Power Saws Reviews

I've owned the Jet SuperSaw for two and a half years, and was initially quite impressed by its power and smooth operation. I didn't use it a lot, but enjoyed it when I did. A good quality Freud blade helped.

Then a few weeks ago I tried cranking up the blade, and nothing happened. The dreaded timing belt problem had reared its ugly head! When I took the cover plate off (in itself a challenge), the problem became obvious. The belt had worn through and almost become severed. So I ordered a new one, at almost $10, from WMH tools, plus an outrageous shipping/handling charge of almost $20 (for a 2 ounce item - give me a break!).

When the belt arrived, I faced my next challenge, so far unsurmountable. Following the directions in the manual, I pulled the assembly which includes the belt, and examined it carefully. It was immediately obvious that the toothed pulleys over which the belt runs had clogged with sawdust, which probably hastened the belt's demise. Then I tried to remove the recessed set screws securing the lower pulley , and I'm still trying! The manual gives no indication of the size of Allen wrench needed, but it is apparently a miniscule metric one that I don't own. I'm fearful of stripping the screws completely.

I'm stymied at this point, and wondering whether the company has done any kind of reworking of this lifting mechanism that I should know about. The whole timing belt setup seems laughably inadequate to its task, and once it fails, the saw is useless. Why don't they smarten up and use a chain drive or something else that can shed sawdust and stand up for more than a few months?

Unless this problem has been fixed, I don't recommend that anyone buy this saw.

I bought this saw in August, 2004. Purchased from local machinery dealer. I knew about the belt issue for the blade height adjustment and hoped it was cleared up in mfg process. I got by and made some nice products and a little money with this fine piece of machinery until October, 2005. I did not break the belt, but spun the mechanism that holds it. You see, the lower shaft that connects to the external handle began feeling sticky months earlier. At times, I would need two hands to move the thing. Occasionally, I would experiment with another type of lubricant to wash out the dust and get it moving again. Upon disassembling, I found that the shaft and the bushing it rides in had severe wear and metal burrs - pitted like an automotive axle looks after a bearing locks up. I ruined the belt in the process, of course. I cleaned up the shaft with emery cloth, although still pitted, I figured I'd use a heavy lube and get by - if that little belt cost $10.00, I shuddered at the thought of what some new steel would cost! The local dealer who sold me the saw said $50.00 minimum parts order required, and he had no open P.O.'s for Jet equipment. Suggested I go to local industrial supplier.

Gates rubber company offers a dead ringer for this belt for $5, so I asked for two. It's now almost April, and I've had to get by using a pliers to spin the upper gear for blade height adjustment. Multiple visits to belt store produced nothing more than lots of head scratching behind the counter.They finally called Gates, who told my industrial supplier that they offered this new belt in their catalog, but someone forgot to key that item into their production computer at the factory - March 2006 before producing any. (Such joy I never imagined when embarking on this second career!).

I'd just about had it until reading that another equally frustrated owner bought a belt on line direct from WMH Tool Group. Yes, a $20 s/h fee stinks, but when ordering all the parts I needed, I was pleasantly surprised to see that a new shaft, sleeve and all parts I feared would be ruined during removal/replacement only cost $40 including the fees. I give up. I've ordered all related parts and hope they ship quick.

Hard to get upset with Jet service when it appears everybody else is just as haphazard in operation these days. I don't mean to excuse low service quality - maybe this will get better when we start producing goods in this country again.

Why 4 stars? accuracy and iron. It's smooth running, so easy to convert to 220 it is often mistaken as difficult to do. Plenty of power, reasonably quiet. Fence accuracy is just fine. If Jet had not offered this for the money, I'd have a basic contractor saw with a silly little motor hanging off the front for me to bump into each time I walked by. I'm going to deal with it. I hope anyone who reads this understands that I relied heavily on these reviews when I was about to spend serious cash, and still read reviews before any major purchase. One must realize that a significant amount of wrenching, adjusting and re-adjusting is required to keep up machinery like this, and sometimes, it takes more than we all like.

Meanwhile, I hope Jet is also paying attention to unbiased forums and taking the hint to address these issues.

Anyone who has read any of my other tool reviews probably knows that I own the Dewalt 746. I'm writing this review for my neighbor(sitting next to me) who is too lazy to write his own. He got this saw a couple months ago.
This is his first table saw, and while he has used my Dewalt several times, he couldn't find one locally and on my recommendation he bought a Supersaw at our local wood worker store.
I helped him haul it home and set it up in his basement shop. Should have had more help (younger help) getting it into the basement, but we cheated a bit and got it down there with no injury's.
Took abour 4 hours to get set up and on the mobile base. That included "tuning" the saw.
First impressions..Nice looking unit..powder coat finish is flawless, the fit is very nice and the saw is very solid. The mobile base isn't all that great..but will do. He doesn't move it much except to clean.
I like the movable switch..he had to play with it a bit to decide exactly where he wanted it. I'm so use to my "knee" switch on my Dewalt, that this switch had me fumbling around till I got use to it, but I like the movable part.
We put a linkbelt on the saw when we were assembling it, I have these on most of my tools and he is adding them to his also. The saw comes up to speed nicely and sounds very good. Vibration is minimal, won't do the nickel test, but I think that is because of the mobile base. Still very minimal.
The table top, including the cast iron wings, has a very polished look about it and is very flat across the surface. We did take some extra time making sure the wings were level to the main table.
Dust collection seems very good, hooked to a 4" jet system, not much escapes out the top. He has installed a Tru-Cut insert. The factory one is ok, but with thin kerf blades it is only adequate.
The blade guard, splitter and dogs are, like most factory one's, just adequate to the job. We had to grind the splitter so it would work with the Freud thin kerf blades we both use. The split blade gaurd is kind of a pain, with certain widths of material it tends to push the outboard guard to the side instead of up. Knowing his lack of patience, the guard will probably end up in a drawer, never to see the light of day again.
The miter gauge is junk....at least in my opinion, he thinks it will serve his purpose's ok. He doesn't do a lot of miter work presently, so maybe he is correct. He does like my Osbourne EB-3 miter gauge, so if he wants to upgrade he know's which one to get.
We found the fence to be adequate. It's an improvement over the Dewalt one. At least this one is designed to accept T-trac type add ons. But like the Dewalt fence, it seems a little flimsy and took some fussin to get straight and level. Haven't noticed any flex at the wrong time, or place, and the cursor, once adjusted seems pretty accurate.
Overall this is a nice saw. Should serve him for many years. As to which of the two is better, I think it's like Chevy and Ford, just a matter of personal preference. We both like both saws and would recommend either one to anyone.

Opened the box today. There was no chain, there were small parts missing. In the box were 2 empty plastic sleeves, presumably intended to hold the chain and other parts. The plastic sleeves were flat, and appeared unused, so the stuff was apparently never packed. Now, just trying to figure out how to get those parts mailed to me is frustrating. The Amazon site does not make that an easy thing to do. I am very hesitant to order this kind of item from this site again.

This review is actually more in regards to Amazon's shipping methods - if you are ordering a large item like this, be prepared! I have now had two of these pole saws delivered to my home from Amazon by UPS. BOTH times the boxes were literally ripped in half and completely destroyed by the shipping company, and therefore there were missing and damaged parts. I gave up and sent both back for refunds. The items were in their original box ONLY, with no additional protection. Either Amazon needs to package these MUCH more securely, or ship by a different means. I gave the item an average review only because I was not able to use it - not the fault of the product - it may well deserve a 5 star rating.

Used the saw to cut some 10 inch branches in some precarious locations. It worked great. The pole and extention are solid. The saw has plenty of power, but a lot of plastic--It would probably break if you dropped it from 8ft onto concrete. Easy to buy parts from the Remington website. An excellent choice as long as you are not a professional trimmer, using it every day. I know I'll miss the safety feature on my gas chainsaw--It won't start when I need it most.

The arbor was out by .012, bars not parallel, trunion washer were coned and not usable, but a pals system fixed all of this and the arbor is now within .001. no problems there now, thanks to all the great advice from othe reviews. definatly get the arbor aligned before putting on the extension tables and fence system. absolutly no problem w/ the belt, can't figure out what the glitch is there for others. Passed the nickel test and runs real quiet.

Then there was the table top, the left wing is beveled on the wrong side (the back side), so now i have to decide between using amazon's great customer service or just taking it to a local machine shop. I think I wil opt for the latter.

Shipping was fine except the fence was a little beat up and has some corrosion on it, nothing that can't be fixed.

I worried over the reviews for this saw and the ones for a competing Jet model for weeks, maybe months. I finally decided to ask my local WoodCraft people which one's best. They helped me figure out that the Delta--at least, in the configuration with the best fence--cost less. Price wasn't my main consideration, but they also seemed slightly keener on the Delta.

So, I bought the 36-717 (with the Biesemeyer fence) there, paying $950 plus sales tax; one of the guys at the store actually delivered it to my house in his personal truck--that was after he spent an hour helping me decide. I had planned on purchasing it from Amazon, because it usually offers the best price, no sales tax, and free shipping, but I see lately that it's playing games with the prices, and with the shipping charges. And the WoodCraft rep earned my business, no question.

The crate that contained the saw was undamaged, and the saw itself had suffered no damage whatsoever; it even came with plenty of extra bolts. The wings are a pain to align correctly, but they did line up okay. Everything was perfectly aligned; measuring with a T-square from the miter slot to the front and back of the blade showed a slight discrepancy, but it turned out that stock blade was a little warped, and I wasn't going to use it anyway.

Like someone else here, I decided on a hybrid because I have to rely on 115 volts--I rent a house in the San Francisco Bay Area, and buying is stupid right now. This (or the Jet) was the most powerful saw I could get.

I was still worried that it might not have enough power, especially with a dado set, but I've had zero problems. I bought a Freud 8-inch dial-a-dado set, and it works wonderfully, even when set to a pretty aggressive depth and going through oak and bubinga. I do wish the arbor were a bit longer--the outside nut on a fully stacked dado set could be easy to strip if you get it on there wrong. But the motor is quiet (for a power saw), and very smooth, especially compared to my old benchtop model. Dust collection with a Delta dust collector is awesome, thanks to the enclosed cabinet.

I bought an Incra miter gauge, which is fantastic; I never even unbagged the stock gauge. Oh, I also bought the Delta 50-941 mobile base, which works very well and fits the saw perfectly, except that it doesn't support the out-table included with this version. No problem; because I'm moving it often, I decided the legs on the out-table were just getting in the way, so I just removed them.

I'm not wild about the blade guard; lumber fits very tightly between the guard and the fence when ripping, and that's with it adjusted as far away as I can get it. It's probably because I'm most often using a (Freud) thin-kerf blade, but there has to be a better way to prevent kickback. Yes, I would just take the thing off, but everyone--*everyone* will eventually have something flying back at them, and I need my eyes.

Overall, I'm very happy with the saw. I'm more than satisfied with the quality of materials and construction. I keep thinking, this 400-pound animal cost half what my 3-pound laptop cost. I'll need to replace the laptop in a couple years; the saw will outlive me.

After reading the mixed reviews I was a bit hesitant to buy this saw. However, when I clicked add to cart, I found that the price had dropped to below $700 during some special sale on Amazon about 2 weeks ago. 3 days after ordering it I received a call from the shipping company and arranged for delivery. Everything was intact. Not a scratch. The only problem was the lack of the 1/4 inch hex head screws used to attach the fence to the rail. Other than that, I had no problems putting it together. I didn't put the blade guard and splitter on it because I use a crosscut sled a lot. The tabletop is dead flat. The cast iron wings, however, are not. There is a slight gap about the thichness of 3 sheets of paper ( I don't have a caliper to measure). Finally I was able do make some test cuts and found that I didn't have to make any adjustments to either the miter gauge or the blade. I was either very fortunate or Delta finally worked out the bugs that previous buyers had. I was, however, a little disappointed that my saw has failed the "nickel test".

I bought this saw and it came with a badly warped base. Unfortunately I didn't discover this in time to return it to amazon for a full refund. I sent it to Freud for repair/replacement and got the same base back, only slightly less warped. It won't follow a saw guide because of "drift", in other words the edge of the guide is not parallel to the blade. Basically the engineering on this saw is very ambitious but the manufacturing craftsmanship is terrible.

Addendum: Freud eventually made good by shipping me a new base. If I were to rate the saw now that it has been repaired, it deserves at least three stars. It has a nice powerful motor with variable speed, but maybe it's more powerful than it needs to be. It is fairly heavy, and the motor has a lot of inertia so it keeps on running for several seconds after the trigger is released. The dust collection attachment is somewhat cumbersome, but without it the cutting line is quickly obscured by sawdust. If I had it to do over again I would go for a lighter weight saw with a dust blower like the Black and Decker JS600K, and just be prepared to return it promptly if the base didn't line up just right.

This is an excellent little Jig Saw. Although(when I bought it), it was advertised as being able to use both types of jig saw blades. The regular blades do not hold at all. Would recommend.

This is a top of the line tool that has no comparison. This is
a product I have wished for years to buy, but could never justify paying the retail price; until I saw the product advertised in your magazine at such an affordable price. It performs far beyoond my expectations. I am very happy with the purchase. The precision with which it cuts and performs is remarkable. My wood working friends are shocked when I tell them where and how much I payed for my jig saw.
Thank you!

I thought this would be a good saw to use inside where space is limited. It does set up easily but takes forever to get the table aligned to the blade. After the table is squared to the blade it only lasts for a couple of cuts. In my opinion, it's not worth the hassle. Buy a better saw with easier alignment. Better yet do yourself a favor and stay clear of MK saws. After cutting 10sf of 12x12 the table will be out by 1/8 inch, which is just plain ugly. Supplied blade is good, pump is okay, but who cares? When laying tile you need square cuts. If you need square cuts don't buy an MK saw.

I don't understand why MK, an American company risked the company's image of quality products and start manufacturing cheap tile saws made in china. I was quite upset when I open the MK 159943 MK-370 7" 1-1/4 HP Tile Saw box and saw the made in china sticker. It takes about 30 minutes to assemble the stand and everything else together. The assembly was easy; however, when I powered on the motor, it made a loud cutter noise and the water pump sucks. I will not buy another MK product.

This saw has issues w/ rip cuts over 6". It will rip cut 13" tile, but very dangerous. The sliding plate has too much variance, the blade gets nasty after 6", you need 2 hands to secure the tile, so reaching one hand up and over the motor to cut the power is a spooky manuever. The first 13" tile I cut shot out and hit the wall.
The main problem, besides the loose action of that caddy, is that the pump does not direct the water to the blade.
MK Diamond does have excellent customer service, they suggested the 770 EXP for larger (what I consider NORMAL tile). However I am going to buy the MK-100, which is MADE in USA not assembled. I will only use my MK-370 for baseboard cuts and mosaics.
MK is a good company, but they really need to focus more on explaining their products to the consumer. The instruction manual for the MK 370 is pathetic. And why no clamps for securing the tile?!?

I didn't have room for a large saw and this one does what I want. Worked fine right out of the box, no adjustments needed. Sure there are "better" large saws. I mounted it on a large block of wood for stability, and it allows me to move it around my bench, rather than bolting it down., I just used a piece of 6 x 12 doug fir about 16 inches long, you can probably find this at a construction site doing some wood shoring, I picked mine up in the Bay while fishing (always interesting things on the scum line at tide change.

I was not pleased with the saw at first. It cut to the left (BAD)
and would not even think of resawing. I thought the setup was not right, because the top support bearing would not adjust to the 1/8 inch overlap of the blade that the instructions talked about. I contacted delta and told him of the sawing "crooked" and he immediately said "it's your blade". I explained that it came with a new blade and I also purchased an additional blade. Both cut to the left. I then explained about the support bearing. He sent me a new upper guide, said mabey it was machined wrong. He also sent me 2 DELTA blades. I put the peice on and it helped the bearing position problem, but it still sawed to the left. In flustration I tried the new DELTA blade and that fixed it. Tried the second blade he sent, it sawed perfect also. (even resawing). I'm convinced the blade was the difference. It even sounds different. Hope this helps someone.

I got this Delta bandsaw to cut boards for push-sticks, bird houses and hang-up crafts for my wife. It does a very good job at that although when cutting curves the blade somtimes wanders to the left side. For beginning woodworkers I would recommend this band saw. It is very safe if you know how to use it right. If you are looking to resaw boards and cut beams, dont buy it. It was not designed to do that.

Using the standard Fed-X option, I received my saw quickly and with no apparent box damage on December 3, delivered right inside the new shop. I had the stand together, the cast tops on, and the saw up and running sooner that I had expected, in about 2 hrs. Then, I fought the fence for a while. The lack of clear fence assembly instructions, with no fence diagrams, caused me unnecessary delay. Finally I called Jet, and found out with their great tech support, that I was shipped the right rails & guide, but the wrong fence. I also had a broken plastic sight glass (plastic) on the fence, and no end caps for the guide. The new fence would not line up properly within the sight glass margin of correction, so Jet sent me a new tape to overlay on the guide correcting the problem. All of this was eventually received with a few mistakes on Jet's part, but it did take a month to get it all straight. The saw blade insert's opening is too large (it does works with my wobble dado blade ok), and the blade shipped with the saw is useful only for perhaps ripping.
Overall, the saw's fit and finish is good, and it runs great in the 110v or the 240v mode. I do like it better than my 10 yr. old contractor's saw I sold. However, in hindsight, I would now order the same saw, but without the Exacta fence option. I prefer another brand of fence I had before.

Moved up from [$$$]Craftsman table saw. The old saw was a toy compared to this machine. This thing is a real solid machine...I hope I'm worthy of its abilities. Found the instructions to be very good, except the separate instructions on the extension table and fence as they were dreadful. Also, when you transition from the main instructions to the fence/extension table instructions it is difficult to follow and determine when and where to return in the instruction sequence.

I suggest you buy the mobile base when you purchase it. I don't plan to move mine much, but I wouldn't want to have to move this thing an inch without one. It seems like it would be easiest to assemble right on the stand like I did.

Now that is together, it is a powerhouse!!! I look forward to using it for years to come.

It took me 6 hours to assemble the entire saw but half of that time was spent on the fence alone. The quality of the saw and stand are outstanding -- fit of components, quality of casting and machining, ease of assembly, quality in operation... all near perfect.

The fence, though, needs help. My front support rail was badly warped and the rail sight (small plastic marker for setting measurements) was cracked, misprinted (not parallel to marks on rule), and simply didn't fit on the rail. The instructions are not very good and there was no list of included hardware so I could identify the various pieces. Alignment of this fence to the saw was a real pain in the neck. It should be noted that the Exacta fence is not manufactured by Jet but *for* them.

Once assembled with replacement parts (good customer service), the fence works wonderfully. Measurements are right on the money, first try. The fence is extremely rigid and moves very smoothly.

I gave the saw 5 stars because assembly is a one-time chore and the real measure is day-to-day useability. This saw is a great value, particularly since I only paid (price). I would buy it again in a heartbeat.

I am not going to reiterate the things I see in the other reviews here; I will add a couple of things which you should know.

1. You should not attempt to use this saw without checking it top to bottom (not just the checklist in the documentation). For example, when I turned mine on for the first time it vibrated so bad that the door not only came open, the hinge broke and the corner of the door cut into the tire on the bottom wheel. The hinge *appeared* to be very sturdy. I know this sounds a little hard to believe, but it is the truth. I might add, that I have never seen or heard of such a thing in almost 20 years of woodworking.

2. I could not align the belt to my satisfaction until I reversed the pulley on the motor. Judging only from the picture in the manual it appeared to be mounted backwards; at any rate reversal is easy and that solved the problem.

3. The quick release band tension lever would hang about every other time. Sometimes it would hang only for a few seconds and then pop and release. I took it apart, checked for burrs etc, wiped it down and put it back together; so far so good for this problem.

4. It is impossible on my saw to resaw hardwood boards anywhere near the thickness the saw can accommodate. Softwoods (or thin hardwood) do alright. I tried 3 different blades; only the 3/4 inch blade resaws acceptably on mine.

5. The trunions broke on the table when I dropped the end of a 2x4 on it. I normally don't resaw 8 foot boards, but this time I had a reason. I don't treat my equipment roughly and typically use each device I purchase for 4 or 5 years.

6. The guides are pretty bad, but I have always found this to be the case on new bandsaws (anybody who ships one with a good set of guides will probably sell me my next bandsaw).

I am giving 2 stars for quality materials; that seems generous. I have in my shop the following Delta equipment: Table saw, jointer, drill press and several other items which have performed much better. I will still buy Delta machinery because I get more for my money. However, I have to say that I had to work much too hard to make this bandsaw usable.

I am still experimenting with balancing methods and have no intention of involving the factory. After all, I don't think I could possibly make it any worse.

I've had this band saw for a little over a year and I have to say that I was hoping for more from Delta. It's certainly powerful enough for me and I like the table, the guides, and the ease of taking tension on and off. What I don't like is the vibration - it's pretty bad.

After buying and reading the Band Saw Book (Taunton Press) I found out that the bottom wheel was badly out of ballance. I called Delta and with a little run-around they shipped me a new wheel under warranty. The new wheel is much worse than the original. I was disapointed in the machining quality of the new wheel it was not ballanced well at all, not to mention the fit is too tight. Pretty crummy warranty replacement all togehter. I expected more from this saw and from Delta. There is no way a nickel is going to stay standing on end - I don't think two nickels glued together would stay standing.

There also seems to be no way to get the pulleys lined up between the motor and lower wheel shaft. I've worked for hours shimming this and that to get it better, but it's not great.

On a final note, there seems no way to get the two wheels co-planer under any circumstances and that seems to be hard on the tires. For example, with a 1/4 blade, the top wheel has to be pitched so far out that when I take the tension off, the wheel binds against the back of the upper cabinet.

To do it over again, I would have saved up and bought a better saw - maybe from somebody other than Delta. Don't get fooled that Delta makes the end-all, be-all 14" band saw that has been written about for years; maybe they used to, but not anymore. And that's coming from a guy with a lot of Delta stuff.

I purchased this bandsaw a little over a year ago from Amazon.com (Tool Crib)and had no problems with assembly or performance. I was a little hesitant in purchasing this model after reading some of the reviews but decided to anyway hoping not to get a lemon. Assembly went well without any problems. I upgraded the blade guides with the bearing type. No problems there either. Balanced a nickel right off the bat. The machine works great. I'm glad I bought it when I did. I got $25.00 off and free shipping. I see now that shipping is $99.00. No complaints here.

I purchased this Hitachi saw 2 years ago while building my house. When I first started with the saw I wasn't happy. It has no problem with light material but easily bogs down on hardwood and pressure treated. My biggest complaint with it is the use of plastic on the blade height adjustment. The crank has stripped and I see no easy way to repair it. It is also very difficult to set the fence square. The saw will only accept a 3/8" dado. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that had any serious work to do. I learned that you get what you pay for.

First off, don't believe Amazon's "list price." This saw would NEVER go for more than $300. And justifiably so, because it's not worth even that.
At first it seemed like a well-built saw for the money, but as is usually the case with power tools, you get what you pay for. The 10RA2 has a decent, but not great motor, and it's very loud. You also play hell getting an accurate cut on it because of arbor flex and difficulties fine tuning blade alignment. It can be done, but you have to be careful. But my biggest complaint is the miter slots are non-standard. They require a weird inverted T design that no other saws use, anywhere. That means that if you want to upgrade from the cheap stock miter gauge or, as happened to me, you misplace it, you're screwed. NO aftermarket miter gauges will fit the slots and Hitachi doesn't sell their design as an accessory. So you're forced to go through the parts diagram and order each screw, washer, handle, and everything piece-meal to rebuild a substandard tool to begin with.
Either that, or make your own. Pain in the arse.
But other than that, the dust collection is great. And the on/off switch works flawlessly.
Overall, with the benefit of hindsight, I'd have gone with a different saw. Even for the money, this saw has given me more frustration than satisfaction.

I'm a professional trim carpenter, and I've been very happy with my Hitachi saw. Some of the reviews I've read have been negative on the Hitachi because they're comparing the Hitachi with $1000 and up table saws. The Hitachi is good for those who have a larger table saw and want something to use on-site, and it's fine for the average homeowner. The saw is great because it's portable, light, no-frills... It also has a nice motor as well. It's the best $300 tabel saw you can buy, and I like it more than the Bosch, which I also own and is much heavier.

I now have 3 delta power tools, including this scroll saw. I am pleased with the quality and design. Setup is simple and goes quickly. Have a rag on hand to wipe off the rust-free oil though. This saw has everything I needed, including higher speeds to cut through hard woods. I only buy delta blades, they seem to last longer than others from the hardware store. I did buy a desk lamp to use with this scroll saw, you definately need one. Much better quality than the Craftsman stuff I looked at. I highly recommend this scroll saw.

Excellent value and performance. This tool includes almost 50 pounds of weight with a variable speed induction motor and a quick change blade mechanism. The saw is well dampened from vibration and natural harmonics at any speed are minimal. The speed range is excellent and the tool saws beautifully. Blade change is straight forward. What more would you want for the price?

I have been doing various types of woodworking for many years, both as a hobby and as a job. One day during a job an older gentleman who lived in the house next door approached me while I was hanging doors and said "hey you wanna see some real woodworking" and brought me into his house to show me beautiful pieces of marquetry and intarsia. I was dumb-founded and decided to go out and buy a scroll saw. I payed [money] for this one and let me tell you it was the most gratifying purchase of a tool I ever made. It does everything from fret-work to marquetry and the variable speed feature is fantastic. The arm is steady and stable...only 1 minor problem and that is that I over-layed a piece of 1/4" plywood on the top of the table to facilitate smoother turning of my pieces.