Hello All,

Seeing the post about table saws made me think to give an update on the Ridgid saw that I used to cut strips and it kept overheating. Well I had to rip some more wood for the next build and used the same saw, but this time I bought my buddy a thin-kerf 7 1/4" blade, and it went through the strips like butter. When we were changing the blade I looked at the one on it and it looked like heck. I said, "Is this the blade we used when we cut the last strips?" He said "Yep, hasn't been used since." Good grief, I should have looked closer at that blade.

It's only fair I mention this so as not to falsely accuse Ridgid. Long story short, I'm buying the saw from him since I use it more than he does. The only problem is it will have to stay outside because I don't have room in the house. It will live on the porch and I will have to make some sort of cover for it. Although the porch is fairly protected, when the wind blows good it does get some rain. My thought is to build a wood cover that will double as an outfeed table. Perhaps adjustable legs to raise it up so it covers the saw when not in use, and then lowers down to saw height when used for outfeed. Jeff keeps the saw on the porch covered with a tarp and he hasn't had any issues with rust so I guess this will work. I was going to get the portable contractor model, but being that I mostly will be resawing long lumber for wood surfboard and kayak building I really want a larger saw. This one has wheels so I can move it around. My porch is about 30 feet long so I can rip long boards on the porch without issues. Soon I'll post pics of my portable shop. Everything is on wheels so I can work outside when making sawdust, and inside for gluing and whatnot.