Ridgid 4511

[Matt Woessner]

Does anyone here have one of these saws yet? What are your thoughts? Do you like the granite? Ease of setup? Thanks for the input.

[James K Peterson]

Does anyone have one now? I've looked at the one on display and I like the fit/finish, especially compared to other contactor saws. I'm thinking I may break down and buy one to speed up some of my operations (repeat cuts and dados).

[john bateman]

Ridgid has some woodworking forums located here:
http://www.ridgidforum.com/forum/index.php

Several people have bought that saw and you can find their opinions of it, as well as pictures, assembly tips, etc.

[scott spencer]

Haven't seen one or used one, but I did catch a pic of the trunnions...pretty impressive IMHO for a $600 unit.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hewood/sawparts/r4511topview.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hewood/sawparts/R4511Trunion.jpg

[Chris Tsutsui]

Granite sounds a bit problematic to me if durability is concerned.

I would be afraid of Chips, cracks, and I read somewhere that a guy said there's no miter slot reinforcement.

Though if you're careful with the top then granite should be fine. I just know a couple occasions where the top of my table saw might have gotten chipped if it were granite and not metal.

Then again, they sell 2-part epoxy chip repair kits for granite counter tops that would probably work ok.