Comments Welcome on Jet JTAS-10 Please
NewToHobby | Posted in General Discussion on
I am thinking of getting my first table saw. The things important to me are:
Left tilt
Accurate Fence and table
Dust Collection
Dust collection is important enough that I am not really considering a contractor saw.
I think that the Jet looks like the right saw for the money and I wondered how you folks feel about it.
Also in five or six years I may want to transport it from California to Oregon or Washington State when I retire.
Thanks!
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I've had mine for a few years and have no major complaints and it's required no service. The blade to mitre slot parallelism was spot-on out of the box and has stayed that way, as have the 0* and 90* bevel stops. I find this somewhat surprising since I move it around often on a Vega Machine Mover mobile base. Assembly consisted of attaching the cast iron extensions which took a wee bit of shim stock to get them dead level. The laminate extension table and fence installation were quick and painless. I did have to dress the face of the UHMD PE fence face since it had a slight bump to it, but a couple of passes with a razor sharp #7 took care of it. The fence cursor had washers under it that increased parallax so I took them out which put the cursor closer to the scale. Dust collection is reasonably good, but a TS blade will throw some dust no matter what. The mitre gauge and the blade guard I rec'd were both POS's as is pretty much the case with most brands. Besides the mobile base, I have added an Excaliber overarm blade guard w/ DC, a Biesmeyer quick change splitter, a Woodhaven FastTrack Mitre gauge and the Jet outfeed roller table. By the way count on buying a couple of good blades to get the most out of a table saw. I have Systematic combo, FS Tools rip and CMT Dado blades. Go for it.
John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking
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Wow, that was sure a big help! I will look into the add-ons and blades as well asap.
Thanks!
You might want to take a look at "Dizzy's Shop" -- he has a full spread on his JTAS-10. Yum!
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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