circular saw bench

[simonm]

I am thinking about buying a circular saw bench to try and make life easier cutting up, currently we are just stacking timber on the floor and go at it with a chainsaw which is productive but tiring after a period of time. Uniforest? Posch??? I have never used 1 before so any info would help.

[richy_B]

I have a balfour saw bench. Electric version. It's pretty good but doesn't have the same 'umpth' you get from a PTO version. Great for firewood but I also use it for cutting up sleepers for landscaping/benches etc. Can get a nice square end cut that it hard to get exact using a chainsaw.

I paid about £1200 new.

[timbernut]

What about one of these?

http://www.rockmachinery.co.uk/saw%20bench

[simonm]

What about one of these?

The Rock 700 Portable Saw bench / circular saw

 

Imo it doesn't look very robust.

[simonm]

I have a balfour saw bench. Electric version. It's pretty good but doesn't have the same 'umpth' you get from a PTO version. Great for firewood but I also use it for cutting up sleepers for landscaping/benches etc. Can get a nice square end cut that it hard to get exact using a chainsaw.

I paid about £1200 new.

 

I was thinking about running it off our old db tractor that is now sat idle in the yard, I assume a pto version would be cheaper still.

What's Balfour tackle like?

[richy_B]

Had it two years and no issues. Easy enough to change the blade. Worth buying a second one so you aren't stuck if having it sharpened.

[AardvarkTreeServices]

If you've got a tractor have a look at a McConnel sliding table saw. I run one off the back of a DB880 and its way faster than a chainsaw for chopping up longer lengths of wood up to 10-12" diameter. They come with a parallel fence so you can rip the straighter lengths into posts or planks if needed

[timbernut]

Imo it doesn't look very robust.

thought rock stuff meant to be ok, reckon plenty robust enough for domestic odd arb load!

[Breezeblock]

the rock one is a chinese rebadged effort have a look on ebay there are similar ones from germany / china 1/3 of the price

[simonm]

The various ones i have seen on youtube do seem to be really productive, all though the majority looks like you have to hold the log which defeats the object of having a guard!

There's a few hundred ton to go through so i don't really wanna buy cheap.