assembling sawstop contractor saw alone

Get help. It’s way to awkward to do by yourself. There are just to many ways you can hurt yourself. I got a helper. He came in handy getting the cast iron wings in place and lined up too.

-- Darell, Norman, Ok.

I have put two together for local schools. Pretty easy and can be done single handed very easily.

I needed help to unpack the saw. I was able to assemble my saw without help. I added the cast iron wings at a later date, and I needed help to put them on – although with some creative clamping and the two Incra fence rails already installed, I could have done it myself, it was just way easier to get help.

-- Making cutting errors, one beer at a time.

It is doable by yourself. I would recommend you stretch and limber up before you do the final heavy lifting. If I remember correctly, you first have to assemble the stand. Ideally, you would then put the stand on the ground, and then lift up the top and place it on. That is not really possible by yourself though. I think I put the top upside down on the ground (protecting the surface from getting scratched on the floor), and then put the stand on it while still upside down. I then carefully flipped the whole unit upright. Then you put on the wings, extension table(s), rails and mobile base (if you have a mobile base). Not too bad.

-- Andy Panko, Edison NJ, http://www.andypanko.com