On 1/16/2015 2:41 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:31:51 -0600
Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:

My previous Jet cabinet saw was much lighter but was on a tripod
style, 2 wheels fixed and one swiveled. I thought it was great but
ir required some maneuvering to get it into a specific place. The
Sawstop Industrial mobile base works so well that I have never longed
for the old stile base.

Mine's the tripod style. But I decided I don't really need to move
it much. But if so it's definitely more work than full swivel.


I was skeptical of the 4 wheel vs. 3 wheel tripod layout. The 3 wheel
layout does not rock regardless of how uneven the surface is. Although
the SawStop hydraulic base is heavily built it seems to still have all 4
wheels on the floor with 700#'s resting on top, regardless of where it
place it in a 3 car garage. Having said that if there had been a tripod
style base available for the industrial version of the SawStop I
probably would have opted for that style again 2 years ago. The
location of the dust port on this particular model saw was problematic
as far as extension tables and mobile bases were concerned. Fortunately
Sawstop offered this base and HTC, "just in time" changed their out feed
roller extension to work around the dust port. ;~)