Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
On 17-8-2020 23:26, TJ Cornish wrote:
... in a conventional table saw your kept
piece is typically against the fence and right of the blade,
where with the slider, the stop is left of the blade, meaning
if you want to avoid the math of subtracting the blade
thickness and kept portion of the wood, the kept piece needs
to be left of the blade. It＊s not necessarily better or worse,
but it is a pretty different workflow with some space impact,
at least for me.
There is no need to do math with a simple and easy to make
reference stick, see my recent posts in the Bump stop thread:
/g/felderownersgroup/message/108533
/g/felderownersgroup/message/108534
Jonathan
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Re: airtightclamps IWF 2020 Special
Mac, I would like to get a price for clamps for Felder F700Z shaper I just bought.? It has the short slider.? Thanks＃joe
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
I had a 3 car garage shop and the only way to fit a slider big enough to process 4 by 8 sheets was to get a combo.? I moved from separates where I never
had to move anything to a combo saw/shaper where I also had to move the drum sander and planer to use them. ?I would do it again to get the sliding saw and I am a shaper guy.? The slider is that worth it.? Having said that I just moved into a large shop, I
don＊t even had the wiring and duct work done, and I＊ve already bought a stand alone Felder shaper so I don＊t have to deal with the combo.
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What size shop?
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw? - NO
I make furniture for a living. My shop is a coop with 3 other full time builders, and a couple hobbyists. We have 2 KF700's with 80" sliders. One is often setup with a pattern cutter for template shaping. We also have a 10' stroke Panhans, and a Sawstop. No stand alone shaper here and it's never been an issue. Obviously our situation is unique, but I find that the? saw shaper combo isn't a huge compromise. Even before the current redundancy, I could manage with good work flow. I can always cut another part on the bandsaw for example if one went awry. I usually make a few extras anyway. Jason Holtz
J. Holtz Furniture
3307 Snelling Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
I once had a Knapp JP and Saw-Shaper in a 2 car garage. ?Moved the equipment to a larger space. ?I experienced ownership of this equipment in both shops. ?I now still have a JP, not Knapp, instead of separates, but a separate saw and shaper, and I would never want a Saw-Shaper again. ?Too much hassle with setup, at least for me. ?It is really a personal preference and priority issue as to how you want to use your space. ?For me, the shaper fits nicely next to a router table so the infeed for one is outfeed for the other. ?
I have read posts about ditching the router table and just use the shaper for everything, but not so sure that would work for me. ?Went to cut a small chamfer on smaller stock and set up the shaper with the variable angle cutter to 45 degrees, then found that the fence could not be easily setup to avoid the stock being drawn in without an aux fence, and I though, I should just do this on the router table. ?I was making the cut 60 seconds later. ?If I want to make a roundover on smaller pieces, or through dovetails with my modified Keller jig, I like the router table. ?I would love to think the router table is not needed, but at least for me, I am not there yet.
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
Mark,
What options did you choose?
PK
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Re: dust collection question
I＊m not an electrical motor expert, but from what I＊ve read if you use a 60hz motor and run it at 50hz, your power draw (amps) will increase as the motor is producing less torque and the ※slip§ is increasing. In actuality, 50hz power is going to be 380 or 220V and 60hz power is going to be 440/254V, so the V/Hz ratio is the same.
At least that is what I＊m reading, pretty much all over my head. I will also tell you that not all motor tags tell the truth...
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Brian, that old tag shows 20% more amps drawn at 50 hz than at 60 hz.? I would have expected the opposite.? Dave
Hi Joe,
I wouldn＊t know any more＃ I had contacted ATB with all the numbers off my motor plate after I had spent hours on their website and couldn＊t get my SNF90/2D-11 to come up to a 3.0kw motor, they told me it was a 2.2kw motor. This was a problem for me and Felder ended up swapping out the motors and VFD＊s in both of my machines with 4.0kw motors and 5kw VFD＊s. The spec sheets I had from ATB were at least 6 or more computers ago.
You might be able to go to ATB＊s website and decipher them by the numbers＃ if they still make that series of motor. Mine was 20 years ago. I will say if that plate is right, you don＊t even have 3hp...
This was my motor plate, sorry for the bad pic, did it blind＃ you know, held the camera down in the machine and said what the heck...
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On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:21 PM, bacchus6015 via ??< joeinno@...> wrote:
Brian, Can you tell from the tag if the motors in my CF731 are S1 or S6? ? The tag on the CF731 says 3kw but the motors say 2kw. ? Joe in New Orleans On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Brian Lamb <blamb11@...> wrote:
?I＊m not sure what you mean by ※no it is not§, a marketing gimmick? If so, yes it is. They get to call the motor a larger hp than it can provide running full load S1. If you dig into the actual motor specs, which I did years ago (2001 when I got my machines) you will find that the diameter and lengths of the motor are different depending upon the rating. The S6 3kw motors I got were actually only 2.2kw S1 motors.
In actuality Felder should be supplying S7 motors and not S6, as they allow for more frequent starts and stops.
Brian Lamb
blamb11@...
On Aug 17, 2020, at 10:05 AM, Jonathan Martens <jonathan@...> wrote:
On 17-8-2020 16:49, Brian Lamb wrote:
3hp is 3hp, doesn＊t matter if it＊s a single or three phase motor. If the specs say the same CFM is accomplished, then the specs are most likely wrong, or they are using the same exact impeller and housing and the 4hp motor is essentially over kill for the application. Don＊t forget, Felder uses the S1 and S6 motor specifications, so hp is a relative term depending upon the rating of the motor＃. the S1 3hp motor is the same as a S6 4hp motor. It is a marketing gimmick.
No it is not. It has to do with duty cycles and periods under load and reaching thermal equilibrium.
S1 means continuous duty under load, S6 means continuous operation with periodic duty, which means the difference between S1 and S6 is that in the latter situation the motor runs at no-load, without actual stopping for a while in between periods of use.
See for illustrative diagrams and explanation:?
Regards,
Jonathan
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Re: dust collection question
Joe,
my felder paperwork call out motor detail along with service rating. whether i got what it says is a different thing.
imran
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On Aug 17, 2020, at 3:21 PM, bacchus6015 via groups.io <joeinno@...> wrote: ?Brian, Can you tell from the tag if the motors in my CF731 are S1 or S6? The tag on the CF731 says 3kw but the motors say 2kw. Joe in New Orleans On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Brian Lamb <blamb11@...> wrote:
?I＊m not sure what you mean by ※no it is not§, a marketing gimmick? If so, yes it is. They get to call the motor a larger hp than it can provide running full load S1. If you dig into the actual motor specs, which I did years ago (2001 when I got my machines) you will find that the diameter and lengths of the motor are different depending upon the rating. The S6 3kw motors I got were actually only 2.2kw S1 motors.
In actuality Felder should be supplying S7 motors and not S6, as they allow for more frequent starts and stops.
Brian Lamb
blamb11@...
www.lambtoolworks.com
On Aug 17, 2020, at 10:05 AM, Jonathan Martens <jonathan@...> wrote: On 17-8-2020 16:49, Brian Lamb wrote:
3hp is 3hp, doesn＊t matter if it＊s a single or three phase motor. If the specs say the same CFM is accomplished, then the specs are most likely wrong, or they are using the same exact impeller and housing and the 4hp motor is essentially over kill for the application. Don＊t forget, Felder uses the S1 and S6 motor specifications, so hp is a relative term depending upon the rating of the motor＃. the S1 3hp motor is the same as a S6 4hp motor. It is a marketing gimmick. No it is not. It has to do with duty cycles and periods under load and reaching thermal equilibrium.
S1 means continuous duty under load, S6 means continuous operation with periodic duty, which means the difference between S1 and S6 is that in the latter situation the motor runs at no-load, without actual stopping for a while in between periods of use.
See for illustrative diagrams and explanation:
Regards,
Jonathan
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Re: dust collection question
Brian, that old tag shows 20% more amps drawn at 50 hz than at 60 hz.? I would have expected the opposite.? Dave
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Hi Joe,
I wouldn＊t know any more＃ I had contacted ATB with all the numbers off my motor plate after I had spent hours on their website and couldn＊t get my SNF90/2D-11 to come up to a 3.0kw motor, they told me it was a 2.2kw motor. This was a problem for
me and Felder ended up swapping out the motors and VFD＊s in both of my machines with 4.0kw motors and 5kw VFD＊s. The spec sheets I had from ATB were at least 6 or more computers ago.
You might be able to go to ATB＊s website and decipher them by the numbers＃ if they still make that series of motor. Mine was 20 years ago. I will say if that plate is right, you don＊t even have 3hp...
This was my motor plate, sorry for the bad pic, did it blind＃ you know, held the camera down in the machine and said what the heck...
On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:21 PM, bacchus6015 via < joeinno@...> wrote:
Brian,
Can you tell from the tag if the motors in my CF731 are S1 or S6? ?
The tag on the CF731 says 3kw but the motors say 2kw. ?
Joe in New Orleans
On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Brian Lamb <blamb11@...> wrote:
?I＊m not sure what you mean by ※no it is not§, a marketing gimmick? If so, yes it is. They get to call the motor a larger hp than it can provide running full load S1. If you dig into the actual motor specs, which I did years ago (2001 when I got my machines)
you will find that the diameter and lengths of the motor are different depending upon the rating. The S6 3kw motors I got were actually only 2.2kw S1 motors.
In actuality Felder should be supplying S7 motors and not S6, as they allow for more frequent starts and stops.
Brian Lamb
blamb11@...
www.lambtoolworks.com
On Aug 17, 2020, at 10:05 AM, Jonathan Martens <jonathan@...> wrote:
On 17-8-2020 16:49, Brian Lamb wrote:
3hp is 3hp, doesn＊t matter if it＊s a single or three phase motor. If the specs say the same CFM is accomplished, then the specs are most likely wrong, or they are using the same exact impeller and housing and the 4hp motor is essentially over kill for the application.
Don＊t forget, Felder uses the S1 and S6 motor specifications, so hp is a relative term depending upon the rating of the motor＃. the S1 3hp motor is the same as a S6 4hp motor. It is a marketing gimmick.
No it is not. It has to do with duty cycles and periods under load and reaching thermal equilibrium.
S1 means continuous duty under load, S6 means continuous operation with periodic duty, which means the difference between S1 and S6 is that in the latter situation the motor runs at no-load, without actual stopping for a while in between periods of use.
See for illustrative diagrams and explanation: https://myelectrical.com/notes/entryid/106/understanding-motor-duty-rating
Regards,
Jonathan
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Hi Joe,
I wouldn＊t know any more＃ I had contacted ATB with all the numbers off my motor plate after I had spent hours on their website and couldn＊t get my SNF90/2D-11 to come up to a 3.0kw motor, they told me it was a 2.2kw motor. This was a problem for me and Felder ended up swapping out the motors and VFD＊s in both of my machines with 4.0kw motors and 5kw VFD＊s. The spec sheets I had from ATB were at least 6 or more computers ago.
You might be able to go to ATB＊s website and decipher them by the numbers＃ if they still make that series of motor. Mine was 20 years ago. I will say if that plate is right, you don＊t even have 3hp...
This was my motor plate, sorry for the bad pic, did it blind＃ you know, held the camera down in the machine and said what the heck... 
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On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:21 PM, bacchus6015 via < joeinno@...> wrote:
Brian, Can you tell from the tag if the motors in my CF731 are S1 or S6? ? The tag on the CF731 says 3kw but the motors say 2kw. ? Joe in New Orleans On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Brian Lamb <blamb11@...> wrote:
?I＊m not sure what you mean by ※no it is not§, a marketing gimmick? If so, yes it is. They get to call the motor a larger hp than it can provide running full load S1. If you dig into the actual motor specs, which I did years ago (2001 when I got my machines) you will find that the diameter and lengths of the motor are different depending upon the rating. The S6 3kw motors I got were actually only 2.2kw S1 motors.
In actuality Felder should be supplying S7 motors and not S6, as they allow for more frequent starts and stops.
Brian Lamb
blamb11@...
www.lambtoolworks.com
On Aug 17, 2020, at 10:05 AM, Jonathan Martens <jonathan@...> wrote:
On 17-8-2020 16:49, Brian Lamb wrote:
3hp is 3hp, doesn＊t matter if it＊s a single or three phase motor. If the specs say the same CFM is accomplished, then the specs are most likely wrong, or they are using the same exact impeller and housing and the 4hp motor is essentially over kill for the application. Don＊t forget, Felder uses the S1 and S6 motor specifications, so hp is a relative term depending upon the rating of the motor＃. the S1 3hp motor is the same as a S6 4hp motor. It is a marketing gimmick.
No it is not. It has to do with duty cycles and periods under load and reaching thermal equilibrium.
S1 means continuous duty under load, S6 means continuous operation with periodic duty, which means the difference between S1 and S6 is that in the latter situation the motor runs at no-load, without actual stopping for a while in between periods of use.
See for illustrative diagrams and explanation: https://myelectrical.com/notes/entryid/106/understanding-motor-duty-rating
Regards,
Jonathan
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
Hobbyist with kf700 in a 2.5 car garage. Shaper hood can be accurately relocated if necessary. Careful planning of workflow minimizes changeover time. Moving powerfeeder also takes some time to accomplish. For me it is not a big deal. Now that I have used the shaper a bit I would not go back to a router setup, the powerfeeder?+ shaper give amazing results. Powerfeeder also useful for some saw ripping operations and gives very smooth cuts. I would not have room for separates.
Specifically, if you have a small footprint shop (hobbiest).
If you already have one, I would love to know if you would have chosen differently.
PK
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
If you are a hobbyist, ok, might serve you well.
but f you are a semi commercial, no.?
Shaper takes a long time to setup. and time is money.?
I have recently upgraded to a larger shaper. my slider is a 3.8m/150inch slider. my workshop is only 54m2/580ft2. but I also have a 1100mm/43in wide belt sander in the shop?
I used to own a full size combo but went separates 2-3 years ago due to increased workload.?
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw? - NO
?I don't already have one.
I don't because I took a good long gander at how? organized and
methodical one has to be to use a combo and that just isn't me.?
I am not an organized person, I don't do this for a living.? Time
is not of the essence. It is all about the journey &? not the
result for me.?? Yes I want great results but?? the journey is
where my heart is.
So a combo would have been a very unpleasant? thing? - - for me.
On 8/17/20 4:32 PM, PK wrote:
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Specifically, if you have a small footprint shop (hobbiest).
If you already have one, I would love to know if you would have
chosen differently.
PK
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
No worries. I＊ve been a part of the FOG for only about 60 days and I＊ve learned a lot. Due to the wide breadth of applications here, it is often necessary to sort out the full-timers where the capital cost of large and expensive machines
and space to put them in makes sense in terms of labor savings, from the DIYers that bought into Hammer/Felder because they enjoy nice tools but have different expectations and make different cost/benefit decisions.
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i am glad you shared that detail. i just wanted to be sure i understood your concern correctly. yes, since an 8＊ piece of ply can be xcut on a slider (which one cannot do on a conventional saw) it does require more physical space to do
so.
with overhead saw guard on my K975 the material to the right of the blade if longer than ~50§ can be only ~18§ wide. i believe my cast iron table is 36§ deep.
On Aug 17, 2020, at 5:26 PM, TJ Cornish <tj@...> wrote:
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PK was asking for experiences of combination machine owners, and as I＊m a recent convert, I thought my observations about workflow in general might be helpful since I＊m keenly aware of differences compared to how I used to do things. You
are right 每 it＊s not Felder＊s fault that plywood is 8＊ long, but in a conventional table saw your kept piece is typically against the fence and right of the blade, where with the slider, the stop is left of the blade, meaning if you want to avoid the math
of subtracting the blade thickness and kept portion of the wood, the kept piece needs to be left of the blade. It＊s not necessarily better or worse, but it is a pretty different workflow with some space impact, at least for me.
?
BTW, my shop is 22＊ x 32＊ and my CF can use about 18＊ along the table axis (total distance including infeed and outfeed) and maybe about 13＊ of width. If I would have gotten the full-blown 10＊ slider in a CF741 每 something that a lot of
folks here recommend to be able to rip 8＊ on the table, I would have lost close to 8＊ worth of space in length, which in a shop that＊s only 32＊ on the long wall would have been a challenging sacrifice.
?
※Felder recommends way more operating clearance around the machine than I (and probably most people have). Because of that, I can＊t always put my kept piece of wood to the left of the blade to
use the material stops 每 e.g. if I wanted to cut a 10§ piece off a full sheet I would need 86§ right of the blade for clearance, which I don＊t have (I actually don＊t have it left of the blade either§
if i understand your concern above it is not a felder machine issue rather the space you have for the machine. correct?
On Aug 17, 2020, at 5:02 PM, TJ Cornish <tj@...> wrote:
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I just purchased a CF531 and have now had it for a couple weeks. I replaced a 52§ SawStop cabinet saw. I also previously had a A3/31 jointer/planer. The reason for my change was that I got a CNC machine with a 4＊ x 8＊ table and have moved
to doing my large sheet processing on the CNC router instead of the table saw. I wanted to reclaim some space.
?
I debated on the Hammer C3 and also just a saw shaper but ended up getting the CF531 for the nicer XRoll table and the tilting shaper. I got the full combo instead of just a saw shaper because the extra jointer/planer function was only
about $2K more than the saw shaper version and also provided some more table surface area.
?
I＊m not very far into the machine and this is my first sliding saw, but here are a few initial thoughts:
?
- Felder recommends way more operating clearance around the machine than I (and probably most people have). Because of that, I can＊t always put my kept piece of wood to the left of the
blade to use the material stops 每 e.g. if I wanted to cut a 10§ piece off a full sheet I would need 86§ right of the blade for clearance, which I don＊t have (I actually don＊t have it left of the blade either 每 I would probably do that cut with either the track
saw or the CNC router.
- The CF531 slider is perfect for 5＊ x 5＊ plywood sheets.
- There are some operations that are harder [for me] to do the slider way and therefore I use conventional saw techniques 每 ripping boards longer than 6＊, or combination techniques 每
using the fence to put the kept piece of wood to the right of the blade but still using the sliding table to maneuver the rest of the sheet
- The hole in the table between the saw section and the J/P section is mildly annoying to work around 每 if you want to set the fence at 18§ you＊re doing it with a tape measure rather
than the fence scale. This is a minor nuisance only.
- If you can plan your project where you do your operations in order, then the combination machine is totally functional. If you do a bunch of one-off things where you bounce between
saw and planer especially, the changeovers get annoying fast.
- There are a ton of options that take a lot of time to sort through. If you decide to order one, do your homework to figure out what you need and what the choices are. I had probably
30 hours of research and 4 hours of phone calls with my sales rep.
?
At this point, I think I＊m going to keep my A3/31 J/P along with the CF531. The way my shop is laid out I will probably do most of the jointing on the CF531 and planning on the A3/31, but could swap that around depending on the needs of
the job in hand.
?
Short version 每 if you have a 10,000 sq ft shop and a rich benefactor, then a combo machine is not for you. If you have limited space like I have and your projects are usually on the smaller side, especially if you can plan all of your
construction steps to minimize tool changes, then the combo machine is probably fine.
?
Specifically, if you have a small footprint shop (hobbiest).
If you already have one, I would love to know if you would have chosen differently.
PK
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
TJ,
i am glad you shared that detail. i just wanted to be sure i understood your concern correctly. yes, since an 8＊ piece of ply can be xcut on a slider (which one cannot do on a conventional saw) it does require more physical space to do so.
with overhead saw guard on my K975 the material to the right of the blade if longer than ~50§ can be only ~18§ wide. i believe my cast iron table is 36§ deep.
imran
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On Aug 17, 2020, at 5:26 PM, TJ Cornish <tj@...> wrote: ?
PK was asking for experiences of combination machine owners, and as I＊m a recent convert, I thought my observations about workflow in general might be helpful since I＊m keenly aware of differences compared to how I used to do things. You
are right 每 it＊s not Felder＊s fault that plywood is 8＊ long, but in a conventional table saw your kept piece is typically against the fence and right of the blade, where with the slider, the stop is left of the blade, meaning if you want to avoid the math
of subtracting the blade thickness and kept portion of the wood, the kept piece needs to be left of the blade. It＊s not necessarily better or worse, but it is a pretty different workflow with some space impact, at least for me.
?
BTW, my shop is 22＊ x 32＊ and my CF can use about 18＊ along the table axis (total distance including infeed and outfeed) and maybe about 13＊ of width. If I would have gotten the full-blown 10＊ slider in a CF741 每 something that a lot of
folks here recommend to be able to rip 8＊ on the table, I would have lost close to 8＊ worth of space in length, which in a shop that＊s only 32＊ on the long wall would have been a challenging sacrifice.
?
※Felder recommends way more operating clearance around the machine than I (and probably most people have). Because of that, I can＊t always put my kept piece of wood to the left of the blade to
use the material stops 每 e.g. if I wanted to cut a 10§ piece off a full sheet I would need 86§ right of the blade for clearance, which I don＊t have (I actually don＊t have it left of the blade either§
if i understand your concern above it is not a felder machine issue rather the space you have for the machine. correct?
On Aug 17, 2020, at 5:02 PM, TJ Cornish <tj@...> wrote:
?
I just purchased a CF531 and have now had it for a couple weeks. I replaced a 52§ SawStop cabinet saw. I also previously had a A3/31 jointer/planer. The reason for my change was that I got a CNC machine with a 4＊ x 8＊ table and have moved
to doing my large sheet processing on the CNC router instead of the table saw. I wanted to reclaim some space.
?
I debated on the Hammer C3 and also just a saw shaper but ended up getting the CF531 for the nicer XRoll table and the tilting shaper. I got the full combo instead of just a saw shaper because the extra jointer/planer function was only
about $2K more than the saw shaper version and also provided some more table surface area.
?
I＊m not very far into the machine and this is my first sliding saw, but here are a few initial thoughts:
?
- Felder recommends way more operating clearance around the machine than I (and probably most people have). Because of that, I can＊t always put my kept piece of wood to the left of the
blade to use the material stops 每 e.g. if I wanted to cut a 10§ piece off a full sheet I would need 86§ right of the blade for clearance, which I don＊t have (I actually don＊t have it left of the blade either 每 I would probably do that cut with either the track
saw or the CNC router.
- The CF531 slider is perfect for 5＊ x 5＊ plywood sheets.
- There are some operations that are harder [for me] to do the slider way and therefore I use conventional saw techniques 每 ripping boards longer than 6＊, or combination techniques 每
using the fence to put the kept piece of wood to the right of the blade but still using the sliding table to maneuver the rest of the sheet
- The hole in the table between the saw section and the J/P section is mildly annoying to work around 每 if you want to set the fence at 18§ you＊re doing it with a tape measure rather
than the fence scale. This is a minor nuisance only.
- If you can plan your project where you do your operations in order, then the combination machine is totally functional. If you do a bunch of one-off things where you bounce between
saw and planer especially, the changeovers get annoying fast.
- There are a ton of options that take a lot of time to sort through. If you decide to order one, do your homework to figure out what you need and what the choices are. I had probably
30 hours of research and 4 hours of phone calls with my sales rep.
?
At this point, I think I＊m going to keep my A3/31 J/P along with the CF531. The way my shop is laid out I will probably do most of the jointing on the CF531 and planning on the A3/31, but could swap that around depending on the needs of
the job in hand.
?
Short version 每 if you have a 10,000 sq ft shop and a rich benefactor, then a combo machine is not for you. If you have limited space like I have and your projects are usually on the smaller side, especially if you can plan all of your
construction steps to minimize tool changes, then the combo machine is probably fine.
?
Specifically, if you have a small footprint shop (hobbiest).
If you already have one, I would love to know if you would have chosen differently.
PK
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
PK,
i am a hobby WW as well and started with KF700SP with 2m slider. that was fine when i was otherwise employed and worked small projects. few yrs before retirement my workload at real job settled and i started spending more time in the shop and i realized the limitation of the saw shaper.
i sold my separate Jointer and planer and got a felder combo J/P. i find that considerably more palatable than saw/shaper. for one you are not removing things and putting them elsewhere like a shaper hood and various hold downs. secondly a DRO on planer allows you to go back to previous setting.
then i got a felder saw and now my KF serves as a shaper. if space and funds do not allow it is an easy call. i rather have a saw/shaper vs saw only. also, as others have pointed out, if you projects are small and you are not working on multiple things KF will be fine also.
imran
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On Aug 17, 2020, at 4:32 PM, PK <paul.kellymjc@...> wrote: ?Specifically, if you have a small footprint shop (hobbiest).
If you already have one, I would love to know if you would have chosen differently.
PK
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
PK was asking for experiences of combination machine owners, and as I＊m a recent convert, I thought my observations about workflow in general might be helpful since I＊m keenly aware of differences compared to how I used to do things. You
are right 每 it＊s not Felder＊s fault that plywood is 8＊ long, but in a conventional table saw your kept piece is typically against the fence and right of the blade, where with the slider, the stop is left of the blade, meaning if you want to avoid the math
of subtracting the blade thickness and kept portion of the wood, the kept piece needs to be left of the blade. It＊s not necessarily better or worse, but it is a pretty different workflow with some space impact, at least for me.
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BTW, my shop is 22＊ x 32＊ and my CF can use about 18＊ along the table axis (total distance including infeed and outfeed) and maybe about 13＊ of width. If I would have gotten the full-blown 10＊ slider in a CF741 每 something that a lot of
folks here recommend to be able to rip 8＊ on the table, I would have lost close to 8＊ worth of space in length, which in a shop that＊s only 32＊ on the long wall would have been a challenging sacrifice.
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※Felder recommends way more operating clearance around the machine than I (and probably most people have). Because of that, I can＊t always put my kept piece of wood to the left of the blade to
use the material stops 每 e.g. if I wanted to cut a 10§ piece off a full sheet I would need 86§ right of the blade for clearance, which I don＊t have (I actually don＊t have it left of the blade either§
if i understand your concern above it is not a felder machine issue rather the space you have for the machine. correct?
On Aug 17, 2020, at 5:02 PM, TJ Cornish <tj@...> wrote:
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I just purchased a CF531 and have now had it for a couple weeks. I replaced a 52§ SawStop cabinet saw. I also previously had a A3/31 jointer/planer. The reason for my change was that I got a CNC machine with a 4＊ x 8＊ table and have moved
to doing my large sheet processing on the CNC router instead of the table saw. I wanted to reclaim some space.
?
I debated on the Hammer C3 and also just a saw shaper but ended up getting the CF531 for the nicer XRoll table and the tilting shaper. I got the full combo instead of just a saw shaper because the extra jointer/planer function was only
about $2K more than the saw shaper version and also provided some more table surface area.
?
I＊m not very far into the machine and this is my first sliding saw, but here are a few initial thoughts:
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- Felder recommends way more operating clearance around the machine than I (and probably most people have). Because of that, I can＊t always put my kept piece of wood to the left of the
blade to use the material stops 每 e.g. if I wanted to cut a 10§ piece off a full sheet I would need 86§ right of the blade for clearance, which I don＊t have (I actually don＊t have it left of the blade either 每 I would probably do that cut with either the track
saw or the CNC router.
- The CF531 slider is perfect for 5＊ x 5＊ plywood sheets.
- There are some operations that are harder [for me] to do the slider way and therefore I use conventional saw techniques 每 ripping boards longer than 6＊, or combination techniques 每
using the fence to put the kept piece of wood to the right of the blade but still using the sliding table to maneuver the rest of the sheet
- The hole in the table between the saw section and the J/P section is mildly annoying to work around 每 if you want to set the fence at 18§ you＊re doing it with a tape measure rather
than the fence scale. This is a minor nuisance only.
- If you can plan your project where you do your operations in order, then the combination machine is totally functional. If you do a bunch of one-off things where you bounce between
saw and planer especially, the changeovers get annoying fast.
- There are a ton of options that take a lot of time to sort through. If you decide to order one, do your homework to figure out what you need and what the choices are. I had probably
30 hours of research and 4 hours of phone calls with my sales rep.
?
At this point, I think I＊m going to keep my A3/31 J/P along with the CF531. The way my shop is laid out I will probably do most of the jointing on the CF531 and planning on the A3/31, but could swap that around depending on the needs of
the job in hand.
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Short version 每 if you have a 10,000 sq ft shop and a rich benefactor, then a combo machine is not for you. If you have limited space like I have and your projects are usually on the smaller side, especially if you can plan all of your
construction steps to minimize tool changes, then the combo machine is probably fine.
?
Specifically, if you have a small footprint shop (hobbiest).
If you already have one, I would love to know if you would have chosen differently.
PK
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
TJ,
※Felder recommends way more operating clearance around the machine than I (and probably most people have). Because of that, I can＊t always put my kept piece of wood to the left of the blade to use the material stops 每 e.g. if I wanted to cut a 10§ piece off a full sheet I would need 86§ right of the blade for clearance, which I don＊t have (I actually don＊t have it left of the blade either§
if i understand your concern above it is not a felder machine issue rather the space you have for the machine. correct?
imran
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On Aug 17, 2020, at 5:02 PM, TJ Cornish <tj@...> wrote: ?
I just purchased a CF531 and have now had it for a couple weeks. I replaced a 52§ SawStop cabinet saw. I also previously had a A3/31 jointer/planer. The reason for my change was that I got a CNC machine with a 4＊ x 8＊ table and have moved
to doing my large sheet processing on the CNC router instead of the table saw. I wanted to reclaim some space.
?
I debated on the Hammer C3 and also just a saw shaper but ended up getting the CF531 for the nicer XRoll table and the tilting shaper. I got the full combo instead of just a saw shaper because the extra jointer/planer function was only
about $2K more than the saw shaper version and also provided some more table surface area.
?
I＊m not very far into the machine and this is my first sliding saw, but here are a few initial thoughts:
?
- Felder recommends way more operating clearance around the machine than I (and probably most people have). Because of that, I can＊t always put my kept piece of wood to the left of the
blade to use the material stops 每 e.g. if I wanted to cut a 10§ piece off a full sheet I would need 86§ right of the blade for clearance, which I don＊t have (I actually don＊t have it left of the blade either 每 I would probably do that cut with either the track
saw or the CNC router.
- The CF531 slider is perfect for 5＊ x 5＊ plywood sheets.
- There are some operations that are harder [for me] to do the slider way and therefore I use conventional saw techniques 每 ripping boards longer than 6＊, or combination techniques 每
using the fence to put the kept piece of wood to the right of the blade but still using the sliding table to maneuver the rest of the sheet
- The hole in the table between the saw section and the J/P section is mildly annoying to work around 每 if you want to set the fence at 18§ you＊re doing it with a tape measure rather
than the fence scale. This is a minor nuisance only.
- If you can plan your project where you do your operations in order, then the combination machine is totally functional. If you do a bunch of one-off things where you bounce between
saw and planer especially, the changeovers get annoying fast.
- There are a ton of options that take a lot of time to sort through. If you decide to order one, do your homework to figure out what you need and what the choices are. I had probably
30 hours of research and 4 hours of phone calls with my sales rep.
?
At this point, I think I＊m going to keep my A3/31 J/P along with the CF531. The way my shop is laid out I will probably do most of the jointing on the CF531 and planning on the A3/31, but could swap that around depending on the needs of
the job in hand.
?
Short version 每 if you have a 10,000 sq ft shop and a rich benefactor, then a combo machine is not for you. If you have limited space like I have and your projects are usually on the smaller side, especially if you can plan all of your
construction steps to minimize tool changes, then the combo machine is probably fine.
?
Specifically, if you have a small footprint shop (hobbiest).
If you already have one, I would love to know if you would have chosen differently.
PK
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Re: Would you buy a combo Shaper/Saw?
Rule 1 with a combi. ?Always, but always rip, plane and thickness an extra length or two. ?DAMHIKT.
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On 17 Aug 2020, at 22:02, TJ Cornish < tj@...> wrote:
I just purchased a CF531 and have now had it for a couple weeks. I replaced a 52§ SawStop cabinet saw. I also previously had a A3/31 jointer/planer. The reason for my change was that I got a CNC machine with a 4＊ x 8＊ table and have moved to doing my large sheet processing on the CNC router instead of the table saw. I wanted to reclaim some space. ? I debated on the Hammer C3 and also just a saw shaper but ended up getting the CF531 for the nicer XRoll table and the tilting shaper. I got the full combo instead of just a saw shaper because the extra jointer/planer function was only about $2K more than the saw shaper version and also provided some more table surface area. ? I＊m not very far into the machine and this is my first sliding saw, but here are a few initial thoughts: ? - Felder recommends way more operating clearance around the machine than I (and probably most people have). Because of that, I can＊t always put my kept piece of wood to the left of the blade to use the material stops 每 e.g. if I wanted to cut a 10§ piece off a full sheet I would need 86§ right of the blade for clearance, which I don＊t have (I actually don＊t have it left of the blade either 每 I would probably do that cut with either the track saw or the CNC router.
- The CF531 slider is perfect for 5＊ x 5＊ plywood sheets.
- There are some operations that are harder [for me] to do the slider way and therefore I use conventional saw techniques 每 ripping boards longer than 6＊, or combination techniques 每 using the fence to put the kept piece of wood to the right of the blade but still using the sliding table to maneuver the rest of the sheet
- The hole in the table between the saw section and the J/P section is mildly annoying to work around 每 if you want to set the fence at 18§ you＊re doing it with a tape measure rather than the fence scale. This is a minor nuisance only.
- If you can plan your project where you do your operations in order, then the combination machine is totally functional. If you do a bunch of one-off things where you bounce between saw and planer especially, the changeovers get annoying fast.
- There are a ton of options that take a lot of time to sort through. If you decide to order one, do your homework to figure out what you need and what the choices are. I had probably 30 hours of research and 4 hours of phone calls with my sales rep.
? At this point, I think I＊m going to keep my A3/31 J/P along with the CF531. The way my shop is laid out I will probably do most of the jointing on the CF531 and planning on the A3/31, but could swap that around depending on the needs of the job in hand. ? Short version 每 if you have a 10,000 sq ft shop and a rich benefactor, then a combo machine is not for you. If you have limited space like I have and your projects are usually on the smaller side, especially if you can plan all of your construction steps to minimize tool changes, then the combo machine is probably fine. ? Specifically, if you have a small footprint shop (hobbiest).
If you already have one, I would love to know if you would have chosen differently.
PK?
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