I was just going to ask you about this saw as I watched your original video on this when you got it. I have the opportunity to pick up a 3660 and your video helped me narrow in on it. Hope you’re still happy with that saw and thanks for what you do!
Bought a TS3650. Spent two days on breaking it down, cleaning, lubricating, etc. Set the fence and blade as per your video. Added a new link belt and a Freud Glue line rip blade. Ripped 120 feet of 2 inch Birch with out breaking a sweat. Once the cutting was done I checked the settings and the alignment was spot on. The TS3650 is a lot of saw for the money I spent. Thank you for posting, you presented a lot of good info clearly and to the point. Thanks again from Northern Alberta.
Awesome! The 3650 is a great saw for the home wood shop. I was using a cheap portable craftsman saw and would nearly go deaf from the noise. I'm glad it finally seized up and forced me to buy this one. This Rigid has made my woodworking so much more enjoyable and precise. Since making the video, mine has stayed in alignment. I'm really glad to hear you like it, thanks for sharing.
I have a TS 3650. I have a quite large outfeed table built onto it with the legs removed as it sits on that. Plus a router on the right side on the feed side. Anyway. I am installing the INCRA fence system and redoing and cleaning the saw table and such. I put a new motor in it as well as changed it run on 240v and it's power and such on the 1.5hp is much better. Anyway. I have a shattered femur at the moment so out of pocket for a few months. But I may do a TH-cam video on it when I get all that going. Check out the INCRA TS LS system as well as the router tie in etc. not cheap. But they can get you repeatability and exact cuts to within thousandths. Amazing system. Nice video. I will be using the same techniques to check and redo my saw.
🇦🇺😎👍Great videos mate…. Never take off the riving knife and keep the blade about 20 mm above the board so not to bind on the blade . Put plenty of wax or soap on the table and fence so the job slides easier . Most important, when I was an apprentice the boss told me to count my fingers before I started the saw and to finish with the same amount. 45 years on I’ve still got 8 fingers an 2 thumbs 😉🏁
🇦🇺😎👍Cool well keep the blade down , keep it sharp and if the fence on the table is square to the blade all should be ok. Just take it easy@@danmcknight963
Thank you, Thank you!! I was about ready to dig into mine because the blade would not go to 90 degrees. Had no clue there are stops at 0 and 45 degrees. Fixed the problem. What manual is that? downloadable? BTW, I have moved the on/off to the left side on mine. Fits the rail the same, just a better position IMHO.
Nice video. I have this saw and It has been a pleasure to use for 19 years. You will love it. I backed off the 90 and 45 degree stops, and rely on squares to set. I don't like any pressure on the adjustment mechanism, or concern for sawdust. I have two older videos showing this saw you might find interesting. Thanks
I also have this saw and I love it. You're right there arent many videos about it. I just moved and had to take the saw apart so these videos are very helpful for me. Where did you get that gauge you use to get the blade parallel? And as an aside, how did you line up your rear fence runner? My instruction book is about half the thickness of yours and glosses over a lot of procedures. Thanks! 😊
One of the faults of the TS3650 I recently encountered is the surface area contact of the small plastic part that engages the rail on the back side of the table. Yesterday, I went through multiple efforts in aligning the fence while cheating some cuts with spacers and revealed the origin of the need for cheating the cuts was this limited surface area contact of the small plastic part that can wiggle in the channel of the fence. I've started to mill a new part with about 4 times the surface area contact out of some acetate/delrin plastic I have. So far, my part has no wiggle in the fence's channel like the original part and is able to pivot slightly as this mechanism utilizes this pivoting motion for it's tightening I've had to order a 1/4" ball-nosed end mill to match the contour of the rail on the back side of the table, verses grinding my own tool and using a fly cutter, which could take what I might consider too much time for the application. This is in the process of some finite cabinet work I've been doing, with more to go so it's a fix I see as being advantageous. Something you may want to look into. Thanks for the video!
Thanx for the video! Great job! This is my saw also! Now to fine tune it!
I was just going to ask you about this saw as I watched your original video on this when you got it. I have the opportunity to pick up a 3660 and your video helped me narrow in on it. Hope you’re still happy with that saw and thanks for what you do!
Thanks for making this video, it's exactly what I was looking for!
Bought a TS3650. Spent two days on breaking it down, cleaning, lubricating, etc. Set the fence and blade as per your video. Added a new link belt and a Freud Glue line rip blade. Ripped 120 feet of 2 inch Birch with out breaking a sweat. Once the cutting was done I checked the settings and the alignment was spot on. The TS3650 is a lot of saw for the money I spent. Thank you for posting, you presented a lot of good info clearly and to the point. Thanks again from Northern Alberta.
Awesome! The 3650 is a great saw for the home wood shop. I was using a cheap portable craftsman saw and would nearly go deaf from the noise. I'm glad it finally seized up and forced me to buy this one. This Rigid has made my woodworking so much more enjoyable and precise. Since making the video, mine has stayed in alignment. I'm really glad to hear you like it, thanks for sharing.
I never write reviews of videos, but this one was great! Thank you so much.
You're very welcome!
I have a TS 3650. I have a quite large outfeed table built onto it with the legs removed as it sits on that. Plus a router on the right side on the feed side. Anyway. I am installing the INCRA fence system and redoing and cleaning the saw table and such. I put a new motor in it as well as changed it run on 240v and it's power and such on the 1.5hp is much better. Anyway. I have a shattered femur at the moment so out of pocket for a few months. But I may do a TH-cam video on it when I get all that going. Check out the INCRA TS LS system as well as the router tie in etc. not cheap. But they can get you repeatability and exact cuts to within thousandths. Amazing system. Nice video. I will be using the same techniques to check and redo my saw.
thanks for doing the hard lifting man
🇦🇺😎👍Great videos mate…. Never take off the riving knife and keep the blade about 20 mm above the board so not to bind on the blade . Put plenty of wax or soap on the table and fence so the job slides easier . Most important, when I was an apprentice the boss told me to count my fingers before I started the saw and to finish with the same amount. 45 years on I’ve still got 8 fingers an 2 thumbs 😉🏁
Unfortunately the 3650 did not have a riving knife when I bought mine.
🇦🇺😎👍Cool well keep the blade down , keep it sharp and if the fence on the table is square to the blade all should be ok. Just take it easy@@danmcknight963
Great video as always
Thank you, Thank you!! I was about ready to dig into mine because the blade would not go to 90 degrees. Had no clue there are stops at 0 and 45 degrees. Fixed the problem. What manual is that? downloadable? BTW, I have moved the on/off to the left side on mine. Fits the rail the same, just a better position IMHO.
You
e welcome! Mine came with the manual but I bet you can find a pdf on Rigid's site. Good luck and have fun with it.
Nice video. I have this saw and It has been a pleasure to use for 19 years. You will love it. I backed off the 90 and 45 degree stops, and rely on squares to set. I don't like any pressure on the adjustment mechanism, or concern for sawdust. I have two older videos showing this saw you might find interesting. Thanks
I also have this saw and I love it. You're right there arent many videos about it.
I just moved and had to take the saw apart so these videos are very helpful for me.
Where did you get that gauge you use to get the blade parallel?
And as an aside, how did you line up your rear fence runner? My instruction book is about half the thickness of yours and glosses over a lot of procedures.
Thanks!
😊
Great job
I love my 3650. ITs a lot of saw for the money. It’s much better than what Rigid is putting ou now
Moving from motor bikes to table saws. Move to guns and backpacks 🎒 knives ?
One of the faults of the TS3650 I recently encountered is the surface area contact of the small plastic part that engages the rail on the back side of the table.
Yesterday, I went through multiple efforts in aligning the fence while cheating some cuts with spacers and revealed the origin of the need for cheating the cuts was this limited surface area contact of the small plastic part that can wiggle in the channel of the fence.
I've started to mill a new part with about 4 times the surface area contact out of some acetate/delrin plastic I have. So far, my part has no wiggle in the fence's channel like the original part and is able to pivot slightly as this mechanism utilizes this pivoting motion for it's tightening
I've had to order a 1/4" ball-nosed end mill to match the contour of the rail on the back side of the table, verses grinding my own tool and using a fly cutter, which could take what I might consider too much time for the application.
This is in the process of some finite cabinet work I've been doing, with more to go so it's a fix I see as being advantageous.
Something you may want to look into.
Thanks for the video!
That's a great idea, I'll have to take a closer look at mine. Thanks!
🇦🇺😎👍Hey Jack 🏁….hey that other message was sent to you as well. Don’t know why ? It’s happened once before , TH-cam 🙄
The fence was the reason I sold that saw, would not stay aligned.