Say Hello to My Not So Little Friend!

[curt boyer]

Look what was delivered to the job today! I've been waiting for this saw for a long time. My Dewalt works ok but has a lot of issues. The fence is constantly going out of parallel, dc sucks, it takes 24 turns to raise the blade from zero to full extension, and the bevel adjustment is cumbersome. I only made two cuts before it got dark so I can't give a performance review yet. It only takes one revolution to raise the blade from below the table to full extension, the bevel adjustment is easy and fast, there is a fine bevel adjustment dial that you can minutely adjust the bevel angle plus or minus the first setting, the fence is fast and smooth, there is tons of onboard storage for the guard, riving knife, Allen wrenches, fence, blade wrenches, and space for extra blades. The riving knife and guard are easy to remove via a lever which is simular to its big brothers. I'm not a fan of gravity stands for saws as they are ungainly, big, difficult to load and store, and there is no out feed support which is mandatory for safe and accurate one man ripping. That being said the stand is easy to setup. I have to modify the truck to make it fit as it is bigger in every way than the Dewalt. Anyway I'll post more info as I use it more.
Cheers
Curt

 

[Harvey]

Nice!
I didn't think they had made it to customers yet!

 

[andvari]

Looks remarkably similar to a Bosch. I wonder what the differences actually are.

 

[Wooden Skye]

Nice!
I didn't think they had made it to customers yet!

I didn't even see it on their website. 

 

[Iceclimber]

What I want to know is how is the dust collection and what is the cost?

 

[Shawn]

This saw is said to launch in early 2015, pricing is not set but probably $1000-1500, very exciting, curious to know your feedback on performance.  Let us know when you give it a good run of wood.

Thanks

 

[thedude306]

Looks remarkably similar to a Bosch. I wonder what the differences actually are.

I was thinking the same thing.  Very curious to read about the DC

 

[mattdh]

huge for me is- what does it weigh? preferably with out the cart.

 

[promhandicam]

But does it actually work? Unless you stick your fingers in it to make sure we will never know - could just be a rebadged bosch.

 

[jbasen]

But does it actually work? Unless you stick your fingers in it to make sure we will never know - could just be a rebadged bosch.

You can always do the SawStop hotdog demo  [big grin]

 

[w802h]

There are definitely times that I put the fence to the left of the blade with my Bosch.  That doesn't look possible with the Sawstop. 

 

[rljatl]

The big Sawstops are left tilt.  Does the blade tilt left on this one, too?

 

[thedude306]

There are definitely times that I put the fence to the left of the blade with my Bosch.  That doesn't look possible with the Sawstop.

It looks like that red lever slides the fence rail over, just like the bosch

 

[FinishingCanuck]

I really want to get me one of these but I have only one concern. Will it fit in a rousseau table saw stand?

 

[Kev]

That's a monster, particularly with that stand.

From my perspective the most practical portable table saw I've seen for the building trade is the METABO TS 254 ...

http://www.metabo.com.au/Product-catalogue-halfstationary-and-stationary-tools.24127+M56dbbcfd8e7.0.html

(No sausage saver mechanism, but far mor compact - no certain if they're available ith NA).

Combine it with the their baby cross cut and you've got a lot of functionality in a small space ...

Hope you're happy with it though [wink]

 

[andvari]

That's a monster, particularly with that stand.

The Bosch 4100 (I own one) which seems to be what this is based on weighs twice what the Metabo does at 124 lbs. I'm not a tradesman so I can't comment on it's practicality as a job site saw. For my home use the Bosch is well suited to purpose especially as I also have a track saw, with my main complaint being dust collection.

With the additional mechanism etc. for the blade brake I would think the SawStop would be even more hefty.

Good dust collection would be a big help. I wonder if my Bosch accessories would fit.

 

[FinishingCanuck]

That saw looks great but I haven't seen any tool made by metabo sold here in Canada. It's a shame cause she's a beauty

 

[SittingElf]

Steve Gass stated in an interview that the new saw would be roughly the same size as the Bosch 4100. It is NOT 'based' on the 4100.

Additionally, the saws are probably not yet in general distribution. SawStop has a history of sending out prototypes and pre-release models for testing and/or testimonials, and I suspect that this is one of them.

I assume that dust collection may be an optional accessory for this saw, as is the probability of a blade shroud, but I haven't seen it, so can't say.

Nonetheless, SawStop continues to innovate and march on with their high quality and safe machines.

Cheers,

Frank

 

[Kev]

probability of a blade shroud

If a "safety saw" company released a saw on the market that didn't offer protection from dust and protect the user from an open blade I'd be amazed.

Lots of dangerous chemicals in wood and wood products - a missing finger is far more obvious that a dying set of lungs ... At least early on anyway [eek]

 

[FinishingCanuck]

It won't be long before Curt fills us in on the details and all speculation will be laid to rest. I'm really hoping it's as good as I expect because I'm also not happy with my dw744