Kirk (KC) Constable
08-02-2003, 7:02 PM
...from the friendly local Woodcraft. We got the Xacta left tilt with long rails and the Bosch router and Xacta lift package for the extension table, along with the big JET add-on sliding table.
As usual with JET (in my experience), the fit and finish of the saw was exemplary...with the exception of the motor cover, which was pretty well crushed. :mad: The right extension table mated up perfectly to the main table (left table not used with the slider). This is the first time I've seen the 'commercial' Xacta fence, and it looks like they've fixed at least one of the irritating problems with the 'plain old' Xacta fence in that there's no plastic thingy to fall off the locking lever. Also seems bigger than the other one. A couple washers and nuts were missing, and the bolts provided for the extension table aren't long enough to use the washers as instructed. That's not a huge deal, I guess, but it's a very simple quality control issue...and one that shouldn't be.
I'm a bit irritated about the sliding table. Maybe I heard wrong, but I understood a couple retailers to say that it 'bolts right up' to the saw. Hmmph. It bolts right up after you drill several holes in the cabinet and cut a foot or so off all the components of the rail system. We'll take the rails to the local metal worker to cut them, but I still have to take 'em off and put 'em on again after already spending an hour doing it the first time. :mad: Also a bit miffed that the picture on the cover and in the body of the slider manual clearly show parts that have changed...and the new parts have more holes than the pictures...and the JET Doctor wasn't answering the phone today.
It just occurred to me that I might could use the router lift thingy in the router table...but we'll never use it on the saw. My first inclination is to offer it for sale...router not included. Email or PM me if anybody's interested.
Hopefully I'll have the whole deal assembled and cutting Monday afternoon, at which point I'll report on the sliding table.
KC
As usual with JET (in my experience), the fit and finish of the saw was exemplary...with the exception of the motor cover, which was pretty well crushed. :mad: The right extension table mated up perfectly to the main table (left table not used with the slider). This is the first time I've seen the 'commercial' Xacta fence, and it looks like they've fixed at least one of the irritating problems with the 'plain old' Xacta fence in that there's no plastic thingy to fall off the locking lever. Also seems bigger than the other one. A couple washers and nuts were missing, and the bolts provided for the extension table aren't long enough to use the washers as instructed. That's not a huge deal, I guess, but it's a very simple quality control issue...and one that shouldn't be.
I'm a bit irritated about the sliding table. Maybe I heard wrong, but I understood a couple retailers to say that it 'bolts right up' to the saw. Hmmph. It bolts right up after you drill several holes in the cabinet and cut a foot or so off all the components of the rail system. We'll take the rails to the local metal worker to cut them, but I still have to take 'em off and put 'em on again after already spending an hour doing it the first time. :mad: Also a bit miffed that the picture on the cover and in the body of the slider manual clearly show parts that have changed...and the new parts have more holes than the pictures...and the JET Doctor wasn't answering the phone today.
It just occurred to me that I might could use the router lift thingy in the router table...but we'll never use it on the saw. My first inclination is to offer it for sale...router not included. Email or PM me if anybody's interested.
Hopefully I'll have the whole deal assembled and cutting Monday afternoon, at which point I'll report on the sliding table.
KC