried out a few easy mods to mine, based on ideas from this site. It has improved things immensely For a...

I know this thread is old but it's still a good resource. Just to add some more info and a detailed description of what I did to modify my Kity 419, I refer you to this blog post which contains lots of photos and ideas Kity 419 Table Saw Mods Vinn

My fence isn't bang-on square either. It is pressed metal and I wouldn't have thought it was designed to be used without something screwed onto it. I have used a piece of MDF in the past (sealed and waxed - 'cos bare MDF isn't that slippery), but to tell you the truth I don't tend to rely on the...

Yes, I've used Rock Maple and Sycamore (very similar) before and they are very hard, very close-grained (which is why they are used for flooring). Agreed. I haven't found a way round that one yet. Probably teaching granny to suck eggs but grain direction in machine planing is just as important...

Ryobi RE601 - Mainly in table - excellent Bosch POF 500A - Hand held, light work and mounted on RAS or drill stand. Good enough for a small router. Vinn

Luna Woody (also known as Mafell AD160) Excellent small P/T with quiet induction motor. 160mm width x 120mm thick capacity.

I have the earlier (first?) version of this P/T called a Luna Woody and I highly rate it. I think it does have a design fault with the blade adjustment because the screws want to settle in the pits that they previously made, so if you want to adjust the blade very slightly from where it was...

Kity 419 with sliding carriage, legstand and extension.

I once had a biscuit joint fail where I had used double No. 20 biscuits to join two 4 x 2's. I guess I had pushed the technology too far. Using ply as a sort of huge (but square) biscuit sounds good. After he has cut the shoulders, Norm should cut the cheeks on the bandsaw. I used to do...

Yes, I get what your saying. I think he was actually saying that the money could be better spent elsewhere. I think a lot of people (myself included for a while) might think that sticking an extractor on the ceiling would sort all their dust problems out in one go. Which it won't. Vinn

Norm's method of doing tenons on the TS has always baffled me. He cuts the shoulders using a spacer block off the fence - that makes sense. Then he nibbles away at the short face of the tenon by multiple passes over the blade - Yep, I still get it. Then he gets a huge jig out that needs quite...

Just to make it clear, it was only fine particles I would extract to outside. I'm thinking about fitting a coarser filter (to aid airflow) and maybe site the whole extractor outside (or maybe just the filter bag), so that the fine stuff that gets through the filter will end up in the air, not...

Yes, good point. I had to cycle through just such a dust-cloud towards the end of last summer. Thanks for all your input. I'm certainly leaning towards venting the fine stuff to the outside world.