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Good to hear. Felt like a great price from the reviews. Looking forward to Saturday although I won't be doing any major projects until March / April time.
Sawstop was really a wife selling feature. I wanted the Festool because 'fancy' and the saws top feature is a great way of getting her buy-in. In reality, as long as you're not being a twat, you're very unlikely to ever need it.
Soul-
In my experience complacency is the reason stuff goes wrong with dangerous equipment. Personally I think you're much more likely to be complacent with something like that.
Out of curiosity did you have to pay for shipping? I'm a little bit peeved because Bosch's UK head office and distribution centre is walking distance from here and I'm having to pay a tenner for shipping.
Bobbo
Very good saw, at a very good price. So good I've risked the wrath of my accountant and blown my tool budget for this quarter when I have 0 income...... But it's a bargain.
Saw stop tech is very good but designed for the US commercial market it is much less relevant here. To give you an example; if I run my big saw in my workshop without a riving knife and crown guard and anything happens I risk serious jail time. Basically in the US they use tablesaws for almost everything often without a riving knife or crown guard. In this situation the saw stop tech becomes a sensible addition safety wise its not worth saw stop marketing here because commercially there is 0 demand hence why they've licenced it to a company to put on site saws because safety on building sites is slightly more laissez-faire than in a workshop especially when a foreman utters the fateful words "just get it done, I don't care how."