Jet 708436K 10-Inch Tilting Arbor Cabinet Table Saw

I bought this saw in December, and has been a bit of a roller coaster for me. But I'll start with the summary and then the details. This is a nice saw. It's powerful, accurate, and priced on the mark.

Let me first say I did not buy this saw from amazon, but from a local retailer. He beat their price and gave me more order options. I ended up getting the Xacta micro adjust fence over the one that come standard from amazon. Very nice fence allows you to "dial-in" fine rip measurments to 1/32 easily. No tapping back and forth. I believe it's made by HTC, and is made in USA. So is the table board. Unfortunately this fence delay shipment 2 months. The local guy also helped me get it from his store to my garage. Big help for something that weighs 350lbs.

Second a word of caution. It does not come with a blade. This is another way they are able to get the price down. My dealer also did not realize and felt bad so he gave me a 60T Amana blade with the saw. His word were you spend a...Read more

After using a Craftsman 1.5hp table saw for the past few years, you can imagine what I might expect from a "cabinet saw". I went with the smaller horsepower because I never had that much trouble with the Craftsman as far as cutting the various materials-you just feed a little slower.
When I started the Jet up, I got a very solid "whirr" from the blade, with no vibration to speak of. It sounds really nice. Moving the blade up and down is very rapid and having the locking nut as part of the adjustment wheel is very handy; the wheels are easily accessed as well.
The extension table allows you to cut up to 52" of material against the fence. The fence rail is a very heavy steel tube that will not distort under any circumstance. The fence itself is strictly manual move but moves so easily that you can locate it at the precise dimension you wish to cut. And, once you tune the alignment and dimensions, the cuts are very precise and repeatable. I did have to...Read more

Jet says this saw is a cabinet saw. My neighbor bought this same saw and has had major trunnion problems. He sent it back. I bought the saw thinking that I was getting a saw that was capable of accepting jigs for making cabinets...both my neighbor and I found out we were WRONG!!! The "T" track on these saws is milled differently than any other cabinet saw (Delta, Jet, DeWalt, etc.)and will not accept Jet's own tenoning jig without loosening the bushing on the jig. This could be a potential safety hazard. When I called Jet I was told that I would have to live with this until modifications to the jig were made. No other jig will work with this product without having modifications made to it. They also told me that this is "not a cabinet saw, but a contractor's saw with a cabinet". That is not what the saw's description implies. They then told me that the store in which the item was purchased "mis-represented the item". I was then told that there was nothing else they would do for me. I...Read more