Working with Tablesaws: The New Best of Fine Woodworking

What an unbelievable cheek from the Taunton press. This book is a compilation of already published magazine articles. So it repeats itself in a way a book that had been written by a single author would not have done. It is also wildly out of date in places and lacks everything that an old magazine does when compared to a book on the same subject. It is always the same with companies that tell you how great they are. If they do not want to mislead they should be more honest about the fact that it is a compilation of articles. I would not have purchased this book if could have browsed through it. Shame on you Taunton press.

I bought this book hoping it would help me to properly set up and fine tune my recently acquired tablesaw but I was a little bit disappointed. There was obviously a bias toward safety - the tablesaw is probably the most dangerous powered machine in a workshop - but I expected more tips on jig making and use especially how to safely overcome the limitations of use due to the fitting of the blade guard. It was generally useful but I am left wanting more!

A GREAT BOOK

Obwohl sich einiges schon in anderen "Fine Woodworking" Büchern befindet, ist dieses Buch eine schöne Zusammenfassung und nützlich für (fast) jeden der eine Tischkreissäge besitzt.Kaufempfehlung.

The author opens with lamenting how he wished he had this book when he bought a table saw at a garage sale and could never get it to cut straight because it was not tuned properly. However the book fails to mention how to properly tune and align a table saw. There is plenty of information on cutting coves but nothing on more likely beginner task cutting the tapers for table legs. While this book does have value to the safe use of a table saw it is a hodgepodge collection of past tablesaw magazine articles.