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JET 708715CK 10-Inch XACTA Saw Right Tilt with 50-Inch XACTA FENCE, Cabinet | List Price: $2,195.57
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Brand: Jet
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - 3 hp fan-cooled motor
- Rail mounted magnetic on/off switch
- Precision ground 27-by-40-inch cast-iron table
- Extra large cabinet measures 27-by-27-inches
- 50-inch XACTA commercial fence
Almost everything you could want [Posted on 2003-08-12]
I've had my 10" XACTA Right Tilt saw for almost a year now. It has the 30" fence due to limited shop space, however other than the fence it is the same saw. The set-up took about two hours, the hard part being getting the table extensions and table insert flat and true. Mounting the fence rails didn't present a challange, and getting the fence itself square turned out to be easy as well. The instructions were clear and I had already downloaded a copy from the Jet web site to study in anticipation of delivery. Moving to the Jet from a Sears Craftsman is like night and day. The old saw had a hard time with 2" softwood, the Jet zips through all the hardwoods I have fed it and only once have I had anything slow it down. That was the one time I tried to rip a 4x4 a little too fast. I looked at the Unisaw prior to buying the Jet, and concluded that having to buy a dust chute as an extra didn't really make sense. I felt that the Delta also didn't attach the aux. table as well as Jet. Is it perfect? No. I have had to calk the sloping floor of the cabinet to help contain sawdust and keep it off the floor, and it was difficult to find a stud to attach the bonding wire for the dust collector. The finish on the Aux. table was rough and gave me a really bad splinter, but all that is minor. The saw and fence have held allignment as close as I am able to measure for a year now, and that includes a couple of kickbacks that would have brought out the tools on the old saw. I have replaced the spreader with the Byssemeyer in the hope that the increased convinence of the Bysse will lead me to use it more than the origional and stop those dangerous kickbacks. For the money, and a saw of this price and quality should be a lifetime investment, I feel this is the best value around.
Pleased, but could be better [Posted on 2007-06-11]
First off, this doesn't come with an xacta lift. Not sure if they'll correct that in the description or not.
If you can deal with that, this was a great buy. I upgraded from a Powermatic contractor t-saw. Quite a bit of difference in power and precision. Everything came delivered in the correct manner. Only shipping damage was a small chip in the tableboard. There was some corrosion on the cast iron wings, but it came off with some work. It comes with the QC results for arbor measurements. The earlier post about the handle on the door is correct. I just moved the screwhole more to the center of the door - so as not to chip the melamine surface.
Some things that would make this machine a better one include a riving knife, better instructions for assembly, and a hold-down for the end of the fence (for board buddies).
In operation, it is very smooth and powerful.
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