JET 708305GRXK 10" Contractor Saw with 52" XACTA Fence and XACTA Lift

Customer Reviews:

A love-hate relationship, getting more loving [Posted on 2001-09-22]
With trepidation, after reading everyone else's views on saws, I selected the Jet. As background, I have 3 cars in my 3 car garage; accordingly, I don't have much spare room so I went with the extension table with router cutout and router lift and put it on a mobile base.
To start with, the only problems with shipment were: (1) Fedex arrived without calling a head of time (but it was one of those rare occasions when someone happened to be home); (2) the left end of the front fence rail was crushed slightly. The damaged area is outside of the area used for clamping the fence so no harm no foul (and I didn't have the patience to wait for a replacement nor did I want to go through assembly a second time). Assembly is time consuming - plan on a day. You also want a helper for some stages. The instructions were ok for the saw. Instructions for the Exacta fence were less clear but common sense overcame any obstacles. For example, table extension is not the same as extension table (it means table wings). Also, the instructions said that the fence had been adjusted at the factory to be square and level to the table. Not even close. The mitre gauge required adjustment also. I don't mind this, but the claim of "factory adjusted" should be deleted.
So far so good. The saw is powerful and smooth (I wired for 220). Then the honeymoon ended. First the fence slipped. Jet had glued a small square nylon pad to the shoe at the point it applies pressure to the front edged of the front rail. Bad idea. The glue (rubber cement?) simply did not hold the nylon pad in place. The result was that the fence moved the same distance the nylon pad nslipped. When I called Jet, they immediately shipped a replacement shoe with advice to attach the new style pad with 2-part epoxy glue. Problem solved. However, would you believe that nylon pads were also attached in the same manner to the fence where pressure is applied to the back side of the rail? Whoops. As one of these pads slipped, the rail would become out of square to the blade. I kept thinking that the adjusment screw was at fault. These pad were also fixed with a little epoxy glue. I'm a little surprised that the kit I received did not include a fix for this also, or at least a warning.
The only complaint on the router portion involves the cut out. The depth is slightly too deep so that the router lift is not flush with the table top. (I trimmed some laminate edging and slipped them under the router lift.)

Now that the bugs are worked out, the saw is a dream to work on. I would buy this set up again.

Great value though I had a slight problem with the finish [Posted on 2003-01-04]
I got my table saw a year ago - after pouring over the various reviews on Amazon I decided to go with the Jet. A year later I think that I need to pay back a provide my own feedback to the community.

Over all I am ecstatic with this saw and the router table. Assembly was straightforward, if time consuming. I had a friend help, I'm not sure that this is a one person assembly project. Plan on a day.

I have given it two inch black walnut (using a Woodworker II blade - get one if you don't have one!) and even though I still am using 110V it had no problems.
I have not had any problems with the fence. Quite the contrary I find that it is very accurate and easy to set for a cut.

The router table is a great addition. I have a couple of concerns with it. I mounted a Hitachi M12V (the base plate came pre-drilled for every imaginable router so no need to worry about drilling for the base plate) and I can change bits from the table top with the basic wrench. the only gripe I have is there was a bur which snagged and scratched the wood as you pushed it though the router. This was fixed with a metal file, but wasn't what I wanted to see.

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