Comments on: Protect Your Table Saw With A Magnetic Cover http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:08:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » The Week in Tools: Toolmonger Top 5 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-126368 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:28:12 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-126368 [...] Protect Your Table Saw With A Magnetic Cover You know you put crap on your table saw. Everyone does. This magnetic cover snaps on to protect your “spare” worktable for when you need to use it as a saw again. [...] […] Protect Your Table Saw With A Magnetic Cover You know you put crap on your table saw. Everyone does. This magnetic cover snaps on to protect your “spare” worktable for when you need to use it as a saw again. […]

]]> by: Domes http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123888 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:31:28 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123888 You should always keep the deck of the table oiled, or waxed, anyway, to prevent rust. As long as you do that, I don't see how this product would damage your table saw. You should always keep the deck of the table oiled, or waxed, anyway, to prevent rust. As long as you do that, I don’t see how this product would damage your table saw.

]]> by: Brian http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123860 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:41:39 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123860 I agree with Roscoe. Sounds like a really creative way to ensure you get a rusty table saw. I agree with Roscoe. Sounds like a really creative way to ensure you get a rusty table saw.

]]> by: Benjamen Johnson http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123807 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:18:50 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123807 OK, OK, I'm just trying to point out why this might be a good product... I'm just trying to give the manufacturer's claims the benefit of the doubt. Personally I'm building the table saw workbench from WOOD Sept 2007, next time I get some quality time in my shop, which at the rate things are going for me might be next year sometime. http://woodstore.net/spdotawo.html I was just being hypothetical by the way, if you leave your table saw wet, high humidity and leaky pipes excepted, the shop police should come and take it away because you don't deserve one. OK, OK, I’m just trying to point out why this might be a good product… I’m just trying to give the manufacturer’s claims the benefit of the doubt. Personally I’m building the table saw workbench from WOOD Sept 2007, next time I get some quality time in my shop, which at the rate things are going for me might be next year sometime.

http://woodstore.net/spdotawo.html

I was just being hypothetical by the way, if you leave your table saw wet, high humidity and leaky pipes excepted, the shop police should come and take it away because you don’t deserve one.

]]> by: Joe http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123793 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:36:07 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123793 Ben, The frame I describe fits over the edges of the saw, so it doesn't slide around at all. As for rust, have you ever seen how fast hardboard soaks up water? I can't say it would prevent rust if you left it on for months at a time, but at that point why bother having a saw? Ben,
The frame I describe fits over the edges of the saw, so it doesn’t slide around at all.

As for rust, have you ever seen how fast hardboard soaks up water? I can’t say it would prevent rust if you left it on for months at a time, but at that point why bother having a saw?

]]> by: Yuppers http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123787 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:17:34 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123787 "In order for it to form you need oxygen. If you have a giant magnet stuck to your table (and both the magnet and the table are pretty smooth) no air can reach the table and no rust can form" The surface of the table and magnet are not perfectly flat, allowing for air (oxygen) to be trapped between the magnet and the table. You might reduce the amount of rust, but won't stop it. “In order for it to form you need oxygen. If you have a giant magnet stuck to your table (and both the magnet and the table are pretty smooth) no air can reach the table and no rust can form”

The surface of the table and magnet are not perfectly flat, allowing for air (oxygen) to be trapped between the magnet and the table. You might reduce the amount of rust, but won’t stop it.

]]> by: Benjamen Johnson http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123785 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:11:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123785 Rust is the oxidation of iron. In order for it to form you need oxygen. If you have a giant magnet stuck to your table (and both the magnet and the table are pretty smooth) no air can reach the table and no rust can form,even if the table was wet when you put the magnetic cover on it. That's the theory anyway. http://science.howstuffworks.com/question445.htm Rust is the oxidation of iron. In order for it to form you need oxygen. If you have a giant magnet stuck to your table (and both the magnet and the table are pretty smooth) no air can reach the table and no rust can form,even if the table was wet when you put the magnetic cover on it. That’s the theory anyway.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question445.htm

]]> by: Roscoe http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123778 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:52:37 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123778 Wouldn't a giant magnet stuck to a metal sawtop just promote rust? Seems like the moisture would get trapped and if you left it on for a long period of time you'd come back to a disaster. I like the hardboard top idea- combined with keeping the saw clean and oiled it's an affordable, dependable solution. Wouldn’t a giant magnet stuck to a metal sawtop just promote rust? Seems like the moisture would get trapped and if you left it on for a long period of time you’d come back to a disaster. I like the hardboard top idea- combined with keeping the saw clean and oiled it’s an affordable, dependable solution.

]]> by: Benjamen Johnson http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123750 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:04:36 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123750 Yes I agree also that hardboard will protect your saw from physical damage for cheaper, but it won't do jack to prevent rust and it can have a tendency to slide around. I still agree though that $58 is probably too much. These are pretty new, I'd watch for the price to drop in a while. Now what might work just as well is old magnetic signs. If you know a printer, or have one in you area, I'm sure they make mistakes printing the big magnetic signs that you put on trucks and buses for advertising. I bet they'd let those go for cheap or free. You might mot be able to find one as big, but if you found a few larger ones, they could probably do everything the TOOLClad will. Yes I agree also that hardboard will protect your saw from physical damage for cheaper, but it won’t do jack to prevent rust and it can have a tendency to slide around. I still agree though that $58 is probably too much. These are pretty new, I’d watch for the price to drop in a while.

Now what might work just as well is old magnetic signs. If you know a printer, or have one in you area, I’m sure they make mistakes printing the big magnetic signs that you put on trucks and buses for advertising. I bet they’d let those go for cheap or free. You might mot be able to find one as big, but if you found a few larger ones, they could probably do everything the TOOLClad will.

]]> by: nrChris http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123749 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:04:13 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123749 I use wax paper in an ad hoc kind of way. Mostly for glue ups, but sometimes when I am just going to make a mess. The stuff is like $2 for a spool and its commonly available to boot. I use wax paper in an ad hoc kind of way. Mostly for glue ups, but sometimes when I am just going to make a mess. The stuff is like $2 for a spool and its commonly available to boot.

]]> by: Joe http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123744 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:49:31 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/09/28/protect-your-table-saw-with-a-magnetic-cover/#comment-123744 Interesting idea, but for a lot less money, many people (myself incuded) use a piece of hardboard with a hardwood frame as an auxiliary saw topper. Total cost is around $10. Interesting idea, but for a lot less money, many people (myself incuded) use a piece of hardboard with a hardwood frame as an auxiliary saw topper. Total cost is around $10.

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