Getting The Most Out of Your Harbor Freight Table Saw
Getting The Most Out of Your Harbor Freight Table Saw
Are you thinking about how to best use your Harbor Freight Chicago Electric Table Saw? In this video I share with you some tips and tricks that will help you to get more more out of your HF Table as well as make it last longer. We will take a look under the hood at as well as other things that will help you get the most out of your power tool. While the saw in this video is an older model, most all of the tips in this video will apply to the newer models. I hope you find this video useful. If so, please press like and share with your friends. I’ll be coming out with more videos soon so be sure to subscribe. Thanks for watching and good luck on your projects.
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does the fence stay square after locking it
What is the rip capacity on this unit..??
I’ve been comparing this to the craftsman table saw at lowes. The Chicago Electric has better miter slots and can be had for way cheaper with a coupon.
Finally a good video… not just the typical guy spending half of the video unboxing the item..
Can someone tell me how to improve on the Ripping fence. I find it to be hard to measure and more importantly keep it at a 90 degree angle all the way from the front to the rear. Thank you.
Brilliant
I liked your video, however, I was hoping for some wood to be ripped at the end; sort of to show and tell. Nice video though.
Good tips! I just bought the Menards Shop Series saw which I think is comparable to the HF. The major drawback is the bevel adjustment which is plastic gear on plastic gear. How is the HF bevel set up?
Can you take the slop out of the miter gauge bar?
Well, not yet. I can’t make up my mind yet. I know I I’ll need one soon. This is why I’m watching comparison videos on YT.
Thank you, never would have thought to wax the table, makes so much sense. Keep Broadcasting!!
I USE THE HECK OUT OF MY HF TABLE SAW…..ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS GET A GOOD BLADE ON IT AND IT WORKS FINE!!!! GET A NEW BLADE !!!!!! NOT A HF BLADE FOOLS!!!!! BUT THIS LITTLE SAW WILL DO THE JOB FOR A GREAT PRICE!!! I USE MINE ALL THE TIME!!
I just picked up this table saw. The riving knife doesn’t align with the blade. (It’s off to one side, enough that when I try to cut a piece of wood, the stock hits the riving knife and can’t be advanced any farther. Is there a way to adjust it?
I have always steel
wooled and waxed my bed and fence….good tip
My fence won’t lock square. How do you fix that
Great tips that I will use. Speaking as an electrician I’ve got a small technical correction for 1:11. It’s the high current/amperage that is not good for the smaller cables. Voltage will be a steady 120 +-10% which they will all handle just fine. Current causes the wires to heat up and if the wire gauge is too small and you are running 13 amps that is when the heat from the current starts breaking down the insulation potentially leading to a short (power wire touching return/ground) or an open (wire literally melts leaving a gap not allowing electrons to flow) or hopefully just tripping the breaker to reduce injury and save equipment. Bonus fact: when starting a motor it can draw 8x the running amperage (how much power it takes to keep the motor going after it has started) instantaneously then quickly reach normal values. This spike is what causes breakers to trip when you’ve got a power tool running on a circuit that has a lot of other things plugged in at the same time.
Excellent video! Did you buy a riving knife or are you using what it came with?
I have what could be the same table saw, different brand though. I also have the same fence, which I stupidly took apart to see if I could improve it. A spring surprisingly feel out and I am not totally sure about how it goes back. I think it goes right under the main slide plate. In fact the silver screw attached to the inner rod presses against it. Could you look at yours and tell me if you see it under that area? I am not sure exactly how it needs to be placed in that area. Thanks