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Shop Fox W1677 TS
Anybody else have this saw? I've had mine for a month and have mixed
feeling about it. Going from a home-built TS, it's my first real saw and thus luxurious in many ways. It is tremendously satisfying to make cuts with. It was not set-up out of the box. I was able to set the blade to .001 with respect to the miter slot, but it's drifted to being out by about 2 mils. That *is* after moving it miles all over the shop in a re-arranging exercise. Forrest WWII 40T blade. There is some cupping and dishing in the table, varying maybe +/- ..005, maybe more. Shop Fox claims the manufacturing tolerance is 20 mils, which strikes me as being way too much. The wings required shimming and still aren't optimized. I said good enough after many hours. The arbor tilt and blade height adjustment do work very smoothly, better than the Unisaw I examined. The Biesemeyer clone fence is a mixed bag. It's a somewhat crude affair, fabricated from essentially angle and square(?) iron stock. Except for the lumpy HDPE fence face (to be replaced), it functions very well, but I find myself wishing for a more refined mechanism. I looked at the Unisaw and was mostly impressed. I wish I had the Unifence on this saw, but I steered away from Delta because of recent reports of QC problems. The 1677 is an attractive machine. Very solid, heavy (I know--same as 1023), beautiful cream paint. Left-tilt 220V, 3 hp, which is waaay more than enough. Very heavy gauge metal cabinet. I know that overall it will serve me well, but I think I wish I had sprung for a General or Bridgewood, or something that is another notch above this. Dave |
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