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My husband was thrilled when he got the tool, and cannot wait to use it this weekend.
As a weekend woodworker, I used to cut sheet good with a straight edge. This tool has made this task simpler and without hassle. The very first cut was perfect. I am very happy that I finally purchased this.
(The instructions warn of this possibility). The thumb screws furnished for the hold down clamps are pure-D junk. The instructions for spacing the guide were incorrect. Luckily I have a large junk drawer and found a couple of wing nuts that would work.
I had used the spacer furnished with the kit to center the saw on the carriage. Someone else here suggested using your own clamps and that will probably be the permanent fix. It took some doing to mount my older saw on the saw carriage, I had to drill several holes in my saw base in order to make it work. I just used my new PPS-2 saw guide for the first time last night. The neat saw carriage with its roller bearings make this tool (probably) worth the money; otherwise the person who suggested just clamping a piece of angle iron had the right idea. No runout and a true cut.
The instructions said to add 2 - 11/16" to the desired width. Maybe there is a variable due to different brand saws, but we only used 1 - 11/16".
(And kept a hundred bucks in their pocket) All-in all I'll give it 2 1/2 stars. The knurled nuts stripped out of the plastic wings the first time my wife tried to tighten them.
The old adage of measure twice etc. The result is, I now have a dedicated saw just for this tool.
I'm faced with wasted minutes of teardown/set up time if I ever want to use that saw for anything else.After I got everything assembled and secure, I ripped several 12" pieces out of 5/8" plywood and was pleased with the results. comes into play.
Once I got it set up, it did the job; but it took an awful lot of effort to get going.
light years better, one of the best purchases our shop ever made. before buying this.if you are serious.and you can afford it. look into festool's version of this concept. especially good for site work when you need precise cuts but didn't bring the table saw. i shunned such 'snooty' tools for years but now i'm convinced that most of what festool makes is the best in it's class.
They give instructions for adding a "sawboard" but it requires drilling holes in the fences. The work has to be supported, for me an old hollow core door over 2 saw horses worked great for cutting 3/4" MDF. For any possible application where a panel saw can be used, this tool is superb. Would have been nice if the holes were already there. Only thing I'd like to see or have described in the documentation is a gizmo or method for determining where to set up the fence in relation to the cut line. By trial and error, I worked out a couple of marks on my 36" measuring stick (one for the fence sitting on the "waste" side of the cut, one for sitting on the good side). Maybe you could clamp the fence down, butt a piece of hardboard against the edge and clamp it, then run the PPS-2 to cut the hardboard. That should give you a template to set the spacing between fence and cut line.
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