{"id":20,"date":"2003-01-01T20:39:58","date_gmt":"2003-01-02T03:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potlach.org\/feast\/?p=20"},"modified":"2014-03-23T18:45:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T01:45:47","slug":"new-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potlach.org\/feast\/2003\/01\/01\/new-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"new tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, so after 10+ years of woodworking, my Jet Supersaw is the first real piece of equipment that hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been rescued from the garbage, found at a garage sale, or \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgiven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (read, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcno longer useful\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) from a relative. Well, its a big step for me, but I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be more happy with the purchase.<\/p>\n

After entirely too much research, testing, prodding, poking and reading various magazines, I decided to go with Jet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new supersaw<\/a>. For the balance of price vs performance, this seemed to me to be the hands-down winner. Woodwerks<\/a> had a 10% off everything sale every time the Woodworking show comes into town. The saw sold itself even that the current price. The 10% discount was just an added bonus. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been enjoying this so much, I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t had enough time even think about the Jet rebate.<\/p>\n

The saw came in 3 boxes, the largest of which was approx 2.5\u00e2\u20ac\u00b2x 3.5\u00e2\u20ac\u00b2x 5\u00e2\u20ac\u00b2 and was on a wooden pallet. The total saw weighs in about 400 lbs fully assembled. Even after we took the motor out, and removed all of the various accessories to help the move the largest piece (the main saw) was really more than 2 people could easily manage. This thing is heavy so be warned to all of those people (like myself) trying to get this thing in your basement shop. The weight of this thing is very welcome for when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve finally got it in place, but it sure is painful trying to get it there. (Thanks Bernie for your help! ;).<\/p>\n

In addition to the spot on accuracy, cast iron top, trunion size and the simple well-thought out design, I was pleasantly surprised by the additional \u00e2\u20ac\u0153little things\u00e2\u20ac\u009d . Things like the padded washers holding the saw to the pallet as not to mar the feet, the extra electrical nut in the wiring housing of the motor and the nice catch on the back panel, for example, were appreciated little surprises. Additional unknown-to-me-therefore-considered-extras like the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153filter\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at the bottom of the vacuum assembly to minimize the possibility of getting small chunks of wood in the dust collection system helped confirm my view that this machine was indeed very well designed.<\/p>\n

The powder finish is beautiful. Except for a couple of places where there seemed to be some extra \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdirt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 that was mixed with the powder, the finish is the best I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever seen. A minor grumble, I generally like a good 20\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3 to the left of the blade. With the left wing in place I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m down to more like 14\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3. Ok, so maybe these missing 6\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3 will be something I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get used to, but not yet. I also seemed to be missing pages 20-24 in the user manual. If I ever decided to read this manual, this may become an issue \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have as much of a problem with the fence as some on this list have stated. In particular, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find the deflection that has been mentioned in previous posts to be a problem. Rather it just seemed that the pairing of this saw with this fence didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem, well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 appropriate. Its less \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcheavy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and smooth than the rest of the saw. After about a days worth of use, I took it off and put back on an Old Biesemeyer home shop fence that I had from my previous saw. Big improvement.<\/p>\n

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If you have the means for the Biesemeyer, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d suggest going for it. If not, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think its that big of a deal, but It won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t surprise me if Jet offers a beefier fence as a future option. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind loosing the sliding on\/off switch option switching fences forced me to make. Given the Microglide design
\ndoesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lend itself to working well with other table saws so I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect a big after-market with this fence.<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m usually reluctant to buy v1 of anything. One issue in particular that slightly concerned me was the motor \/ arbor belt. Finding a replacement may be a problem. But in the end this concern seemed small in light of the rest of the design and gave Jet the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n

Getting the alignment of the splitter\/guard with a thin-kerf blade has been a bit of a problem as well (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never owned anything powerful enough that could use a regular kerf \ud83d\ude09 . Also, trying to find a zero-clearance blade insert seems to be somewhat problematic. Getting all of this to work right will are high on the to-do list next I get back in the shop. But I have to say, with the purchase of this saw I seem to be finding excuses to get back there on a much more frequent basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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