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   BG | Mar 21, 2003 09:35pm | #1

   Campbelldust,

   You've touched all the bases, there really isn't that much to these saws...until you cut wood.  When I made and started to operate a sled on the griz or cut angles with either the miter or the blade tilted....so smooth, such clean cuts..so exacting....I also like the wheels..nice and solid.

   Good luck have a great time....let your wife drive home so you can hug your saw in the back...lol 

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   forestgirl | Mar 21, 2003 11:20pm | #2

   Check the air pressure in your tires :-)

   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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   DaveHeinlein | Mar 22, 2003 01:50am | #3

   Take a 2' straight edge with you to see if the tables and extensions are flat enough.

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   fdampier5 | Mar 22, 2003 06:42pm | #7

   the trouble is that the variation between one saw (the floor model) and the one you actually get will vary..  for example my buddy sent his fence back to Delta to have them remachine it (they sent two others since the replacement was worse than the original one sent.   The third one was closer and he accepted that but since he's a perfectionist remilled it himself.

         All of my stuff has worked nicely right out of the box,  but close is good enough for me, after all it's wood!  when you see wood move as much as I have while building  this timberframe you'll laugh at those who worry about a few thousands!

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   DaveHeinlein | Mar 22, 2003 09:04pm | #8

   I agree about the tolerances, but it's nice if things are at least a little flat! :^}

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   DennisS | Mar 24, 2003 08:04am | #10

   Where the 'thousand's' count, Frenchy, is in how flat the table and the wings are machined front to back, if not side to side. This affects how easily one can get them aligned when they're installed. Thanks to the advice of some of the stalwart participants in this forum, I learned that you really *can* bend cast iron.

   Within limits, of course (grin).

   ...........

   Dennis in Bellevue WA

   [email protected]

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   fdampier5 | Mar 24, 2003 04:49pm | #11

   It totally depends on what you are attempting to do..  If you intend to build music boxes with delicate inlays then yes you are correct such accuracy is wonderful.  If on the other hand you intend to build entertainment centers, cabinets and such there is enough movement in the wood that such accuracy  will be lost.

     In my case I seldom shove less than an 8 foot long piece thru and often it's more like 18 or twenty feet long..   when I handle such sized pieces if all of the infeed rollers  and both ends of the table are touching a taut string, I'm real happy.

      

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   DougF | Mar 22, 2003 01:58am | #4

   I recently bought the 1023.  I installed the standard Fox Shop fence, used it and took it off and installed my 42", 18-year old Bessy.  The unit is very heavy and difficult to move without a lot of effort that I don't experience with the lighter unit.  The dust collection design , no pun intended, sucks.  They need to redesign the unit to funnel the dust to the port rather than dumping it in a pile at the base.  Having said that, my dust collector may be a little underpowered.  This is really not much of a problem if you get in there and move the chips to the port to clean it our.  other than that, the unit it excellent. 

   Doug

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   Jeff | Mar 22, 2003 02:53am | #5

   Doug

   Now that's funny, my 1023 has a nice slanted shelf to direct the dust

   to the pick-up port.

   A little gets around it thru the Motor cover, but not as bad as I would have thought.

   Jeff

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   forestgirl | Mar 22, 2003 09:18pm | #9

   The cabinet saw review (by Kelly Mehler) in the current Woodworker's Journal indicates that dust collection is pretty poor in most of them.  Don't have the mag here right now, but seem to remember that one or two of the European saws might have been significantly better, due to either location of the collection hole or presence of a shroud that partially enclosed the blade beneath the table.  Griz has lots of company in this area of deficit.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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   BarryO | Mar 22, 2003 04:10am | #6

   If it's anything like their Bellingham, WA showroom, your jaw will drop.  'never seen so many different tools in one place before.  'not even close.