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Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - Handplanesandmore - 04-18-2016
Have had the SS for over 3 years without any finger save incident. I never want one as the blade and new cartridge will cost money. Over 50,000 SS have been sold and I am one of the lucky and HAPPY owners.
The dc is the best in all the brands I know (when used with the above the table dust collection).
The quality and accuracy are the best I have ever experienced once you set up the fence properly. If you can afford it, get it -- second hand or brand new. It isn't that expensive, all things considered.
My neighbor makes two to three vacation trips a year but insists he cannot afford the SS...it's just a matter of priority. I value my hands, palms and fingers more than anything as I still have 25 to 30 years of woodworking to enjoy. I have no intention of trying to convince him to dump his rusty UNISAW. It's his hands and money.
If it matters, Frank Klausz and Chris Schwarz also own SS.
Simon
Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - EricU - 04-18-2016
I wish my PM66 had a riving knife. I have often thought that I should have gotten a SS, but that would have meant that I wouldn't have a saw at all
Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - KyleD - 04-19-2016
Like Shoottmx, I like to use a 7 1//4" blade in my uni for ripping once in a while to save on the kerf. Is it that one cannot physically use a smaller blade in a SS or is it just that there would be no safety stop using it?
Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - pinsntails - 04-19-2016
CS just had a post on his Lost Art Press blog a few days ago on his experience with the SS after owning and using it for 33 months.
Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - kludge - 04-20-2016
If I was given one I might consider replacing my 1950 Uni.
But honestly my only complaint with the old girl is the lack of a riving knife. Other than that she's been more than up to any task I've given her.
Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - meackerman - 04-20-2016
one of the members here was making a riving knife for Unisaws.
I was going to get one, but never did.
Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - JDuke - 04-20-2016
I went from a Uni to SS and am very happy with the SS.
Uni table is 27" deep and SS is 30" deep so wings are different but a length of 15 series 80/20 fills the gap nicely.
Duke
Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - s9plus20 - 04-20-2016
The PCS top is the same size as a Unisaw (27") the ICS is larger (30")
Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - kludge - 04-20-2016
meackerman said:
one of the members here was making a riving knife for Unisaws.
I was going to get one, but never did.
Yeah, me too.
http://www.theborkstore.com/product.sc?productId=31
I'll just settle for a splitter!
Re: Replacing a Unisaw with a SawStop? - Bill Lyman - 04-20-2016
What is there not to like about a SawStop?