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JET 708663MBK JTAS-10SXL50 10-Inch Left Tilt 3 Horsepower Cabinet Saw with 50-Inch Xacta II Fence, Mobile Base, 2 Cast Iron Extension Wings, Table Board, and Legs, 230-Volt 1 Phase | List Price: $1,999.99
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Brand: Jet
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - 3HP Left Tilt 50" Premier Fence
- Free Mobile Base
- 27"x40" Cast Iron Table
- Hinged Motor Cover
- Miter Gauge Included
Wow this is nice [Posted on 2006-01-14]
This is a great saw. I have been using it for about 6 months now. It was an upgrade form a Craftsman. Nice and heavy, quite, little vibration, and lots of power. I can slice through 8/4 oak with no hesitation. I use a Freud thin kerf 40T blade.
Two drawbacks. The fence seems a little tight to the rail. I looks like it would have slide fine, until it was powder coated and the pait built up just a little to much. The second is that I wish the blade would lower a little more. When making zero insert blade inserts the blade does not lower enough to set the insert in firmly and raise into the insert. I may just need to adjust something.
All in all it is a fantastic saw.
Poor Quality Control and Customer Service [Posted on 2006-03-10]
I just took delivery of this saw last week. I am disappointed with Jet's quality control and customer service.
I agree with other reviewers, that the mobile base for this saw is totally inadequate, but I also have a few other issues with Jet's quality control. I was just starting to mount the guide rail for the fence to the front rail (big piece of angle iron) of the saw when I discovered that the pre-drilled holes in the front rail were not drilled parallel to the face of the rail. There was a 1/2" difference from the furthest left hole to the furthest right hole in the rail. This made it impossible to align the guide rail parallel with the front edge of the saw. I also noticed a dent and several deep scratches in the guide rail (shipping damage), and that the stick-on measuring tape wasn't pre-installed on the guide rail as is shown in the fence assembly instructions.
Next, the instruction manual for the saw tells you to jam a scrap piece of wood between the saw and the blade to keep it from moving when you tighten the arbor nut. I noticed on my saw that there are flat spots already machined on the arbor shaft to facilitate use of the arbor wrench provided with the saw, but you need two of them, one to hold the arbor shaft and one to tighten the arbor nut.
I put my saw together on a Saturday afternoon, so of course, I had to wait until Monday to call Jet's customer service department. The lady with whom I spoke to at Jet on Monday morning was quite helpful in getting some new parts (guide rail, front rail and an arbor wrench) in the mail to me. I received the replacement guide rail and arbor wrench in the mail on Wednesday (these two parts came from Tennessee) and but I am still waiting for the front rail, which had to come from Washington state.
The replacement guide rail I received looked as if it had been spray painted to cover up scratches it had in it (which I could still see). The finish was very rough and as if they had spray painted it in a dusty environment. The guide rail that came with my saw originally had a very smooth powder coated finish (except in the places that were damaged, of course). I called Jet's Technical Service department this time, because I wanted to ensure that they had sent me the correct guide rail (my original one had seven pre-drilled mounting holes and the replacement only had six). I told the gentleman at Jet about the finish on the replacement part I received and he told me they had switched manufacturers for that particular item and that the replacement guide rail I had received had probably been repaired before it was sent to me, hence the spray painted finish. I explained to him that I paid for a "new" saw and I wanted a "new" guide rail with the proper powder coated finish on it (like the rest of the saw). He said, "OK, but you need to send me back the other two guide rails." I asked him who was going to pay for the shipping, and he told me that I would have to pay to send them back and Jet would pay the shipping to send the second replacement one to me. These things are heavy and would cost me a small fortune to ship. I told him I was not going to pay to shipping, especially when I didn't damage them. I told him I would speak with Customer Relations.
The lady at Customer Relations is sending me another guide rail (although, when I told her about my conversation with the man in their Technical Service department, she also started to tell me I would have to send them the other two rails back at my own expense. After explaining the situation a few times, she finally backed-off from that notion). I asked her to make sure the replacement is inspected prior to mailing and that it be packaged a little better than the last two had been. We'll see.
I am just getting started with woodworking and this was my first major tool purchase. I had been told that Jet was a good product, but after this experience, I think I will be looking to another brand to outfit the rest of my shop.
10 yrs n still great [Posted on 2006-06-30]
I have had my Jet JTAS saw for about 10 years now, right tilt was bought before left was an option, hence the 4 stars n not 5.
I am an amatuer garage woodworker and except for the right tilt
this saw has been a dream come true. After the initial set up, with the original Xacta fence (no micrometer movement)I cut scrap 3/4 Oak into 2" squares n put them into a checkerboard layout with perfect joints right from the git go. Back then it does sound like fit n finish is better than what u get today, but it has always been the center of my garage n a tool I would recomend to anyone.
Great Saw, Great Customer Service [Posted on 2006-07-12]
I order this saw about a month ago, and am very happy with it. When the truck showed up, I had my tractor with loader ready to unload it. Things went smoothly, other than bending my loader forks quite a bit. Brought the saw and related peices into the shop, and started unpacking it.
After a thourough inspection, the only thing I found wrong was that one of the fence faces had the brackets strip out of it. A quick call to Jet, and a new set of fence faces were on their way. I was very pleased with their response to this issue.
Set up was straight forward, but does require some heavy lifting. I found I was able to prop up one side at a time to get the mobile base under it. Once the whole saw is on the mobile base, the base is pretty warped. I only set it on it temporarily until I have the shop layout determined. Once that is done, the saw will come back off the base as it is just not sturdy enough.
Other than that, I assembled everything, wired it up and made a couple of test cuts. The fence was spot on, the blade was perfectly aligned with the miter slots, everything just works.
Over all, I am very impressed with the saw. I would have given it a perfect rating, if it weren't for the cheap mobile base. As I said, this was not a concern to me, but should be pointed out before someone pays extra for it.
Takes everything I throw at it. [Posted on 2006-12-01]
I've been using this saw for about two years now (bought it form Amazon due to free shipping). I agree with all the prior reviews about getting help with moving this beast and with assembly. I did it all by myself but it would have been easier with my power lifting sons. I have only three complaints: 1- I don't like the Xacta fence. It does not micro adjust well and the indicator is difficult to read. I'm going to take an earlier reviewers advice and make my own. 2- I find the switch difficult to operate due to it's position. 3- positive stops for 90 deg on the blade are not trustworthy. I have to check the blade every time I take it out of 90 and bring it back. When I'm doing production work, I use two bench saws and leave one at 90 deg so this problem won't slow me down.
I've owned or used a lot of cabinet saws (semi professional woodworker). This one definitely beats any Delta I've used and ranks equally with Powermatic. I love the left tilt. Almost no large tool is perfect out of the crate, but this one was pretty close needing only minor adjustments and modifications.
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