[johnnie52]

I looked this saw over at my local Lowes and the one they had on display seemed to be assembled fairly well. I likes the safety features but you can not use a thin kerf blade with then. The under side looked pretty Beefy even though it was made of aluminum. The display model was ease to roll and was rock solid when the front wheel was lowered and the saw sat on the legs. I have the Rigid Wheel set on my Craftsman (I forget what its called but its the same lift and rollers that come on the Rigid TS) and the Delta is a lot easier to move than my Craftsman.


I think Delta has a winner here, but I'll wait until its been on the market longer before writing the check and bringing one home.

 

[johnnie52]

The only update I have is that I gave the one at my Lowes the once over and checked all the alignments and movements of the blade up and down and fully over to 45 and back. Could not start it up of course, but from what I could tell it was set up properly. However, I was not able to get the riving knife and blade guard off, so cutting none through cuts would be an issue for me.

I'm keeping my old reliable Cman Flex till it dies I guess. After adding the T2 fence system its a fine saw provided you take into account its limitations.

 

[johnnie52]

While I completely agree that aluminum is plenty strong enough to handle most issues common to a table saw, I will never agree that the mating of an aluminum trunnion to a cast iron table top is a good idea.

There is a chemical process called galvanic corrosion that causes the aluminum to corrode over time and become brittle when it is bolted directly to anything other than more aluminum.

So, if you keep a saw for 5 years or more, the strength of the trunnion will be compromised and possibly break at the worse possible time.

Those control arms that ryan50hrl mentioned are mounted in rubber or synthetic bushings. They are not mounted directly to the steel frame. Freightliner trucks found this out the hard way in the 50's when their aluminum frames broke at the steel rear spring hangers after 5 years on the road. They replaced the direct contact between the different metals and their rigs have been fine ever since.

 

[johnnie52]

Indeed Paul, thanks for that review of the set up and use of the new saw.

 

[johnnie52]

The one I saw set up at Lowes had a full kerf blade installed that had Delta printed on the blade (as in it came with the saw). The knife did look to be slightly thinner than the blade as it should be, but not thin enough for a true thin kerf blade. My thin kerfs are all .06 (1.5mm) except of my newest blade which is under .06 and closer to .03 (0.8mm).

 

[johnnie52]

Which blade is that? Even the Infinity Laser Kerf is .063, which I thought was if not the thinnest table saw blade, one of the very thinnest available. I guess I was wrong?

No you were not wrong. They advertize it as being .063, but the one I bought at the Wood Show here in Tampa (which is the home office of Infinity) is closer to .03 than it is to .063. It makes a HUGE difference on my under powdered flex drive Craftsman TS. Not to even mention the extremely low noise level of the saw compared to even the Freud blades that I have on the saw most of the time and cuts so cleanly that I never get saw marks from it.

 

[johnnie52]

Youse guys are gonna make me go cut a kerf now. :laughing:

 

[johnnie52]

This was a wee bit of an upgrade. Ha!


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I agree totally. Looks to me like you will really enjoy it over the old saw.