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Long story short, I bought a cheap table saw 5-6 years ago. I have used it a lot, but with rough stuff that doesnt need to be super accurate.

I want to be a better woodworker and stop being so hack, so I went to tune the saw and found out the top is just not flat anymore.

Im going to remove the table top and try to make it as flat as possible.

What would be the best way to do it do you think?

Im watching locally to find a good deal on a real saw, but want to get this one to where I can actually tune it.
As a side note, its not a very good idea to cut 90 pound 4x8 3/4mdf sheets on cheap aluminum saws. Im thinking thats what fucked my top up

>> No.1060168

Get some machinist's blue and get to scraping.

>> No.1060174
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1060174

>>1060154
generally, table saws are a shitty way to break down sheet goods. circular saw and a guide works better until you get down in size a bit.

My suggestion is abandon the top, once it's warped there's really no way to fix it. there's quite a few people who have built circular saw based tablesaws, you already have the trunion mechanism etc, that generally bolts onto the top. all you need to do when you replace the top is make a fence mechanism and add slots/track for the table, and a slot for the blade. A sheet or two of 90lb MDF with a good varnish will be a good base. Easy to smooth too, and no worries about rust.
This may help http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/index.html

speaking as someone who is working with a beat to shit contractor saw, that I had to build a frame for when I bought it because the plastic was shredded

>> No.1060179
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1060179

>>1060154
Get a miter saw

Guaranteed square, perfect cuts

I only use My table saw on big shit I can't miter

Just finished these today, using a miter saw

>> No.1060188

>>1060179
Those look pretty good anon

>> No.1060189

>>1060168
Not necessarily the easiest or the fastest, but it would be very precise.

>> No.1060191

>>1060174
I never even thought of building my own table for it.
I looked and its only held on by 8 bolts total.

The 2 outside edges (miter slot outwards) are flat in relation to each other
Miter slot into the insert are both caved in. The right side which I used more than the left has a gap of almost a whole mm.

Just checked and I can flex the table with the insert out...
Even if I bend it back, its just going to get bent up again.

>>1060189
>>1060168
Its such thin aluminum, it would be a poor idea to remove even more material.

I think the top is toast.
Gonna look into building a table, it was a chincy saw from day 1

>>1060179
I have a decent miter saw that I use the majority of the time, but of course it has its limitations and you need a table saw from time to time

>> No.1060192

>>1060154
Put some plywood/MDF on top of it.