Sawstop PCS Unboxing and Assembly
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2022
- This is Part 1 of 2 videos about my new Sawstop table saw. This video details the unboxing and major assembly of my new Sawstop 1.75 HP Profession Cabinet Saw with 36 inch fence. It includes tips and tricks for assembly, as well as solutions for issues and problems I ran into while assembling mine. Be sure to watch Part 2 to see the final squaring and set up, first cuts, and my initial thoughts, as well as resolutions to other issues that came up during that part of the process.
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The saw came today and I'm currently putting it together. I was able to put my saw in the base with my best friend, Mr. two ton hoist (at 70 years old, hoists are a very good idea). It is definitely very heavy, my shipping label listed 149 kg (328 pounds), but once it's in the base, it glides beautifully. This video was a very big help.
I just assembled my own sawstop, and I too couldn’t get the wings and 36” extension table perfectly flush. The ends of the cast iron wings are slightly bowed up in the ends. I put tape on the inside seam to the right wing (top portion of the seam) to shim it and bow it down and it kinda helped. My extension table is also decent but not awesome, so I’ll buy the bolts you mentioned. In all it took me 2 full days to assemble this thing and apply carbon method for rust protection. For me assembly really sucked, as I just finished yesterday, but I can’t wait to build some cool stuff. Thanks for the video.
Great video! I can't wait to see more and all the awesome projects you will be making. Also, you have the cutest CEO I've ever seen!!
Anyone wondering as I did, before and after I purchased the sawstop 3hp + ICS base, all it took was me (160 lbs) and my wife there to make sure it didn't tip (stabilizer) to get it in the base from the pallet.
Unboxed mine last night and installed the mobile base (not the ICS Hydraulic one). Trying to get the saw off the pallet and on its "feet" was scary and very difficult (my girlfriend and I are both in our late 60's, and the weight was just too much). Since I didn't want to call my neighbors around midnight (I'm impatient), I came up with a plan... using a Hi-Lift Jack and 1000lb straps, I got the saw tilted about 30° before I ran out of lift capacity of the jack. Then I recalled Archimedes statement, "Give me a big enough lever and a place to stand and I will move the world". Well, hell, this HAD to be easier than the world, right? So, I got a couple of 6' long 2x4's, and alternating between the two (Lever it up with one 2x4, then push the other in next to it, a bit further in; rinse & repeat), we managed to get the saw upright with no damage or serious injuries (I did sprain my finger trying to lift the table end, prior to the strap/jack/lever process. It's ironic that I hurt my finger assembling a saw that I bought to PROTECT my fingers, LOL). If I had a do-over (or a shop crane), I'd do it differently. Next: on to the extension tables!
Thanks for the explanation of moving it from box to base- very helpful.
Great video. I recently got my SawStop pcs about 1 and a half months ago and I had a lot of problems with the cast iron wings and the extension table. Wish I had watched your video first. But being a perfectionist after I assembled the whole thing. A week later I took it back apart and figured out how to manipulate it to where it all needed to be and now I’m happy. It’s definitely not an easy task to do by yourself and as with me I had help only putting it in the base nothing else. But great video thanks.
Thanks for the video and included solutions. I'm just putting my PCS together.
Thank you for the extension table fix , setting mine up right now and having the same issue, can’t say I’m impressed with spending 4,500$ and having to do any kind of modification, but glad I found a fix , sawstop should come out with a recall fix this issue
Thanks! I just got the wings on today. I hope I don't have the trouble with the extension table but your video will help if I do!
Amazing Video!
Awesome stuff man having the help of your son... my daughter does the same thing
thnaks man!
So I took delivery and the assembly was pretty easy. When it came to the assembly table, I just didn’t over tighten that bolt in the center and I found that was the ticket. The gage setting of 1/32 it says on the poster o use a credit card. That’s what I did. One thing that did irritate me was that I got my extension table perfect but the fence rubbed a little so I adjusted my table, not knowing until later that the sides of the fence could be adjusted. That pissed me off. They should have put a note in the instructions that the fence could be adjusted in the latter steps.