Axminster TS-200 Saw Bench

[filsgreen]

I'm about to buy the above mentioned TS and I was wondering if anyone can advise me about what blade to buy? It does not say what blade is supplied but I want to buy a good one.

The blade spec is 200mm/30mm, which to my mind is pretty small and I can't seem to find that size on the Axy website. Any help is much appreciated.
Cheers

Phil

PS I already have these blades, which I bought when they were on sale for £14 :shock: shows how long ago I bought them. Would I be better off getting a saw to accommodate these?
http://www.axminster.co.uk/sessionID/BJF/product-Bosch-TCT-Saw-Blade-Twinpacks-720101.htm

 

[wizer]

Normally I'd recommend Freud blades, as many do. But it looks like they don't do a 200mm blade. Nearest they do it either 190mm or 216mm. I'm pretty certain that 216mm won't fit, but you never know. 190mm will still get you through about 40mm material, I think?

What size are your Bosch blades?

 

[wizer]

Phil I stand corrected, Freud do make a 200mm saw:

http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psPro ... P30M===016

This would be a very good multipurpose blade.

oh and if you let me know the size of those bosch blade, I might be interested..

 

[filsgreen]

Thanks Wizer but I don't think I'll be ordering from Rutlands, £20 for delivery to Jersey :shock: . I'll keep hold of the blades as I'm rethinking my options, but they were these.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/sessionID/BJF/product-Bosch-TCT-254mm-Saw-Blade-Twinpack-649347.htm

Cheers

Phil

 

[wizer]

Well if you change your mind and find them defunct, let me know.

 

[Ironballs]

You can also find the Freud blades on ebay, might not have the same choice but the price can often be better

 

[Shrubby]

Phil , CMT sell 200x30 blades - Axminster should sell them.
The 190 are for portable saws and can be a cheap way to get a fine blade to cut sheet (you lose 5mm depth of cut against a 200)
The 216 are for Elu scms. Going down in size 10 or 20 mm is something I've done with an 8" startrite. Going up in size isn't recommended as you might foul the riving knife or internal workings of the saw as you lower or tilt the blade
If you're buying a machine, it is tempting to stick with industry standard blade sizes and bores to save bother and money
Regards Matt

 

[filsgreen]

Thanks guys for your advice. Matt I am now thinking about buying a 254mm machine due to availability of blades, but I am torn as a lot of people like the Axy ts200. I especially like the induction motor, well my ears and neighbours anyway

Phil

 

[Rich]

Phil, have a peek at my greenhouse post, you'll see my ts200 there.

Rich.

 

[filsgreen]

Thanks Rich, just done the dirty deed Only paid £248 because VAT free, but delivery is £38 so saved about a fiver. To be honest I could have afforded to spend more on the TS, but I think this one is more than adequate for my skill level. What blade are you using Rich? Should I buy a CMT and get it delivered with the machine?

Cheers

Phil

Sod it Rich, I thought I would save the delivery and order this anyway
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product....er_id=CMT&name=&user_search=&sfile=1&jump=336

 

[Rich]

That's a good choice phil, I'm still using the original blade, check the riving knife, I had to contact Axi and get them to send me the correct thickness one, FOC, which they did without question.

Regards,

Rich.

 

[filsgreen]

Thanks Wizer but what you suggested has the same problem of a 200mm blade. This very fact makes me think that I'm getting bogged down in the minutae and maybe I should stick to my original choice. Also I've just built a workbench to the height of the TS200 so that it could provide out feed support. The price of the upgrade to Sheppach has made me think, am I going to notice the £300 difference?

Phil

 

[wizer]

Yes I think you will notice the difference. But I think you will be happy with Axi TS200. At the end of the day, it's the user that makes a good piece of furniture, not the TS. It just might mean that you'll have to do a little fiddling to get it running the way you want.

 

[TheTiddles]

Mine arrives today, though it will probably be the weekend before I get it out of the box, curse the toad of work...

Aidan

 

[filsgreen]

I put mine together today and have left the sliding carriage off, besides taking up another foot at least, I couldn't figure how how it all fitted together. Beside which I'm pi**ed of with the right hand table, bowing in the middle. Love the induction motor though, very quiet. I'll post pictures sometime through the week when I've figure out how to get the bow out of the table.

Phil

 

[filsgreen]

Just a quick up date. I've phoned APTC and they are going to send out a replacement RH table as soon as possible, well done Axminster =D> .

I've had a brain wave about the layout of the shop, I think I'll be able to fit in the sliding carriage I've just got to get someone to help me move my workbench, it weighs a ton. Piccy's tomorrow, I'm off to work now.

Phil

 

[ByronBlack]

Looking forward to seeing how your saw fits into your workshop. How wide is your workshop?

Could anyone tell me how wide the entire unit is with the RH extension and the sliding table? My triton looks as good as sold, and I can see an order for one of these winging it's way to Axminster soon.

 

[filsgreen]

It's a garage Byron, 16 x 9, I suppose it is a bit pretentious to call it a workshop . I'll have 7 foot of usable space after jigging things around. The saw is 1200x880x550 mm and weighs 69 Kg. Mine came with extraction hoses from the safety cover and the base of the machine, that combine to fit 100mm extraction pipe, this is not mentioned in the blurb. The best feature is hardly any noise, it's bliss after using a cheapo SIP model a few years back. Anyway I'll go and take some pictures now.

Cheers

Phil

 

[ByronBlack]

Thanks for that phil, your dimensions are virtually the same as mine (9ft wide) I was going to have my saw half way into my workshop perpendicular to the narrow side, so I should still have some 5ft to the side of the machine which seems fine.

I'm quite excited about getting it now, induction motors are a god given joy

 

[filsgreen]

Byron, the blurb from APTC web site state that the width is 1200mm but I've just put the carriage on and the width is actually 1410mm :shock: . I'm still jigging the wokbench and the saw, the workbench is going to provide additional support.

Phil