I had it's fair share of problems out of the box.

Too bad for the hard start, she makes up for it in the finish.

I have the same saw for about 10 years, but it’s all gray

Didn’t do the mdf like you but I should, and have always wanted to

Did do link belt, what a great invention!

All I use it a lot, 3/8’’ blade all the time

-- Paul Lemiski, Ontario Canada, Custom Wooden Rocking chairs and tables http://www.canadianwoodworks.com

With all the work you did right out of the box sounds like a great endorsment to not buy!!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

One of these days I’ll get mine set up. Hope it is better than that one.

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Can you do a tally of the money you spent to make this $299 work to your liking?

-- Kerry Drake, Loudon NH, http://thenickedfinger.wordpress.com/

Sure my invoice from Rockler was $69.01,$28.65 from grizzly, and $32.96 from Homedepot. Grand total of $121.62. grand total for upgrades and saw was $420.62.

It would cost a little over $600 to get the Grizzly G0555 with the mobile base, so it still sounds like a decent deal. My guess is this is the closest competition.

I’m hoping these go on clearance in my area soon for something under $200. There are 2 or 3 sitting in dusty boxes in just about every one of the HD’s in my area. I figure it’s only a matter of time before they go the route of the Ridgid jointer and R4511 table saw.

It’s been a good saw after everything was fixed, I considered taking it back after I had put it together, but I done some research and it seems that a lot of these saws have the same problem. So I decided to fix it instead of returning it.

To me fixing it was letting the manufacturer get away with producing a inferior saw I always say Buy quality not buy price!!! Cheap will either be one of three things one more work (as in your case), poor cut Quality or inaccuracy that usually can’t be fixed, Or the worst case scenario something breaks or loosens an you wind up losing digits!!
Still have the red marks on my knuckles from a harbor freight disk /belt sander the mounts for the disk table broke sending two of my knuckles index and middle into a spinning sanding disk that $50.00 sander went into the trash that same day after that I decided not to buy another cheap sander or tool again!!!!

-- Proverbs Ch:3 vs 5,6,7 Trust in the lord with all thine heart and lean not unto your own understanding but in all your ways aknowledge him and he shall direct your path elmerthomas81@neo.rr.com

I bought the Ridgid BS on high recomendations. When I get it together, I hope it wasn’t a mistake ???

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

I have this saw, have been using it for over a year now. I had none of these problems out of the box. Its a good saw, a bit underpowered, but for general use it is great. If you are going to resaw a lot, get something with more power. But, for general shop use, it seems to be fine.

It’s too bad you had to go through all of that, but hopefully it will service you well for years to come. Cut safely.

-- I've never seen a tree that I wouldn't like to repurpose into a project. I love the smell of wood in the morning - it smells like victory.

Thanks for the review.
I have been planing on buying a larger saw to resaw with.
It looks like a person needs to buy one that has been assembled and have it turned on to see if it will try to walk out of the room.
I am more lost on what brand to get now if I have to mail order it.
If there is a lemon I will get it always happens to me. :-(

-- Swede -- time to make some sawdust

Thanks for the review; I don’t think I’d be as patient as you were at fixing it up.

-- Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Yep, been there and done that. With a bit of thought and a couple of modifications this saw is good. I did basically the same upgrades out of the box and have not had any issues with it since, going on 2 years now.

-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama

I haven’t had any issues out of it sence I fixed every thing. So I’m starting to like it a lot more now.