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Bill the Enginer · 06-15-2010, 11:53 AM

I rented and tried out the Ridgid R4510 portable table saw from Home Depot this past weekend. To start off with I have never used a table saw before, so I have nothing to compare it with.

The one I rented did not come with a miter gauge, the HD Employee did not recall one ever being with the saw and did not think it came with one. I was told it was only a couple of month old and only been used a few times. I looked pretty new.

My impressions were that its a nice saw, I would like to own one.

Moving it around on the mobile base was easy. When set up the base also seemed pretty solid. The gravity rise base works real nice and easy. The saw was not to heavy that it was difficult to lift it into the back of my Explorer. The hand hold as in the right spot.

I don't know about ripping a heavy full sheet of plywood but anything under 2 foot wide would be fine.

I know it's a portable saw, but a little more room on the out feed side of the blade would be nice. I did not look close enough to see how easy an out feed table could be added.

Table size is nice and the surface is nice. Wood slides easily.

The rip fence is nice too and the scale was dead on to better then a 1/32. I did notice that if you were not careful you could get the fence to not be parallel to the blade, by a 1/16 to maybe 1/8 of an inch from the front to back of the fence. In all the cuts i made this did not cause any issues and it looks like the was pretty parallel. I did not do any adjusting to the saw, I ran it the way i got it.

Power seemed fine, one inch maple and oak did not slow it down.

I don't know if its a characteristic of the saw, direct drive saws or this model, but the soft start sounds horrible. There is a little rotational play is the bland and the rattling it make when starting just does not sound well. once up to speed its smooth and sounds fine.

The riveting knife adjust easily and comes off and goes on easy as well. A little tight to get my hand down to the handle to tighten down the knife. The guard goes on easy as well and so does the kick back paws. The push stick is a nice feature too.

The only thing i wonder is why is there a dip in the table behind the blade on the insert and the table? I notices that when ripping a groove in a short piece of 2 x 4 that it would catch this dip and the groove was not a uniform depth since the 2 x 4 was not perfectly straight. On all the other pieces i cut this was not an issue. Just wondering what the dip/recess is there?

Zahir · 07-10-2010, 11:43 AM

Hey Bill, Thanks for the helpful post regarding the Ridgid Table Saw - you cleared up a few things I was wondering about.

Its hard to find information like this on the web

Thanks again.

RapidCut · 07-11-2010, 10:55 AM

Good review. It is a nice portable table saw. I think something is wrong with the saw you had because my soft start is very smooth and quiet. When it gets up to speed, however, it is as noisy as an F18 on takeoff (common with direct drive saws).

As far as the insert goes - I think it is adjustable however I can't confirm at the moment because I am not near my saw.

RC

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill the Enginer

I rented and tried out the Ridgid R4510 portable table saw from Home Depot this past weekend. To start off with I have never used a table saw before, so I have nothing to compare it with.

The one I rented did not come with a miter gauge, the HD Employee did not recall one ever being with the saw and did not think it came with one. I was told it was only a couple of month old and only been used a few times. I looked pretty new.

My impressions were that its a nice saw, I would like to own one.

Moving it around on the mobile base was easy. When set up the base also seemed pretty solid. The gravity rise base works real nice and easy. The saw was not to heavy that it was difficult to lift it into the back of my Explorer. The hand hold as in the right spot.

I don't know about ripping a heavy full sheet of plywood but anything under 2 foot wide would be fine.

I know it's a portable saw, but a little more room on the out feed side of the blade would be nice. I did not look close enough to see how easy an out feed table could be added.

Table size is nice and the surface is nice. Wood slides easily.

The rip fence is nice too and the scale was dead on to better then a 1/32. I did notice that if you were not careful you could get the fence to not be parallel to the blade, by a 1/16 to maybe 1/8 of an inch from the front to back of the fence. In all the cuts i made this did not cause any issues and it looks like the was pretty parallel. I did not do any adjusting to the saw, I ran it the way i got it.

Power seemed fine, one inch maple and oak did not slow it down.

I don't know if its a characteristic of the saw, direct drive saws or this model, but the soft start sounds horrible. There is a little rotational play is the bland and the rattling it make when starting just does not sound well. once up to speed its smooth and sounds fine.

The riveting knife adjust easily and comes off and goes on easy as well. A little tight to get my hand down to the handle to tighten down the knife. The guard goes on easy as well and so does the kick back paws. The push stick is a nice feature too.

The only thing i wonder is why is there a dip in the table behind the blade on the insert and the table? I notices that when ripping a groove in a short piece of 2 x 4 that it would catch this dip and the groove was not a uniform depth since the 2 x 4 was not perfectly straight. On all the other pieces i cut this was not an issue. Just wondering what the dip/recess is there?

del schisler · 07-11-2010, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill the Enginer

I rented and tried out the Ridgid R4510 portable table saw from Home Depot this past weekend. To start off with I have never used a table saw before, so I have nothing to compare it with.

The one I rented did not come with a miter gauge, the HD Employee did not recall one ever being with the saw and did not think it came with one. I was told it was only a couple of month old and only been used a few times. I looked pretty new.

My impressions were that its a nice saw, I would like to own one.

Moving it around on the mobile base was easy. When set up the base also seemed pretty solid. The gravity rise base works real nice and easy. The saw was not to heavy that it was difficult to lift it into the back of my Explorer. The hand hold as in the right spot.

I don't know about ripping a heavy full sheet of plywood but anything under 2 foot wide would be fine.

I know it's a portable saw, but a little more room on the out feed side of the blade would be nice. I did not look close enough to see how easy an out feed table could be added.

Table size is nice and the surface is nice. Wood slides easily.

The rip fence is nice too and the scale was dead on to better then a 1/32. I did notice that if you were not careful you could get the fence to not be parallel to the blade, by a 1/16 to maybe 1/8 of an inch from the front to back of the fence. In all the cuts i made this did not cause any issues and it looks like the was pretty parallel. I did not do any adjusting to the saw, I ran it the way i got it.

Power seemed fine, one inch maple and oak did not slow it down.

I don't know if its a characteristic of the saw, direct drive saws or this model, but the soft start sounds horrible. There is a little rotational play is the bland and the rattling it make when starting just does not sound well. once up to speed its smooth and sounds fine.

The riveting knife adjust easily and comes off and goes on easy as well. A little tight to get my hand down to the handle to tighten down the knife. The guard goes on easy as well and so does the kick back paws. The push stick is a nice feature too.

The only thing i wonder is why is there a dip in the table behind the blade on the insert and the table? I notices that when ripping a groove in a short piece of 2 x 4 that it would catch this dip and the groove was not a uniform depth since the 2 x 4 was not perfectly straight. On all the other pieces i cut this was not an issue. Just wondering what the dip/recess is there?

Most saw plate has allen screws in the plate that can be adjusted to get it flat I don't know about that saw But you get what you get When you get the direct drive Not my kind of saw If no screws that If you owen it you could fix that But on a rentel Get the job done and back it goes But it cuts