W.Y.
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Well , I finally went ahead and did it . After my accident I knew I would always be afraid of my previous saw and I think my wife was more concerned than I was . So I went to Home Depot 120 km away and got the Ridgid R4510 saw after doing a lot of research with the various models in its class of saws.
http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/R4510-Table-Saw/EN/index.htm
To say I am delighted with it is an understatement. I expected the features on the new breed of saws to be better but not this much better .
It came totally set up right out of the box. I spent an hour carefully trying to find something out of alignment or in need of adjustment . The only thing I could find was that the blade was 88 degrees to the table so I set it to 90 degrees . Did a few test cuts on squares and turned them every which way and they are dead on accurate to each other .
The riving knife takes just a few seconds to put into low or higher position. The kickback pawls take a couple seconds to add on for ripping. The plastic shield over the blade is two piece so you can see right through the center at the blade. .
That stand folds up and down in seconds like magic so the saw can be stored folded up in a corner out of the way when not in use. The guy at HD didn't have a clue how to operate the fold up stand and showed me the wrong way. When I got it home and read the manual I found he was doing it totally wrong and from the opposite end of the saw.
I can now take this saw outside whenever I want to for exterior work or honey do jobs . The big contractor saw would not fit through the door and weighed way too much if it could have .
With the slide out extend-able table it goes to six inches wider than my big table saw. .
Reviews of it being able to cut through 4 x 4 stock with ease turned out to be that what is normally considered a 4 x 4 is actually only 3 1/2 " x 3/12" . That was not a problem because it has the same depth capacity of my big heavy contractors saw. .
On top of it all , it's pretty hard to beat a lifetime warranty.
http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/R4510-Table-Saw/EN/index.htm
To say I am delighted with it is an understatement. I expected the features on the new breed of saws to be better but not this much better .
It came totally set up right out of the box. I spent an hour carefully trying to find something out of alignment or in need of adjustment . The only thing I could find was that the blade was 88 degrees to the table so I set it to 90 degrees . Did a few test cuts on squares and turned them every which way and they are dead on accurate to each other .
The riving knife takes just a few seconds to put into low or higher position. The kickback pawls take a couple seconds to add on for ripping. The plastic shield over the blade is two piece so you can see right through the center at the blade. .
That stand folds up and down in seconds like magic so the saw can be stored folded up in a corner out of the way when not in use. The guy at HD didn't have a clue how to operate the fold up stand and showed me the wrong way. When I got it home and read the manual I found he was doing it totally wrong and from the opposite end of the saw.
I can now take this saw outside whenever I want to for exterior work or honey do jobs . The big contractor saw would not fit through the door and weighed way too much if it could have .
With the slide out extend-able table it goes to six inches wider than my big table saw. .
Reviews of it being able to cut through 4 x 4 stock with ease turned out to be that what is normally considered a 4 x 4 is actually only 3 1/2 " x 3/12" . That was not a problem because it has the same depth capacity of my big heavy contractors saw. .
On top of it all , it's pretty hard to beat a lifetime warranty.
